Call JIRA Rest API using C Sharp

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Does any have an example of c sharp code that will allow me to call the JIRA Rest API and create an issue in JIRA?

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Hey Robert, is this for the cloud or server version of Jira? If the latter, I found a thread on Connecting to the Jira Server REST API via C# that includes some example code you might find helpful. Let me know how you go with it.

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Here are the two functions I used to get the HttpClient from the Cloud or Server:

static HttpClient GetHttpClientForCloud()
{
HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
client.BaseAddress = new Uri(BaseUrlCLOUD);
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add(“Authorization”, $“Bearer {ApiToken}”);
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add(“X-Atlassian-Token”, “no-check”);
client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue(“application/json”));
return client;
}

static HttpClient GetHttpClientForServer()
{
    HttpClient client = new HttpClient();
    client.BaseAddress = new Uri(BaseUrlSERVER);
    client.BaseAddress = new Uri(BaseUrlSERVER);
    client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("X-Atlassian-Token", "no-check");
    string authHeader = Convert.ToBase64String(System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes($"{Username}:{Password}"));
    client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Authorization = new AuthenticationHeaderValue("Basic", authHeader);
    client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Accept.Add(new MediaTypeWithQualityHeaderValue("application/json"));
    return client;
}

Here’s a function to get and save the issue:
SEE:
JIRA 7.6.1

static async Task GetIssueByKey(string issueIdOrKey, bool doPrint = false, bool saveAttachments = false, bool saveResponse = false)
{
Console.WriteLine($“RUNNING: GetIssueByKey({issueIdOrKey}, {doPrint}, {saveAttachments}, {saveResponse})…”);
try
{
using (HttpClient client = GetHttpClientForServer())
{
string endpoint = $“{BaseUrlSERVER}/rest/api/2/issue/{issueIdOrKey}”;
Console.WriteLine($" Endpoint: {endpoint}");

            HttpResponseMessage response = await client.GetAsync(endpoint);
        
            if (response.StatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.BadRequest || response.StatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.Forbidden || response.StatusCode == System.Net.HttpStatusCode.Unauthorized)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("          Bad Request: " + response.ReasonPhrase);
                Console.WriteLine(response);
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine($"          Response (SUCCESS): {response.StatusCode} {response.ReasonPhrase}");
                // If saveResponse is enabled, save the response to a file
                if (saveResponse)
                {
                    string responseBody = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
                    var fileName = $"JIRA - Issue {issueIdOrKey}.json";
                    SaveResponse($"{OutputPath}{fileName}", responseBody);
                }
            }

            // Return the response here
            return response;
        }
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
        return null; // You can return null or handle the exception as needed
    }
}