How can I programmatically get the Jira server version or installed plugin versions?

Jira Development Jira Server
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I’d like to report the Jira server version back to my app. Is that available via the Java API?

Lots of mindless searching leads me here: ServerInfoResource (Atlassian JIRA - Server 8.4.3 API)

But I cannot find the classes ServerInfoResource or ServerInfoBean in any of the public API JARs. Are these available somewhere?

I would also be interested in getting plugin versions programmatically, if possible.

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If you want the Jira Server/DC version, you can use com.atlassian.jira.util.BuildUtilsInfo. This is available for injection into your class.

To get the version of a plugin, you can use com.atlassian.plugin.PluginAccessor, which is also available for injection.

You can either loop over all installed plugins using PluginAccessor.getPlugins(), or if you have the key, retrieving it directly:

Plugin plugin = pluginAccessor.getPlugin(key);
if(plugin != null) {
  String version = plugin.getPluginInformation().getVersion();
}
3

@remie thank you.

As a practical matter, how does a plugin developer find this stuff? Just surfing the massive javadoc? Are there example plugins out there? The tutorials are not that useful for exploring the java API.

Thanks again!

4

It’s a combination of http://docs.atlassian.com, google, java docs, tutorials, Atlas Camp presentation… nah, who am I kidding: the only reliable way to understand what is going on in Server land is the host product source code. You get access to the sources of all Atlassian products with a starter license. It’s the best $10,-- investment you can make.

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You forgot my favorite service there is:

No need to deal with keys.