Create an Issue in Jira Cloud

This code snippet creates an issue in Jira Cloud based on a pre-defined project key and issue type.

This code should work for Jira Server and Data Center, too, since the APIs are similar.

js
import JiraCloud from './api/jira/cloud';

const JIRA_PROJECT_KEY = 'ISSUE';
const ISSUE_TYPE_NAME = 'Task';

export default async function (event: any, context: Context): Promise<void> {
	// Find the project to use based on pre-defined project key
	const project = await JiraCloud.Project.getProject({
		projectIdOrKey: JIRA_PROJECT_KEY,
	});

	// Find all the issue types for the given project
	const issueTypes = await JiraCloud.Issue.Type.getTypesForProject({
		projectId: +(project.id ?? 0) // + sign converts the string to number
	});

	// // Find the issue type to use based on pre-defined issue type name
	const issueType = issueTypes.find(it => it.name === ISSUE_TYPE_NAME);
	// Check if the issue type was found
	if (!issueType) {
		// If not, then throw an error
		throw Error('Issue type not found');
	}

	// Create the issue
	const issue = await JiraCloud.Issue.createIssue({
		body: {
			fields: {
				project: {
					id: project.id ?? '0'
				},
				issuetype: {
					id: issueType.id ?? '0'
				},
				summary: 'Hello World'
			}
		}
	});

	// Log out created issue key
	console.log(`Issue created: ${issue.key}`);
}