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Atlassian Jira

Jira is a leading issue tracking and project management platform developed by Atlassian. It provides REST APIs for Jira Cloud Platform, Jira Software, and Jira Service Management enabling programmatic management of issues, projects, workflows, boards, sprints, users, and service desk requests with OAuth 2.0 authentication.

3 APIs 6 Features
AgileAtlassianBug TrackingIssue TrackingITSMKanbanProject ManagementScrumService Desk

APIs

Jira Cloud Platform REST API

The Jira Cloud platform REST API enables developers to interact with Jira issues, projects, workflows, users, and more.

Jira Software Cloud REST API

REST API for Jira Software Cloud specific features including boards, sprints, and backlog management.

Jira Service Management REST API

REST API for Jira Service Management features including request types, service desk queues, and customer portals.

Features

Issue Management

Create, update, transition, and delete Jira issues with full support for custom fields, attachments, comments, and workflow transitions.

Project Management

Manage Jira projects including project categories, components, versions, and project-level configurations.

Board and Sprint Management

Create and manage Scrum boards, sprints, and Kanban boards for agile project planning and execution.

Service Desk

Manage service desk projects, request types, queues, and SLA data for IT service management workflows.

Workflow Configuration

Programmatically configure Jira workflows, statuses, transitions, and screen configurations.

Forge App Development

Build Jira apps using the Atlassian Forge platform with serverless functions and UI modules.

Use Cases

Issue Automation

Automate issue creation, assignment, and transitions from CI/CD pipelines, monitoring alerts, and external systems.

Project Reporting

Extract issue data, sprint velocity, and project metrics for custom reporting and analytics dashboards.

ITSM Integration

Integrate Jira Service Management with external monitoring, CMDB, and ITSM tools for incident and change management.

DevOps Pipeline Integration

Link Jira issues to commits, branches, builds, and deployments from GitHub, Bitbucket, and Jenkins.

Custom Field Automation

Synchronize custom field data between Jira and external systems for portfolio tracking and compliance reporting.

Integrations

Confluence

Link Jira projects and issues to Confluence spaces and pages for integrated project documentation.

Bitbucket

Connect Bitbucket repositories to Jira for branch, commit, and pull request linking.

GitHub

Integrate GitHub with Jira via the GitHub for Jira app for development activity tracking.

Slack

Receive Jira issue notifications and create issues directly from Slack using the Jira for Slack app.

Jenkins

Connect Jenkins build and deployment events to Jira issues via the Atlassian Jenkins plugin.

PagerDuty

Create Jira issues automatically from PagerDuty incidents for integrated incident management.

Solutions

Agile Project Management

Manage software development with Scrum and Kanban boards, sprint planning, and backlog management.

IT Service Management

Provide enterprise ITSM with service catalogs, SLAs, queues, and approval workflows via Jira Service Management.

Business Process Tracking

Track any business process or workflow using customizable Jira projects and issue types for non-software teams.

Resources

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Website
Website
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Documentation
Documentation
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Getting Started
Getting Started
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Authentication
Authentication
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Pricing
Pricing
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Status
Status
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Support
Support
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Community
Community
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Terms of Service
Terms of Service
📜
Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy
👥
GitHub Organization
GitHub Organization
📰
Blog
Blog
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RateLimits
RateLimits

Sources

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  - name: ITSM Integration
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    description: Link Jira issues to commits, branches, builds, and deployments from GitHub, Bitbucket, and Jenkins.
  - name: Custom Field Automation
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maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: [email protected]