This application tests connectivity to JIRA REST Web Services.

To Install:

Download jiraRestAccess.zip

Unzip to a scratch directory.  This will create two files:

  jiraRestAccess.jar
  lib/jira-rest-all-dependencies.jar

To Run:

From that scratch directory:

To connect and get the Server's date:

   java -jar jiraRestAccess.jar http://<jira-host:port> <user>:<password>

To retrieve an existing issue:

   java -jar jiraRestAccess.jar http://<jira-host:port> <user>:<password> <issue-id>
   
To update an issue.  This appends the last argument <chars> to the issue's summary:

   java -jar jiraRestAccess.jar http://<jira-host:port> <user>:<password> <issue-id> <chars>
   
   
Notes:

If you don't provide a password on the command line then we'll prompt for it.

You can test JIRA connectivity with either http or https, just provide the proper URL. 

If you receive SSL related exceptions with an https site, see the 
"Common Exceptions" section in http://answers.perforce.com/articles/KB/3578

Sample output from retrieving one issue:

$ java -jar jiraRestAccess.jar http://jira-test.perforce.com:8080/ p4dtguser P4V-1146
Password:

Connected to http://jira-test.perforce.com:8080/
Server Date: 2016/10/03 13:27:07
Issue 'P4V-1146'  found: Crash when undoing file copy in add files wizard.