API - Integration with other services

Email This Issue provides two types of API components that makes it possible to integrate it with other addons or external services.

REST API

Send emails

The REST API is a RESTFul service method that will send emails.

Parameter	Value
REST path	$JIRA_BASE_URL/rest/jeti/1.0/email
Request Method	POST
Request Headers	Content-Type:application/json
Authentication	What Jira REST API offers See details in the documentation.
Request Body	Email parameters in JSON
Response	200: if email is composed and sent successfully 500: if an error occured while composing and sending the email

Request Body Json

Request Body must be a well formatted Json object with the following structure.

Request Body Json

{
"issue":"BD-1",
"fromName":"fromapi",
"fromAddress":"[email protected]", 
"to":["[email protected]","admin","g:jira-administrators","r:10000"],
"cc":["[email protected]", "o:lead", "o:watchers"],
"bcc":[],
"emailSubject":"This is the email's subject as if the user entered it",
"emailBody":"This is the email body",
"addAttachments":"ALL",
"emailTemplate":"Acknowledge Issue",
"emailOptions":
  {
  "addToWatchers":"true",
  "replyToMe":"true",
  "mailAsMe":"false",
  "addComments":"true",
  "suppressCommentEvent":"true", 
  "emailFormat":"text",
  "commentVisibility":"g:jira-administrators",
  "richHtml":"false"
  },
"payload":{"pay1":"val1"}
} 

Fields in the Json object are the following:

Important: Only the issue field is mandatory.

Field	Definition	Example
issue	Numeric ID of the issue, or Issue Key	10000 or TEST-1
fromName	Senders name can be specified	John Doe
fromAddress	Senders email address can be specified. Ensure that the provided address is one from which email sending is authorized.
to,cc,bcc	Array of recipients: email addresses Jira user names Jira participants with prefix "o:" group names with prefix "g:" project role IDs with prefix "r:" custom field IDs with prefix "cf:"	Participant examples: o:me - current user o:reporter - issue reporter o:assignee - issue assignee o:watchers - issue watchers o:lead - project lead Group examples: g:jira-administrators Role examples: r:10000, where 10000 is the numeric ID of the role Custom Field examples: cf:customfield_10010
emailSubject	Email Subject
emailBody	Email Body
addAttachments	Specifies how to select issue attachments to be added to the email	Value is one of: ALL: all issue attachments NONE: none of the attachments LATEST: newest version of all attachment ADDED_LAST: most recently added attachments
emailTemplate	Email template ID or name, email will be generated using this template. If not given, the template selected in the issue's Context will be used.
emailOptions	Email options to control various aspects of the email. addToWatchers: if true, JETI will add email user recipients as watchers of the issue replyToMe: if true, JETI will set the current user's email address as the Reply-To header in the email mailAsMe: if true, JETI will set the current user's email address as the From Address in the email addComments: if true, JETI will add the comments to the ougoing email (if the used template renders comments). suppressComment: if true, JETI will not fire an Issue Commented event commentVisibility: if provided, JETI will secure the comment it adds to the issue. g:<group name> - group restriction r:<role ID> - role restriction internal - internal comment all - visible to all (with browse permission) none - no comment added richHtml: if true, JETI will interpret emailBody as a HTML content	"emailOptions": { "addToWatchers":"true", "replyToMe":"true", "mailAsMe":"false", "addComments":"true", "suppressCommentEvent":"true", "emailFormat":"text", "commentVisibility":"g:jira-administrators", "richHtml":"false" }
payload	Key-Value map of values that will be added to the Velocity Context used to generate email body. Email template may refer to these values and may render them in the email.

Request Statistics

The REST API is a RESTFul service method that will return the number of email items from the audit log.

Parameter	Value
REST path	$JIRA_BASE_URL/rest/jeti/1.0/email/stat
Request Method	GET
Request Headers	Content-Type:application/json
Authentication	What Jira REST API offers See details in the
Query Parameters	issueKey - Key of the issue whose email audit log is queried issueId - Id of the issue whose email audit log is queried mailHandlerId - ID of the Email This Issue Mail Handler to limit the query to incoming emails processed by this handler type - Type of the email items to query (either of OUTGOING, INCOMING_ISSUE, INCOMING_COMMENT)
Response Codes	200: if email is composed and sent successfully 500: if an error occurred while composing and sending the email 401: if the calling user account is not authorized to request the details
Response Data	Number of mail items matching the query
Example	http://JIRA_URL/rest/jeti/1.0/email/stat?issueKey=<issue key>

Request Email Items from the Audit Log

The REST API is a RESTFul service method that will return email items from the audit log matching the query parameters.

Parameter	Value
REST path	$JIRA_BASE_URL/rest/jeti/1.0/email/query
Request Method	GET
Request Headers	Content-Type:application/json
Authentication	What Jira REST API offers See details in the documentation.
Authorization	Only those users may query the email items who are authorized to view them in the issue.
Query Parameters	issueKey - Key of the issue whose email audit log is queried issueId - Id of the issue whose email audit log is queried limit- Limit the number of email items to return (max 1000) type - Type of the email items to query (either of OUTGOING, INCOMING_ISSUE, INCOMING_COMMENT) from - Date emails were sent or processed after (required format is dd/MM/yyyy) to - Date emails were sent or processed before (required format is dd/MM/yyyy) source - Trigger of the outgoing email (either of OPERATION, BULK, EVENT, WORKFLOW, AUTOREPLY, TEST, API, PREVIEW)
Response Codes	200: if email is composed and sent successfully 500: if an error occurred while composing and sending the email 401: if the calling user account is not authorized to request the details
Response Data	JSON Array of email items matching the query
Example	http://JIRA_URL/rest/jeti/1.0/email/query?issueKey=<issue key>

Response structure

[
{
"issueId": 22900,
"subject": "(IT-349) Új request by customer \"Hello WORLD\"",
"body": <email body>,
"to": <to recipients>,
"cc":<cc recipients>,
"from": <sender email address>,
"format": <email format>,
"actorUserKey": <user key>,
"type": <type of email item>,
"source": <trigger of the email>,
"date": <date and time the email was sent or processed>
},]

Queue Statistics

SINCE 9.0.0

Incoming Queue Statistics

Parameter	Value
REST path	$JIRA_BASE_URL/rest/jeti/1.0/incomingMailQueue/statistic
Request Method	GET
Request Headers	Content-Type:application/json
Authentication	What Jira REST API offers See details in the documentation.
Response Codes	200: if email is composed and sent successfully 500: if an error occurred while composing and sending the email 401: if the calling user account is not authorized to request the details
Response Data	Returns statistics of the incoming mail queue. { "new":<number of items with status NEW>, "failed":<number of items with status FAILED>, "skipped":<number of items with status SKIPPED>, "processing":<number of items with status PROCESSING> }

Outgoing Queue Statistics

Parameter	Value
REST path	$JIRA_BASE_URL/rest/jeti/1.0/outgoingMailQueue/statistic
Request Method	GET
Request Headers	Content-Type:application/json
Authentication	What Jira REST API offers See details in the documentation.
Response Codes	200: if email is composed and sent successfully 500: if an error occurred while composing and sending the email 401: if the calling user account is not authorized to request the details
Response Data	Returns statistics of the outgoing mail queue { "active":<number of items with status ACTIVE>, "error":<number of items with status ERROR> }

Mail Generation Queue

Parameter	Value
REST path	$JIRA_BASE_URL/rest/jeti/1.0/mailGenerationQueue/statistic
Request Method	GET
Request Headers	Content-Type:application/json
Authentication	What Jira REST API offers See details in the documentation.
Response Codes	200: if email is composed and sent successfully 500: if an error occurred while composing and sending the email 401: if the calling user account is not authorized to request the details
Response Data	Returns statistics of the mail generation queue. { "totalQueued":<total number of events that was ever queued>, "totalCompleted":<total number of events completed>, "currentlyOnQueue":<total number of events currently on queue>, "activeWorkerThreads":<total number of active worker threads>, "maxWorkerThreads":<max number of worker threads>, "avgTimeInQueue":<average amount of time (ms) events spend on the queue>, "maxQueueSize":<maximum number of events on the queue> }

OSGi Component API

In case, your Jira add-on wants to use Jira Email This Issue's email capabilities, you can build an integration between your add-on and Email This Issue. In order to do that you have to import the OSGi component Email This Issue publishes and call its methods.

API	Explanation
Component interface	com.metainf.jira.plugin.emailissue.api.EmailService
Component method	void sendEmail(com.metainf.jira.plugin.emailissue.api.EmailDefinitionApi emailDefinition) throws Exception
Component method	Collection<EmailLog> queryEmailLog(com.metainf.jira.plugin.emailissue.api.EmailLogQuery emailLogQuery) throws Exception

Email Parameters

public class EmailDefinitionApi {
    private String issue;

    private List<String> to; //user keys and email addresses
    private List<String> cc; //user keys and email addresses
    private List<String> bcc; //user keys and email addresses
    private com.metainf.jira.plugin.emailissue.action.EmailOptions emailOptions;
    private String emailBody; //email body (will be injected in the template)
    private String emailSubject; //email subject (will be injected in the subject part of the template)

    private List<String> attachments; //issue attachment IDs
    private String addAttachments;
    private String emailTemplate; //name or ID of the Email template to use
    private Map<String, Object> payload; //arbitrary values that are injected into the Velocity Context in the template
}

public class EmailOptions {
	private boolean addToWatchers; //add recipient users to watchers, default: false
  	private boolean replyToMe; //set the current user as the reply-to address, default: false
  	private boolean mailAsMe; //set the sender address to the current user's email address, default: false
  	private String emailFormat; //email format "text" or "html"
  	private String emailPriority; //HIGH, NORMAL, LOW
}

public class EmailLogQuery {
	private Long issueId;
	private String issueKey;
	private String type; //EmailType
	private String source;
	private int top;
	private Date from;
	private Date to;
}