python-jira-plus 0.2.1

Enhanced Python client for JIRA with better error handling, pagination, and metadata validation

Python JIRA Plus

An enhanced Python client for JIRA that extends the functionality of the official jira package, providing better error handling, pagination, metadata validation, and more.

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Features

• ✅ Simplified connection to JIRA Cloud and On-Premise instances
• ✅ Robust error handling with automatic retries
• ✅ Built-in pagination for large result sets
• ✅ Field validation against JIRA metadata
• ✅ Enhanced issue creation, retrieval, and updating
• ✅ Support for allowed values validation

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Installation

pip install python-jira-plus

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Requirements

• Python 3.9+
• jira package
• retrying package
• custom-python-logger package

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Configuration

The package uses environment variables for authentication and configuration:

# Required environment variables
JIRA_USER_NAME=your_jira_username
JIRA_TOKEN=your_jira_api_token
JIRA_BASE_URL=your-instance.atlassian.net  # Only used if base_url is not provided to constructor

Examples

Creating an Issue with Custom Fields

from python_jira_plus.jira_plus import JiraPlus

jira_client = JiraPlus()
issue = jira_client.create_issue(
    project_key="PROJ",
    summary="Implement new feature",
    description="This feature will improve performance",
    issue_type="Task",
    custom_fields={
        "priority": "Critical",  # Priority
        "customfield_10003": {"name": "Sprint 1"}  # Sprint
    }
)

Searching for Issues

from python_jira_plus.jira_plus import JiraPlus

jira_client = JiraPlus()
issues = jira_client.get_objects_by_query(
    query="project = PROJ AND status = 'In Progress' ORDER BY created DESC",
    max_results=50,
    specific_fields=["summary", "status", "assignee"],
    json_result=False
)

for issue in issues:
    print(f"{issue.key}: {issue.fields.summary} - {issue.fields.status.name}")

Updating an Issue

from python_jira_plus.jira_plus import JiraPlus

jira_client = JiraPlus()
issue = jira_client.get_issue_by_key(key="PROJ-123", json_result=False)

fields_to_update = {
    "summary": "Updated summary",
    "description": "Updated description",
    "customfield_10003": {"name": "Sprint 2"},  # Update Sprint
}
_ = jira_client.update_issue(
    issue_key=issue.key,
    fields_to_update=fields_to_update
)

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🤝 Contributing

If you have a helpful tool, pattern, or improvement to suggest: Fork the repo
Create a new branch
Submit a pull request
I welcome additions that promote clean, productive, and maintainable development.

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🙏 Thanks

Thanks for exploring this repository!
Happy coding!