Problem

Making an extremal HTTP request is an extremely common task. Much of the work to prepare to send the request is identical from script to script.

Solution

The easiest way to solve this is to use a include like this one so that the code does not need to be created every time. Another benefit of a script like this is that more time and attention can be placed in areas like logging and debugging.

Script components

httpResult struct

The purpose of this struct is to break up the data returned into 3 pieces of information required to process the call:

Was the call successful?
If the call failed, why did it fail?
If the call succeeded, get the data

httpResult struct

struct _httpResult {
    boolean success;
    string message;
    string data;
}

generateRequest function

With any HTTP request one of the more labor intensive parts is authenticating with the external system. This function was separated from the main function (below) so that multiple system requirements can be used by passing a parameter to the function.

generateRequest function

function generateRequest(string type) {
    HttpRequest request;
    HttpHeader header = httpCreateHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
    request.headers += header;
    
    if(type == "SERVER") {
        HttpHeader authHeader = httpBasicAuthHeader("jmuse", "Pc9vz%Az5$Y5B73c");
        request.headers += authHeader;
    } else {
        HttpHeader header2 = httpCreateHeader("Authorization", "Basic am9uYXRoYW4ubXVzZUBhcHBmaXJlLmNvbTpiNUVJM0l6RFdPVkJQNmhKdGpMSzlBMkM=");
        //HttpHeader header2 = httpCreateHeader("Authorization", "Basic am9uYXRoYW4ubXVzZUBjcHJpbWUuY29tOm1uQ2p3S1NJa1M1dVBlMjRTNFhVOTA0RA=="); //global (persistent) variable can be used to start credentials
        request.headers += header2;
    }
    
    return request;
}

genericRequestCall function

This is the main function that will get reused by other scripts. It will actually make the HTTP request. It supports the main methods like GET, PUT, DELETE, and POST. It accepts 4 parameters:

Request URL (string) - the URL of the system to make the request to
Method (string) - HTTP methods like GET or POST
Data (JSON) - JSON data to be passed in the request
HttpRequestion (object) - SIL object, this is also the output of the generateRequest which is designed to be used in this parameter.

genericRequestCall function

function genericRestCall(string url, string method, string data, HttpRequest request) {
    
    _httpResult result;
    
    if(method == "GET") {
        result.data = httpGet(url, request); //replace with specific domain name
    } else if (method == "PUT") {
        result.data = httpPut(url, request, data);
    } else if (method == "DELETE") {
        result.data = httpDelete(url, request, data);
    } else {
        result.data = httpPost(url, request, data);
    }

...

Error check and return statement

The final part of this script is checking if the request was successful. If it is successful the script passes the httpResult containing the requested data. If not, it prints the errors to the console and to the Jira log. It also returns the httpResult containing the failure information.

Error check

    number statusCode = httpGetStatusCode();
    if (statusCode >= 200 && statusCode < 300) {
        result.success = true;
    }
    else {
        string HTMLmsg = "<font color='red'><strong>ERROR: </strong></font>URL - " + url + " <br /> {" + trim(statusCode) + " : " + httpGetErrorMessage() + " : " + httpGetReasonPhrase() + "} " + toJson(data);
        runnerLog(HTMLmsg, true);
        logPrint("ERROR", URL - " + url + " <br /> {" + trim(statusCode) + " : " + httpGetErrorMessage() + " : " + httpGetReasonPhrase() + "} " + toJson(data));
        result.success = false;
        result.message = msg;
    }
    
    return result;

Full Scripts

genericRest.incl

struct _httpResult {
    boolean success;
    string message;
    string data;
}

function generateRequest(string type) {
    HttpRequest request;
    HttpHeader header = httpCreateHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
    request.headers += header;
    
    if(type == "SERVER") {
        HttpHeader authHeader = httpBasicAuthHeader("jmuse", "Pc9vz%Az5$Y5B73c");
        request.headers += authHeader;
    } else {
        HttpHeader header2 = httpCreateHeader("Authorization", "Basic am9uYXRoYW4ubXVzZUBhcHBmaXJlLmNvbTpiNUVJM0l6RFdPVkJQNmhKdGpMSzlBMkM=");
        //HttpHeader header2 = httpCreateHeader("Authorization", "Basic am9uYXRoYW4ubXVzZUBjcHJpbWUuY29tOm1uQ2p3S1NJa1M1dVBlMjRTNFhVOTA0RA=="); //global (persistent) variable can be used to start credentials
        request.headers += header2;
    }
    
    return request;
}

function genericRestCall(string url, string method, string data, HttpRequest request) {
    
    _httpResult result;
    
    if(method == "GET") {
        result.data = httpGet(url, request); //replace with specific domain name
    } else if (method == "PUT") {
        result.data = httpPut(url, request, data);
    } else if (method == "DELETE") {
        result.data = httpDelete(url, request, data);
    } else {
        result.data = httpPost(url, request, data);
    }

    
    number statusCode = httpGetStatusCode();
    if (statusCode >= 200 && statusCode < 300) {
        result.success = true;
    }
    else {
        string HTMLmsg = "<font color='red'><strong>ERROR: </strong></font>URL - " + url + " <br /> {" + trim(statusCode) + " : " + httpGetErrorMessage() + " : " + httpGetReasonPhrase() + "} " + toJson(data);
        runnerLog(HTMLmsg, true);
        logPrint("ERROR", URL - " + url + " <br /> {" + trim(statusCode) + " : " + httpGetErrorMessage() + " : " + httpGetReasonPhrase() + "} " + toJson(data));
        result.success = false;
        result.message = msg;
    }
    
    return result;
}

Table of Contents

Generic HTTP Request (reusable script include)

Problem

Solution

Script components

httpResult struct

httpResult struct

generateRequest function

generateRequest function

genericRequestCall function

genericRequestCall function

Error check and return statement

Error check

Full Scripts

genericRest.incl