Generic HTML request

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

string serverUser = getPersistentVar("serverUser");
string serverPass = getPersistentVar("serverPass");

string cloudUser= getPersistentVar("cloudUser");
string cloudPass = getPersistentVar("cloudApiToken");

string authString = "Basic " + base64Encode(cloudUser + ":" + cloudPass);

function generateRequest(string type) {
    HttpRequest request;
    HttpHeader header = httpCreateHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
    request.headers += header;
    
    if(type == "SERVER") {
        HttpHeader authHeader = httpBasicAuthHeader(serverUser, serverPass);
        request.headers += authHeader;
    } else {
        HttpHeader header2 = httpCreateHeader("Authorization", authString);
        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);
    } else if (method == "PUT") {
        result.data = httpPut(url, request, data);
    } else if (method == "DELETE") {
        result.data = httpDelete(url, request, data);
    } else if (method == "PATCH") {
        result.data = httpPatch(url, request, data);
    } else {
        result.data = httpPost(url, request, data);
    }

    
    number statusCode = httpGetStatusCode();
    if (statusCode >= 200 && statusCode < 300) {
        result.success = true;
    }
    else {
        string msg = "URL: " + url + " <br /> {" + trim(statusCode) + " : " + httpGetErrorMessage() + " : " + httpGetReasonPhrase() + "}";
        result.success = false;
        result.message = msg;
    }
    
    return result;
}

_httpResult result = genericRestCall(jiraUrl+"/rest/api/3/issue/"+key+"/properties/powerscripts.custom.property.number.1", "GET", data);

    if(result.success == true) {
        alert = fromJson(replace(result.data, "-", "_"));
        logger("Success:"+result.data,3);
        logger("Alert is:"+alert.value,3);
    } else {
        logger(key+" - Error getting alert for the ticket/user",1);
        logger(key+" ERROR =>"+result.message,1);
    }