explainer - actions and parameters example

Example

An action and its parameters put together unlock the power to get things done with your apps.

The example shows how to retrieve information from an example Jira Cloud application with anonymous access in a multi-line format:

acli --action getServerInfo --server https://examplegear.atlassian.net --outputFormat 2

Action output:

Server info

Product . . . . . . . . . . . : Jira
Hosting . . . . . . . . . . . : cloud
Version . . . . . . . . . . . : 1001.0.0-SNAPSHOT
Base URL  . . . . . . . . . . : https://examplegear.atlassian.net
Title . . . . . . . . . . . . : Appfire Example Gear Jira
Build . . . . . . . . . . . . : 100221
Build date  . . . . . . . . . : 2023/04/10 8:02
License information . . . . . : Not available. Reason: Administrator access is required to get license information.
Client  . . . . . . . . . . . : jira
User  . . . . . . . . . . . . : anonymous
Response time (milliseconds)  : 638