copyAttachment

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Availability

This routine is available starting with katl-commons 4.0.3.

This routine is available for Jira server and cloud deployment options.

Syntax

copyAttachment(issueKey1, attachmentName, issueKey2)

Description

Copies an attachment from one issue to another.

Parameters

Parameter name	Type	Required	Description
issueKey1	string	Yes	Issue key.
attachmentName	string	Yes	Attachment name.
issueKey2	string	Yes	Issue key where you want to copy the attachment.

Return type

boolean (true/false)

Returns "true" if the attachment was copied successfully and "false" otherwise. If returned "false" check the log for a detailed reason on why it failed.

Example

Example 1
copyAttachment("TEST-1", "attachmentToCopy.txt", "TEST-2");

If you have multiple attachments on an issue with the same file name, all of them will be copied.

Example 2

Copy all the attachments from one issue to another.

string issueKey = "TEST-1";
for(string s in issueKey.attachments) {
    copyAttachment(issueKey, s, "TEST-2");
}

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