slack-jira-query v0.0.5

slack-jira-query

Run a JIRA query and send the results to a Slack channel.

This tool was created with the intension of running it every morning and send a report of outstanding bugs to a Slack channel to add visibility.

Setup

The package should be installed globally with npm install -g slack-jira-query and the following environment variables must be set when running the application:

• SLACK_WEBHOOK: url of the Slack webhook used for sending the message
• SLACK_CHANNEL: the channel where the reports are going to be sent to
• SLACK_EMOJI (optional): define the emoji used by the application when sending the reports. Defaults to :robot_face:.
• JIRA_HOST: the Atlassian url (for example https://your_company_name.atlassian.net)
• JIRA_USERNAME: Atlassian username that will be used to run the query
• JIRA_API_KEY: API key created by JIRA_USERNAME. You can create one in https://id.atlassian.com/manage/api-tokens
• JIRA_QUERY: the query in JQL to be executed (for example issuetype=Bug AND resolution=Unresolved)
• JIRA_QUERY_NAME: this name will be included in the report's header
• MAX_ISSUES (optional): the maximum number of issues to be included in the report. Cannot be greater than 20, and defaults to 5.