How to download JIRA attachment files with Python - python-3.4

Question

I want to download attachment files of an issue in JIRA Python.

Answer 1

I use jira python lib ,you can use pip install JIRA
# -- coding: UTF-8 --
from jira import JIRA
import requests
url = 'https://jira.1234.com'
jira = JIRA(server=url, basic_auth=('admin', 'password'))
attachment=jira.attachment(12345) #12345 is attachment_key
image = attachment.get()
with open("Image.png", 'wb') as f:
f.write(image)

Answer 2

JIRA exposes its REST services and through that and some python you can download any attachment.
It worked for me like this (you'll need to adjust the variables):
#!/usr/bin/python
# miguel ortiz
# Requests module: http://docs.python-requests.org/en/latest/
# Documentation: <url>
#----------------------------------------------------------------Modules
import sys
import csv, json
import requests
#----------------------------------------------------------------Variables
myTicket= sys.argv[1] # Your ticket: ABC-123
user = 'miguel' # JIRA user
pasw = 'password' # JIRA password
jiraURL = 'https://yourinstance.jira.com/rest/api/latest/issue/'
fileName = 'my_attached_file' # In this case we'll be looking for a specific file in the attachments
attachment_final_url="" # To validate if there are or not attachments
def main() :
print '\n\n [ You are checking ticket: ' + myTicket+ ' ]\n'
# Request Json from JIRA API
r = requests.get(jiraURL+myTicket, auth=(user, pasw),timeout=5)
# status of the request
rstatus = r.status_code
# If the status isn't 200 we leave
if not rstatus == 200 :
print 'Error accesing JIRA:' + str(rstatus)
exit()
else:
data = r.json()
if not data['fields']['attachment'] :
status_attachment = 'ERROR: Nothing attached, attach a file named: ' + fileName
attachment_final_url=""
else:
for i in data['fields']['attachment'] :
if i['filename'] == fileName :
attachment_final_url = i['content']
status_attachment_name = 'OK: The desired attachment exists: ' + fileName
attachment_name = False
attachment_amount = False
attachment_files = False
break
else :
attachment_files = False
status_attachment_name = + 'ERROR: None of the files has the desired name '
attachment_final_url=""
attachment_name = True
attachment_amount = True
continue
if attachment_final_url != "" :
r = requests.get(attachment_final_url, auth=(user, pasw), stream=True)
with open(fileName, "wb") as f:
f.write(r.content.decode('iso-8859-1').encode('utf8'))
f.close()
else:
print status_attachment
if __name__ == "__main__" :
main()
If you do not understand the code I've detailed it better in my blog.
EDIT: Be careful, in JIRA you can add many files with the same name.