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Configuring generic task server

IntelliJ IDEA supports integration with many task trackers out of the box. However, if you use a tracker that IntelliJ IDEA does not support yet, you can still integrate it configuring a so called generic server.

This tutorial describes how to:

  • Connect to JIRA Cloud as a generic server

  • Obtain the list of issues assigned to you

  • For each issue, get its ID, title, description, date and time when the issue was created and updated

Specify server URL and credentials

  1. In the Settings/Preferences dialog (Ctrl+Alt+S), go to Tools | Tasks | Servers.

  2. Click icons general add svg and select Generic.

  3. On the General tab, specify the URL of your task tracker, connection credentials and select the Use HTTP authentication checkbox.

    tutorial generic general tab

Configure server settings

  1. Switch to the Server Configuration tab.

  2. In the Tasks List URL, enter the URL for obtaining issues from the server. You can use variables or enter the full URL:
    {serverUrl}/rest/api/2/search or https://serverurl.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/search

  3. Add the ?jql={JQL_Query} expression to your task list URL: {serverUrl}/rest/api/2/search?jql={JQL_Query}.

    tutorial generic task list url

  4. Click Manage Template Variables at the bottom of the window to configure the JQL_Query variable.

  5. Click icons general add svg in the top right-hand corner.

  6. In the new filed, specify variable name (JQL_Query), and add its value (assignee = currentUser() and resolution = Unresolved).
    This will let you obtain unresolved issues assigned to you.

  7. Click OK.

    tutorial generic template variables

Configure response type and specify selectors

  1. In the Server Configuration dialog, select the JSON response type.

  2. Specify selectors in the table to get IDs and titles of issues, and to obtain their description. You can also learn date and time when issues were created and updated:

    • tasks: $.issues

    • id: key

    • summary: field.summary

    • description: field.description

    • updated: field.updated

    • created: field.created

  3. Click Test to make sure all parameters are configured correctly.

    tutorial generic configuration selectors

Upload issues from the server

  1. Click the tasks combo and select Open Task. IntelliJ IDEA will load from the server all issues that match your configuration.

  2. Select the necessary issue from the list.

  3. Press Ctrl+Q to open issue description and make sure all required details are obtained.

Last modified: 20 November 2018
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