jira-slackbot

Prerequisites

• JIRA
• Know the ID of a filter for JIRA issues in XML format (Atlassian)
• Slack application bot with a token
• Slack channel

Overview

Spring boot application that runs as a daemon in order to warn on Slack about the new issues created in JIRA. Here are some of the configurations allowed:

• Frecuency and interval during the journey to check on JIRA is configurable via a cron expression
• Proxy connection
• Issues organize by JIRA priority
• Use different Slack channels based on JIRA priority
• Slack message colour can be modified
• New Slack subfields can be added
• Check multiple JIRA filters

Usage

The following provides a description of each property in the configuration file.

• Jasypt configuration: Jasypt has been added to avoid the exposition of passwords in the configuration file. jasypt.encryptor.password: represents your secret key used in the encryptation. If you need to protect some properties, you could add the encrypted value of the property between 'ENC(encrypted_value)'.
  Here, you will find a nice example.

• Global configuration: cronExpression: cron expression to schedule the task. Some help for building your own cron expression Online Formatter proxy: name of the proxy, in case of need. Example: my.proxy.corp
  proxy-port: port used by the proxy. Example: 8080
  java-home: location of the JRE installed in the local machine, in case of need.

• JIRA configuration:
  username: username to login in JIRA. Example of property encrypted: ENC(42gdc36jk8903)
  password: password to login in JIRA. Example of property encrypted: ENC(s,qpiejidiw3)
  url: JIRA website. Example: https://jira.atlassian.com
  element-tag-name: JIRA XML tag name for the element that represents the JIRA issues. Example: item
  key-element-tag-name: JIRA XML tag name for the element that represents the ID of the JIRA issue. Example: key
  priority-name: JIRA XML tag name for the element that represents the priority of the JIRA issues. Example: priority
  priority: list of priority's name in your organisation. Example: High, Medium, Low

• Slack configuration:
  active: flag to activate/deactivate the warnings on Slack
  colors: colors of Slack messages depending on issues priority.
  fields.slack-message.title: map between the slack message title and the name of the field in JIRA that will be showed.
  fields.slack-message.title-link: map between the slack message link and the link of the JIRA issue.
  subfields: map between the differents subfields that could be showed on Slack message and the field of the JIRA issue. New subfields can be added.

• Filters configuration for each filter:
  filter-id: ID of the filter from JIRA. It is showed on JIRA url. Example: 16729
  slack-token: token of the Slack application that represents the bot. Official documentation to create an Slack application. local-file-stored-issues: local file that contains the issues already treated. Example: C:\issues.txt slack-active: flag to activate/deactivate the warnings on Slack for one filter slack-channels: list of Slack channels where to send the warnings depending on issues priority.