Jira
June 17, 2025
devops
Jira is a project management and issue tracking tool developed by Atlassian, widely used by software development teams, IT departments, and business operations.
You can use Python with Jira to automate tasks, fetch data, or interact with your projects via the Jira REST API.
Python Library: jira
pip install jira
Requirements:
- A Jira account with API access.
- An API token (especially for Atlassian Cloud).
- HTTPS access to your Jira instance.
Common Use Cases:
- Automatically create or update tickets.
- Track task statuses.
- Add comments or attachments from external tools.
- Build custom reports or dashboards.
from jira import JIRA
# Authentication
jira = JIRA(server=”https://your-domain.atlassian.net”,
basic_auth=(“your-email”, “your-api-token”))
# Fetch an issue
issue = jira.issue(“PROJ-123”)
print(issue.fields.summary)
# Create a new issue
new_issue = jira.create_issue(
project=”PROJ”,
summary=”New bug found in production”,
description=”A bug was reported in the tool”,
issuetype={“name”: “Bug”}
)
print(f”Issue created: {new_issue.key}”)