A comprehensive JavaScript/TypeScript library designed for both Node.JS and browsers, facilitating seamless interaction with the Atlassian Jira API.
JavaScript / TypeScript library for Node.js and browsers to interact with Atlassian Jira APIs
Jira.js is a powerful Node.js and browser-compatible module that provides seamless interaction with:
Designed for usability, consistency, and performance, it covers nearly 100% of Jira APIs and stays updated with new features.
Requires Node.js 20.0.0 or newer.
# Using npm
npm install jira.js
# Using yarn
yarn add jira.js
# Using pnpm
pnpm add jira.js
Create your first Jira issue in under 5 minutes:
import { Version3Client } from 'jira.js';
const client = new Version3Client({
host: 'https://your-domain.atlassian.net',
authentication: {
basic: {
email: 'your@email.com',
apiToken: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN', // Create one: https://id.atlassian.com/manage-profile/security/api-tokens
},
},
});
async function createIssue() {
const project = await client.projects.getProject({ projectIdOrKey: 'Your project id or key' });
const newIssue = await client.issues.createIssue({
fields: {
summary: 'Hello Jira.js!',
issuetype: { name: 'Task' },
project: { key: project.key },
},
});
console.log(`Issue created: ${newIssue.id}`);
}
createIssue();
Full API reference and guides available at: https://mrrefactoring.github.io/jira.js/
const client = new Version3Client({
host: 'https://your-domain.atlassian.net',
authentication: {
basic: { email: 'YOUR@EMAIL.ORG', apiToken: 'YOUR_API_TOKEN' },
},
});
Only authorization code grants are supported. Implement your own token acquisition flow using Atlassian's OAuth 2.0 documentation.
const client = new Version3Client({
host: 'https://your-domain.atlassian.net',
authentication: {
oauth2: { accessToken: 'YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN' },
},
});
Errors are categorized as:
HttpException: Server responded with an error (includes parsed error details)AxiosError: Network/configuration issues (e.g., timeouts)Example handling:
try {
await client.issues.getIssue({ issueIdOrKey: 'INVALID-123' });
} catch (error) {
if (error instanceof HttpException) {
console.error('Server error:', error.message);
console.debug('Response headers:', error.cause.response?.headers);
} else if (error instanceof AxiosError) {
console.error('Network error:', error.code);
} else {
console.error('Unexpected error:', error);
}
}
Access endpoints using the client.<group>.<method> pattern:
// Get all projects
const projects = await client.projects.searchProjects();
// Create a sprint
const sprint = await client.sprint.createSprint({ name: 'Q4 Sprint' });
Available API groups:
See full group list in original documentation.
Optimize bundle size by importing only needed modules:
// custom-client.ts
import { BaseClient } from 'jira.js';
import { Issues } from 'jira.js/version3';
import { Board } from 'jira.js/agile';
export class CustomClient extends BaseClient {
issues = new Issues(this);
board = new Board(this);
}
// Usage
const client = new CustomClient({ /* config */ });
await client.issues.getIssue({ issueIdOrKey: 'KEY-1' });
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MIT License © MrRefactoring See LICENSE for details.
FAQs
A comprehensive JavaScript/TypeScript library designed for both Node.JS and browsers, facilitating seamless interaction with the Atlassian Jira API.
The npm package jira.js receives a total of 91,948 weekly downloads. As such, jira.js popularity was classified as popular.
We found that jira.js demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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