How whe can get custom fields values?

[erdvillegasoxxo]

Hi team,

Recently we are creating a custom app that consume JIRA data, whe need to get values trhought custom fields, can you help me with an example of how can I read the values from that fields.

I using thise example:

func crearCSV(issues []jira.Issue) {

	file, err := os.Create("result.csv")
	if err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	defer file.Close()

	w := csv.NewWriter(file)
	w.Comma = ','
	defer w.Flush()

	w.Write([]string{"IssueKey,IssueType,ProjectKey,Summary"})
	checkError(err)

	for _, i := range issues {

		a, _ := i.Fields.Unknowns.Value("customfield_10061")
		fmt.Printf("%#v", a)

	}

}

[github-actions]

Hi! Thank you for taking the time to create your first issue! Really cool to see you here for the first time. Please give us a bit of time to review it.

[evilnerd]

The thing you're looking for is jira.Issue.GetCustomFields(issueKey) - this returns a map with custom field values where the key is the field's internal name.

If you want to map the 'user friendly' name to the internal name, I recommend you use jira.Client.Field.GetList(), to build a 'translation' map (which is also safer, since the internal name is not guaranteed to be the same if you have e.g. a test and prod version of Jira)

	fields, _, err := jira.Client.Field.GetList()
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("unable to get the list of fields: %w", err)
	}

	jira.fieldMapping = make(map[string]string)

	for _, f := range fields {
		if f.Custom {
			jira.fieldMapping[f.Name] = f.ID
		}
	}

[erdvillegasoxxo]

Thanks for the example, as I try it, I let you know the results. Thanks a lot!

[erdvillegasoxxo]

Thanks for your help

[andygrunwald]

@erdvillegasxpt Would you be able to prepare a pull request to extend the docs?

[erdvillegasoxxo]

Sure, let me write the note and I'll send a PR

[andygrunwald]

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