Configure a generic task server

Install the Task Management plugin

This functionality relies on the Task Management plugin, which you need to install and enable.

Press Ctrl+Alt+S to open settings and then select Plugins.
Open the Marketplace tab, find the Task Management plugin, and click Install (restart the IDE if prompted).

DataGrip supports integration with many task trackers out of the box. However, if you use a tracker that DataGrip 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.
Get 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.

Before you start configuring a connection to your tracker, note that DataGrip:

Supports only services with REST API.
Supports either Basic HTTP authentication or sending preliminary requests to the server.
Supports GET and POST requests.
Does not support pagination in server responses.

Specify server URL and credentials

Press Ctrl+Alt+S to open settings and then select Tools | Tasks | Servers.
Click and select Generic.
On the General tab, specify the URL of your task tracker and connection credentials.
In the Username field, type your email address.
In the Password field, enter your Atlassian API token.
Select the Use HTTP authentication checkbox at the bottom of the dialog.

Configure the server settings

Switch to the Server Configuration tab.
Note that the Login URL field will be disabled, as you are using HTTP authentication.
In the Tasks List URL, enter the URL for getting 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
The {serverUrl} is a variable that stands for the URL you have specified on the General tab.
Add the ?jql={JQL_Query} expression to your task list URL: {serverUrl}/rest/api/2/search?jql={JQL_Query}.
You can use code completion in the Login URL, Task List URL and Single Task URL fields.
Click Manage Template Variables at the bottom of the dialog to configure the JQL_Query variable.
Click and in the new field, specify the variable name JQL_Query and add its value assignee = currentUser() AND resolution = unresolved.
This will let you get unresolved issues assigned to you.
Click OK.

Configure the response type and specify selectors

In the Server Configuration dialog, select the JSON response type.
Specify selectors in the table to get IDs and titles of issues and their description. You can also get the date and time when issues were created and updated:
- tasks: $.issues
- id: key
- summary: fields.summary
- description: fields.description
- updated: fields.updated
- created: fields.created
For JIRA, you can check the server responses in real time. Replace placeholders with actual values in the link and open it in a browser:
http://<serverURL>:<port>/rest/api/2/search
Click Test to make sure all parameters are configured correctly.

Upload issues from the server

Click the task list and select Open Task. DataGrip will load from the server all issues that match your configuration.
Select the necessary issue from the list.
Press Ctrl+Q to open issue description and make sure all required details are obtained.

Last modified: 02 November 2024