Access Git Repo Commit Data via Jira REST API in Development Panel (Data Center)
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Summary
In this article, we will describe a scenario for retrieving this commit data on the ticket on a different application using the Jira REST API.
Environment
Jira Data Center Versions 9.x, 10.x, 11.x
Solution
There are two options to gather the data:
Internal REST API
Jira itself uses the internal dev-status REST API to fetch the Development panel information of an issue.
This dev-status API can be used as follows:
# Syntax <base-url>/rest/dev-status/1.0/issue/detail?issueId=<issueId>&applicationType=githube&dataType=repository # Example curl -su "jirauser:jirapassword" '<base-url>/rest/dev-status/1.0/issue/detail?issueId=10102&applicationType=githube&dataType=repository'|jq { "errors": [], "detail": [ { "repositories": [ { "name": "testRepo", "url": "<githube-url>/testorg/testrepo", "commits": [ { "id": "bf180504df890b23e828512f5ea1dffb4a5d057c", "displayId": "bf18050", "authorTimestamp": "2025-03-25T12:42:57.000+0000", "url": "<githube-url>/testorg/testrepo/commit/bf180504df890b23e828512f5ea1dffb4a5d057c", "author": { "name": "supportadmin", "avatar": "<githube-url>/avatars/u/5?" }, "fileCount": 1, "merge": false, "message": "KAN1-3 2", "files": [ { "path": "README.md", "url": "<githube-url>/testOrg/testRepo/commit/bf180504df890b23e828512f5ea1dffb4a5d057c#diff-0", "changeType": "MODIFIED", "linesAdded": 2, "linesRemoved": 0 } ] }, { "id": "80525ba81e50e8841403c1e98931ab16595e84c4", "displayId": "80525ba", "authorTimestamp": "2025-03-25T12:23:40.000+0000", "url": "<githube-url>/testorg/testrepo/commit/80525ba81e50e8841403c1e98931ab16595e84c4", "author": { "name": "supportadmin", "avatar": "<githube-url>/avatars/u/5?" }, "fileCount": 1, "merge": false, "message": "KAN1-3", "files": [ { "path": "README.md", "url": "<githube-url>/testOrg/testRepo/commit/80525ba81e50e8841403c1e98931ab16595e84c4#diff-0", "changeType": "MODIFIED", "linesAdded": 2, "linesRemoved": 1 } ] } ] } ], "_instance": { "name": "GitHub Enterprise", "typeName": "GitHub Enterprise", "id": "githube", "type": "githube", "singleInstance": true, "baseUrl": "https://github.com" } } ] }
Bitbucket REST API
You can also use the Bitbucket REST API as described below:
# Syntax
<base-url>/rest/bitbucket/1.0/jira-dev/detail?issue=<issueKey>
#Example
curl -su "admin:sphere" "<base-url>/rest/bitbucket/1.0/jira-dev/detail?issue=KAN1-3"|jq
{
"repositories": [
{
"name": "testRepo",
"slug": "testRepo",
"url": "<githube-url>/testorg/testrepo",
"fork": false,
"commits": [
{
"author": {
"avatar": "<githube-url>/avatars/u/5?",
"emailAddress": "supportadmin@testing",
"name": "supportadmin",
"username": "supportadmin"
},
"authorTimestamp": 1742906577000,
"displayId": "bf18050",
"id": "bf180504df890b23e828512f5ea1dffb4a5d057c",
"fileCount": 1,
"message": "KAN1-3 2",
"url": "<githube-url>/testOrg/testRepo/commit/bf180504df890b23e828512f5ea1dffb4a5d057c",
"merge": false
},
{
"author": {
"avatar": "<githube-url>/avatars/u/5?",
"emailAddress": "supportadmin@testing",
"name": "supportadmin",
"username": "supportadmin"
},
"authorTimestamp": 1742905420000,
"displayId": "80525ba",
"id": "",
"fileCount": 1,
"message": "KAN1-3",
"url": "<githube-url>/testOrg/testRepo/commit/80525ba81e50e8841403c1e98931ab16595e84c4",
"merge": false
}
]
}
]
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