jirarpc.py

#Create a new issue in Jira from the Python XMLRPC interface. You'll have to 
#provide the server and user credentials and match up your own fields

import sys
from xmlrpclib import Server

user = "username"
passwd = "passwd"
serverurl = "https://server.example.com/rpc/xmlrpc"
projectname = "demoproject"

s = Server(serverurl)
auth = s.jira1.login(user, passwd)

#Search for existing issues
issuetable = s.jira1.getIssuesFromTextSearch(auth, "test")
print issuetable

#Get a specific issue by ID
anotherissue = s.jira1.getIssue(auth, "ExampleIssueID1")
print anotherissue

#Create a new issue and add some comments
newissue = s.jira1.createIssue(auth, {'project': projectname, 'type': '3',
    'summary':'Issue Created via XML-RPC epsilon', 
    'description':'Created with Python client again again',
    'environment':'Windows 7/Python 2.6',
    'components':[{'name': 'componentname', 'id': '10111'}],
    'customFieldValues': [{'customfieldId': 'customfield_10012', 'values': ['10020']}, 
		          {'customfieldId': 'customfield_10012', 'values': ['10060'],  'key': '1'}, 
		          {'customfieldId': 'customfield_10018', 'values': ['Thing']}, 
		          {'customfieldId': 'customfield_10001', 'values': ['More Text']}],
    })

print "Created %s/browse/%s" % (s.jira1.getServerInfo(auth)['baseUrl'],
	newissue['key'])

print "Commenting on issue.."
s.jira1.addComment(auth, newissue['key'], 'Comment added with XML-RPC') 

print "Modifying issue..."
s.jira1.updateIssue(auth, newissue['key'], {
    "summary": ["[Updated] issue created via XML-RPC"], })

print "Done!"