JIRA scripting with Python

jira.py

from jira import JIRA

server = "https://swift-nav.atlassian.net"

api_key = open('jira_api_key.txt').read()
# print(api_key)
basic_auth = ('jason@swift-nav.com', api_key)

# Query string for the cloned issues:
query_str = 'project = INFRA AND issuekey >= INFRA-77 AND issuekey <= INFRA-83 AND creator = currentUser()'

# The key of the cloned epic
epic_id = 'INFRA-76'

jira = JIRA(server, basic_auth=basic_auth)
issues = jira.search_issues(query_str)
issue = issues[0]

# Dump an example issue
print(issue)

epic_issue = jira.issue(epic_id)
template_issue = jira.issue('INFRA-64')

# Print the parent link of a template issue
print(template_issue.fields.parent)

# Setup links for all the issues in the cloned epic
for issue in issues:
    issue.update(fields={"parent": {"key": epic_issue.key, "id": epic_issue.id}})