Libraries for high-level interaction with issue trackers through their REST APIs, plus tools for issue-tracker migration.

Status

Overview

• requires Java 11
• tool for importing projects into JetBrains YouTrack
  • includes issues and their custom fields, links between issues, issue attachments, and tags
  • based on the YouTrack Import REST API
  • imports issues, links between issues, and attachment metadata from import files in XML format
• experimental low-level tool for importing directly into the YouTrack database
  • can be used for importing activity data, which the YouTrack REST interface currently does not support (see YouTrack issue JT-44862)
  • Use at your own risk. Only use a YouTrack test setup for this.
• tool for exporting projects from Asana (as YouTrack import files, as described above)
  • based on the Asana REST API
  • includes tasks, comments, attachments, tags
  • preserves formatted text in tasks and comments
  • converts Asana @mentions to YouTrack issue IDs and user mentions
• tool for exporting projects from Atlassian Jira (as YouTrack import files)
  • based on the Jira REST API
  • takes care of what the YouTrack built-in import functionality misses
  • imports issue/epic/subtask/etc. links that YouTrack misses (JT-51941)
  • fixes user mentions in issue descriptions and comments that YouTrack does not properly convert (JT-45099)

License

Apache License 2.0

Binary Releases

None currently. This project should be used with care and might need adjustments for different needs.

Documentation

For current snapshot:

• API documentation
• Maven-generated project documentation

Usage

Build the entire project with mvn install. This will produce a stand-alone executable at issue-tracking-tool/target/distribution/bin/issue-tracking-tool.sh. It can be used as follows:

issue-tracking-tool.sh ${tool} ${tool_specific_options}

where ${tool} is one of the classes in package net.florianschoppmann.issuetracking having a main method. Use tool_specific_options=-h for help.

It might also be a good idea to run any of these classes directly with a debugger.

Import to YouTrack

export YOUTRACK_ACCESS_TOKEN=${youtrack_access_token}
issue-tracking-tool.sh YouTrackImport --url ${youtrack_url} \
  --io /path/to/input-output-directory

where:

• youtrack_access_token contains the YouTrack Permanent Token,
• youtrack_url contains the YouTrack base URL (for example, https://your-name.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/).

This command import the data from the “import files” (in XML format) in the given directory. Note that creating users, custom fields, and link types is not currently automated. If necessary, you have to do this manually prior to the import.

Low-Level Import Directly to YouTrack Database

issue-tracking-tool.sh --db ${youtrack_xodus_database} \
  --ii /path/to/input-directory

where:

• youtrack_xodus_database contains the path to the YouTrack Xodus database (this is a directory with *.xd files).

This command imports issue activity (event) data from the “import files” (in XML format) in the given directory. Prior to running this command, the YouTrack process needs to be shut down.

Export Asana Project

export ASANA_ACCESS_TOKEN=${asana_access_token}
issue-tracking-tool.sh AsanaExport --workspace ${workspace} \
  --project ${project} --abbrev ${abbrev} \
  --user-mapping /path/to/user-mapping.txt --output /path/to/output-directory

where:

• asana_access_token contains the Asana personal access token,
• workspace contains the name of the Asana workspace,
• project contains the name of the Asana project,
• abbrev contains the project abbreviation in YouTrack (also called project ID or project short name),
• user-mapping.txt is a file containing lines of form ${email}=${youtrack_login}.

This command creates YouTrack import files in /path/to/output-directory. These files contain the project data meant to be uploaded to YouTrack in a second step, as described above. Before continuing, check the export warnings XML file in order to make sure that all references to tasks or users could be resolved.

Note that this tool only reads from Asana. Only proceed if the created import files look reasonable.

Export Jira Project

export JIRA_USER_NAME=${jira_user_name}
export JIRA_PASSWORD=${jira_password}
export YOUTRACK_ACCESS_TOKEN=${youtrack_access_token}
issue-tracking-tool.sh JiraExport --jira-url ${jira_url} \
  --youtrack-url ${youtrack_url} --abbrev ${abbrev} \
  --output /path/to/output-directory

where:

• jira_user_name contains the JIRA user name (or email address),
• jira_password contains the JIRA password or (much better) API token,
• youtrack_access_token contains the YouTrack Permanent Token,
• jira_url contains the JIRA URL (for example, https://your-name.atlassian.net/),
• youtrack_url contains the YouTrack base URL,
• abbrev contains the project abbreviation in YouTrack.

This command creates YouTrack import files in /path/to/output-directory. These files contain the project data meant to be uploaded to YouTrack in a second step, as described above.

Note that this tool only reads from JIRA and YouTrack. Only proceed if the created import files look reasonable.