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Connect to Jira Assets Data in Ruby


Connect to Jira Assets data in Ruby with ruby-dbi, dbd-odbc, and ruby-odbc.

The CData ODBC Driver for Jira Assets makes it easy to integrate connectivity to live Jira Assets data in Ruby. This article shows how to create a simple Ruby app that connects to Jira Assets data, executes a query, and displays the results.

Create an ODBC Connection to Jira Assets Data

If you have not already, first specify connection properties in an ODBC DSN (data source name). This is the last step of the driver installation. You can use the Microsoft ODBC Data Source Administrator to create and configure ODBC DSNs.

Jira Assets supports connecting and authenticating via the APIToken.

To generate an API token:

  1. Log in to your Atlassian account.
  2. Navigate to Security < Create and manage API Token < Create API Token.

Atlassian generates and then displays the API token.

After you have generated the API token, set these parameters:

  • AuthScheme: APIToken.
  • User: The login of the authenticating user.
  • APIToken: The API token you just generated.

You are now ready to connect and authenticate to Jira Assets.

Installing Ruby and Necessary Gems

If you do not have Ruby installed, refer to the Ruby installation page. With Ruby installed, you will need to install the ruby-dbi, dbd-odbc, and ruby-odbc gems:

gem install dbi gem install dbd-odbc gem install ruby-odbc

Create a Ruby App with Connectivity to Jira Assets Data

Create a new Ruby file (for example: JiraAssetsSelect.rb) and open it in a text editor. Copy the following code into your file:

#connect to the DSN require 'DBI' cnxn = DBI.connect('DBI:ODBC:CData JiraAssets Source','','') #execute a SELECT query and store the result set resultSet = cnxn.execute("SELECT ID, Name FROM Objects WHERE Label = 'SYD-1'") #display the names of the columns resultSet.column_names.each do |name| print name, "\t" end puts #display the results while row = resultSet.fetch do (0..resultSet.column_names.size - 1).each do |n| print row[n], "\t" end puts end resultSet.finish #close the connection cnxn.disconnect if cnxn

With the file completed, you are ready to display your Jira Assets data with Ruby. To do so, simply run your file from the command line:

ruby JiraAssetsSelect.rb Writing SQL-92 queries to Jira Assets allows you to quickly and easily incorporate Jira Assets data into your own Ruby applications. Download a free trial today!

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The Jira Assets ODBC Driver is a powerful tool that allows you to connect with live data from Jira Assets, directly from any applications that support ODBC connectivity.

Access Jira Assets data like you would a database - read, write, and update Jira Assets 0, etc. through a standard ODBC Driver interface.

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