5.7.85. Bugzilla::WebService::Bug¶
5.7.85.1. NAME¶
Bugzilla::Webservice::Bug - The API for creating, changing, and getting the details of bugs.
5.7.85.2. DESCRIPTION¶
This part of the Bugzilla API allows you to file a new bug in Bugzilla, or get information about bugs that have already been filed.
5.7.85.3. METHODS¶
See Bugzilla::WebService for a description of how parameters are passed, and what STABLE, UNSTABLE, and EXPERIMENTAL mean.
Although the data input and output is the same for JSONRPC, XMLRPC and REST, the directions for how to access the data via REST is noted in each method where applicable.
5.7.85.4. Utility Functions¶
fields¶
UNSTABLE
Description
Get information about valid bug fields, including the lists of legal values for each field.
REST
You have several options for retreiving information about fields. The first part is the request method and the rest is the related path needed.
To get information about all fields:
GET /rest/field/bug
To get information related to a single field:
GET /rest/field/bug/<id_or_name>
The returned data format is the same as below.
Params
You can pass either field ids or field names.
Note: If neither
ids
nornames
is specified, then all non-obsolete fields will be returned.In addition to the parameters below, this method also accepts the standard include_fields and exclude_fields arguments.
ids
(array) - An array of integer field ids.
names
(array) - An array of strings representing field names.
Returns
A hash containing a single element,
fields
. This is an array of hashes, containing the following keys:
id
int
An integer id uniquely identifying this field in this installation only.
type
int
The number of the fieldtype. The following values are defined:
0
Unknown
1
Free Text
2
Drop Down
3
Multiple-Selection Box
4
Large Text Box
5
Date/Time
6
Bug Id
7
Bug URLs ("See Also")
8
Keywords
9
Date
10
Integer value
is_custom
boolean
True when this is a custom field, false otherwise.
name
string
The internal name of this field. This is a unique identifier for this field. If this is not a custom field, then this name will be the same across all Bugzilla installations.
display_name
string
The name of the field, as it is shown in the user interface.
is_mandatory
boolean
True if the field must have a value when filing new bugs. Also, mandatory fields cannot have their value cleared when updating bugs.
is_on_bug_entry
boolean
For custom fields, this is true if the field is shown when you enter a new bug. For standard fields, this is currently always false, even if the field shows up when entering a bug. (To know whether or not a standard field is valid on bug entry, see create.)
visibility_field
string
The name of a field that controls the visibility of this field in the user interface. This field only appears in the user interface when the named field is equal to one of the values invisibility_values
. Can be null.
visibility_values
array
ofstring
s This field is only shown whenvisibility_field
matches one of these values. Whenvisibility_field
is null, then this is an empty array.
value_field
string
The name of the field that controls whether or not particular values of the field are shown in the user interface. Can be null.
values
This is an array of hashes, representing the legal values for select-type (drop-down and multiple-selection) fields. This is also populated for the
component
,version
,target_milestone
, andkeywords
fields, but not for theproduct
field (you must use Product.get_accessible_products for that.For fields that aren't select-type fields, this will simply be an empty array.
Each hash has the following keys:
name
string
The actual value--this is what you would specify for this field in create, etc.
sort_key
int
Values, when displayed in a list, are sorted first by this integer and then secondly by their name.
sortkey
DEPRECATED - Usesort_key
instead.
visibility_values
Ifvalue_field
is defined for this field, then this value is only shown if thevalue_field
is set to one of the values listed in this array. Note that for per-product fields,value_field
is set to'product'
andvisibility_values
will reflect which product(s) this value appears in.
is_active
boolean
This value is defined only for certain product specific fields such as version, target_milestone or component. When true, the value is active, otherwise the value is not active.
description
string
The description of the value. This item is only included for thekeywords
field.
is_open
boolean
Forbug_status
values, determines whether this status specifies that the bug is "open" (true) or "closed" (false). This item is only included for thebug_status
field.
can_change_to
For
bug_status
values, this is an array of hashes that determines which statuses you can transition to from this status. (This item is only included for thebug_status
field.)Each hash contains the following items:
name
the name of the new status
comment_required
thisboolean
True if a comment is required when you change a bug into this status using this transition.
Errors
51 (Invalid Field Name or Id)
You specified an invalid field name or id.
History
Added in Bugzilla 3.6.
The
is_mandatory
return value was added in Bugzilla 4.0.
sortkey
was renamed tosort_key
in Bugzilla 4.2.
is_active
return key forvalues
was added in Bugzilla 4.4.REST API call added in Bugzilla 5.0
legal_values¶
DEPRECATED - Use fields instead.
Description
Tells you what values are allowed for a particular field.
REST
To get information on the values for a field based on field name:
GET /rest/field/bug/<field_name>/values
To get information based on field name and a specific product:
GET /rest/field/bug/<field_name>/<product_id>/values
The returned data format is the same as below.
Params
field
- The name of the field you want information about. This should be the same as the name you would use in create, below.
product_id
- If you're picking a product-specific field, you have to specify the id of the product you want the values for.
Returns
values
- An array of strings: the legal values for this field. The values will be sorted as they normally would be in Bugzilla.
Errors
106 (Invalid Product)
You were required to specify a product, and either you didn't, or you specified an invalid product (or a product that you can't access).108 (Invalid Field Name)
You specified a field that doesn't exist or isn't a drop-down field.
History
REST API call added in Bugzilla 5.0.
5.7.85.5. Bug Information¶
attachments¶
EXPERIMENTAL
Description
It allows you to get data about attachments, given a list of bugs and/or attachment ids.
Note: Private attachments will only be returned if you are in the insidergroup or if you are the submitter of the attachment.
REST
To get all current attachments for a bug:
GET /rest/bug/<bug_id>/attachment
To get a specific attachment based on attachment ID:
GET /rest/bug/attachment/<attachment_id>
The returned data format is the same as below.
Params
Note: At least one of
ids
orattachment_ids
is required.
ids
See the description of theids
parameter in the get method.
attachment_ids
array
An array of integer attachment ids.Also accepts the include_fields, and exclude_fields arguments.
Returns
A hash containing two elements:
bugs
andattachments
. The return value looks like this:{ bugs => { 1345 => [ { (attachment) }, { (attachment) } ], 9874 => [ { (attachment) }, { (attachment) } ], }, attachments => { 234 => { (attachment) }, 123 => { (attachment) }, } }The attachments of any bugs that you specified in the
ids
argument in input are returned inbugs
on output.bugs
is a hash that has integer bug IDs for keys and the values are arrayrefs that contain hashes as attachments. (Fields for attachments are described below.)For any attachments that you specified directly in
attachment_ids
, they are returned inattachments
on output. This is a hash where the attachment ids point directly to hashes describing the individual attachment.The fields for each attachment (where it says
(attachment)
in the diagram above) are:
data
base64
The raw data of the attachment, encoded as Base64.
size
int
The length (in bytes) of the attachment.
creation_time
dateTime
The time the attachment was created.
last_change_time
dateTime
The last time the attachment was modified.
id
int
The numeric id of the attachment.
bug_id
int
The numeric id of the bug that the attachment is attached to.
file_name
string
The file name of the attachment.
summary
string
A short string describing the attachment.
content_type
string
The MIME type of the attachment.
is_private
boolean
True if the attachment is private (only visible to a certain group called the "insidergroup"), False otherwise.
is_obsolete
boolean
True if the attachment is obsolete, False otherwise.
is_patch
boolean
True if the attachment is a patch, False otherwise.
creator
string
The login name of the user that created the attachment.
flags
An array of hashes containing the information about flags currently set for each attachment. Each flag hash contains the following items:
id
int
The id of the flag.
name
string
The name of the flag.
type_id
int
The type id of the flag.
creation_date
dateTime
The timestamp when this flag was originally created.
modification_date
dateTime
The timestamp when the flag was last modified.
status
string
The current status of the flag.
setter
string
The login name of the user who created or last modified the flag.
requestee
string
The login name of the user this flag has been requested to be granted or denied. Note, this field is only returned if a requestee is set.
Errors
This method can throw all the same errors as get. In addition, it can also throw the following error:
304 (Auth Failure, Attachment is Private)
You specified the id of a private attachment in theattachment_ids
argument, and you are not in the "insider group" that can see private attachments.
History
Added in Bugzilla 3.6.
In Bugzilla 4.0, the
attacher
return value was renamed tocreator
.In Bugzilla 4.0, the
description
return value was renamed tosummary
.The
data
return value was added in Bugzilla 4.0.In Bugzilla 4.2, the
is_url
return value was removed (this attribute no longer exists for attachments).The
size
return value was added in Bugzilla 4.4.The
flags
array was added in Bugzilla 4.4.REST API call added in Bugzilla 5.0.
comments¶
STABLE
Description
This allows you to get data about comments, given a list of bugs and/or comment ids.
REST
To get all comments for a particular bug using the bug ID or alias:
GET /rest/bug/<id_or_alias>/comment
To get a specific comment based on the comment ID:
GET /rest/bug/comment/<comment_id>
The returned data format is the same as below.
Params
Note: At least one of
ids
orcomment_ids
is required.In addition to the parameters below, this method also accepts the standard include_fields and exclude_fields arguments.
ids
array
An array that can contain both bug IDs and bug aliases. All of the comments (that are visible to you) will be returned for the specified bugs.
comment_ids
array
An array of integer comment_ids. These comments will be returned individually, separate from any other comments in their respective bugs.
new_since
dateTime
If specified, the method will only return comments newerthan this time. This only affects comments returned from theids
argument. You will always be returned all comments you request in thecomment_ids
argument, even if they are older than this date.
Returns
Two items are returned:
bugs
This is used for bugs specified in
ids
. This is a hash, where the keys are the numeric ids of the bugs, and the value is a hash with a single key,comments
, which is an array of comments. (The format of comments is described below.)Note that any individual bug will only be returned once, so if you specify an id multiple times in
ids
, it will still only be returned once.
comments
Each individual comment requested incomment_ids
is returned here, in a hash where the numeric comment id is the key, and the value is the comment. (The format of comments is described below.)A "comment" as described above is a hash that contains the following keys:
id
int
The globally unique ID for the comment.bug_id
int
The ID of the bug that this comment is on.attachment_id
int
If the comment was made on an attachment, this will be the ID of that attachment. Otherwise it will be null.count
int
The number of the comment local to the bug. The Description is 0, comments start with 1.text
string
The actual text of the comment.creator
string
The login name of the comment's author.time
dateTime
The time (in Bugzilla's timezone) that the comment was added.creation_time
dateTime
This is exactly same as thetime
key. Use this field instead oftime
for consistency with other methods including get and attachments. For compatibility,time
is still usable. However, please note thattime
may be deprecated and removed in a future release.is_private
boolean
True if this comment is private (only visible to a certain group called the "insidergroup"), False otherwise.
Errors
This method can throw all the same errors as get. In addition, it can also throw the following errors:
110 (Comment Is Private)
You specified the id of a private comment in thecomment_ids
argument, and you are not in the "insider group" that can see private comments.111 (Invalid Comment ID)
You specified an id in thecomment_ids
argument that is invalid--either you specified something that wasn't a number, or there is no comment with that id.
History
Added in Bugzilla 3.4.
attachment_id
was added to the return value in Bugzilla 3.6.In Bugzilla 4.0, the
author
return value was renamed tocreator
.
count
was added to the return value in Bugzilla 4.4.
creation_time
was added in Bugzilla 4.4.REST API call added in Bugzilla 5.0.
get¶
STABLE
Description
Gets information about particular bugs in the database.
REST
To get information about a particular bug using its ID or alias:
GET /rest/bug/<id_or_alias>
The returned data format is the same as below.
Params
In addition to the parameters below, this method also accepts the standard include_fields and exclude_fields arguments.
ids
An array of numbers and strings.
If an element in the array is entirely numeric, it represents a bug_id from the Bugzilla database to fetch. If it contains any non-numeric characters, it is considered to be a bug alias instead, and the bug with that alias will be loaded.
permissive
EXPERIMENTALboolean
Normally, if you request any inaccessible or invalid bug ids, Bug.get will throw an error. If this parameter is True, instead of throwing an error we return an array of hashes with aid
,faultString
andfaultCode
for each bug that fails, and return normal information for the other bugs that were accessible.
Returns
Two items are returned:
bugs
An array of hashes that contains information about the bugs with the valid ids. Each hash contains the following items:
These fields are returned by default or by specifying
_default
ininclude_fields
.
actual_time
double
The total number of hours that this bug has taken (so far).If you are not in the time-tracking group, this field will not be included in the return value.
alias
array
ofstring
s The unique aliases of this bug. An empty array will be returned if this bug has no aliases.
assigned_to
string
The login name of the user to whom the bug is assigned.
assigned_to_detail
hash
A hash containing detailed user information for the assigned_to. To see the keys included in the user detail hash, see below.
blocks
array
ofint
s. The ids of bugs that are "blocked" by this bug.
cc
array
ofstring
s. The login names of users on the CC list of this bug.
cc_detail
array
of hashes containing detailed user information for each of the cc list members. To see the keys included in the user detail hash, see below.
classification
string
The name of the current classification the bug is in.
component
string
The name of the current component of this bug.
creation_time
dateTime
When the bug was created.
creator
string
The login name of the person who filed this bug (the reporter).
creator_detail
hash
A hash containing detailed user information for the creator. To see the keys included in the user detail hash, see below.
deadline
string
The day that this bug is due to be completed, in the formatYYYY-MM-DD
.
depends_on
array
ofint
s. The ids of bugs that this bug "depends on".
dupe_of
int
The bug ID of the bug that this bug is a duplicate of. If this bug isn't a duplicate of any bug, this will be null.
estimated_time
double
The number of hours that it was estimated that this bug would take.If you are not in the time-tracking group, this field will not be included in the return value.
flags
An array of hashes containing the information about flags currently set for the bug. Each flag hash contains the following items:
id
int
The id of the flag.
name
string
The name of the flag.
type_id
int
The type id of the flag.
creation_date
dateTime
The timestamp when this flag was originally created.
modification_date
dateTime
The timestamp when the flag was last modified.
status
string
The current status of the flag.
setter
string
The login name of the user who created or last modified the flag.
requestee
string
The login name of the user this flag has been requested to be granted or denied. Note, this field is only returned if a requestee is set.
groups
array
ofstring
s. The names of all the groups that this bug is in.
id
int
The unique numeric id of this bug.
is_cc_accessible
boolean
If true, this bug can be accessed by members of the CC list, even if they are not in the groups the bug is restricted to.
is_confirmed
boolean
True if the bug has been confirmed. Usually this means that the bug has at some point been moved out of theUNCONFIRMED
status and into another open status.
is_open
boolean
True if this bug is open, false if it is closed.
is_creator_accessible
boolean
If true, this bug can be accessed by the creator (reporter) of the bug, even if they are not a member of the groups the bug is restricted to.
keywords
array
ofstring
s. Each keyword that is on this bug.
last_change_time
dateTime
When the bug was last changed.
op_sys
string
The name of the operating system that the bug was filed against.
platform
string
The name of the platform (hardware) that the bug was filed against.
priority
string
The priority of the bug.
product
string
The name of the product this bug is in.
qa_contact
string
The login name of the current QA Contact on the bug.
qa_contact_detail
hash
A hash containing detailed user information for the qa_contact. To see the keys included in the user detail hash, see below.
remaining_time
double
The number of hours of work remaining until work on this bug is complete.If you are not in the time-tracking group, this field will not be included in the return value.
resolution
string
The current resolution of the bug, or an empty string if the bug is open.
see_also
UNSTABLE
array
ofstring
s. The URLs in the See Also field on the bug.
severity
string
The current severity of the bug.
status
string
The current status of the bug.
summary
string
The summary of this bug.
target_milestone
string
The milestone that this bug is supposed to be fixed by, or for closed bugs, the milestone that it was fixed for.
update_token
string
The token that you would have to pass to the process_bug.cgipage in order to update this bug. This changes every time the bug is updated.This field is not returned to logged-out users.
url
UNSTABLE
string
A URL that demonstrates the problem described in the bug, or is somehow related to the bug report.
version
string
The version the bug was reported against.
whiteboard
string
The value of the "status whiteboard" field on the bug.custom fields
Every custom field in this installation will also be included in the return value. Most fields are returned as
string
s. However, some field types have different return values.Normally custom fields are returned by default similar to normal bug fields or you can specify only custom fields by using
_custom
ininclude_fields
.Bug ID Fields -
int
Multiple-Selection Fields -
array
ofstring
s.Date/Time Fields -
dateTime
user detail hashes
Each user detail hash contains the following items:
id
int
The user id for this user.
real_name
string
The 'real' name for this user, if any.
name
string
The user's Bugzilla login.
string
The user's email address. Currently this is the same value as the name.These fields are returned only by specifying "_extra" or the field name in "include_fields".
tags
array
ofstring
s. Each array item is a tag name.Note that tags are personal to the currently logged in user.
faults
EXPERIMENTALAn array of hashes that contains invalid bug ids with error messages returned for them. Each hash contains the following items:
id
int
The numeric bug_id of this bug.faultString
string
This will only be returned for invalid bugs if thepermissive
argument was set when calling Bug.get, and it is an error indicating that the bug id was invalid.faultCode
int
This will only be returned for invalid bugs if thepermissive
argument was set when calling Bug.get, and it is the error code for the invalid bug error.
Errors
100 (Invalid Bug Alias)
If you specified an alias and there is no bug with that alias.101 (Invalid Bug ID)
The bug_id you specified doesn't exist in the database.102 (Access Denied)
You do not have access to the bug_id you specified.
History
permissive
argument added to this method's params in Bugzilla 3.4.The following properties were added to this method's return values in Bugzilla 3.4:
For
bugs
assigned_to
component
dupe_of
is_open
priority
product
resolution
severity
status
faults
In Bugzilla 4.0, the following items were added to the
bugs
return value:blocks
,cc
,classification
,creator
,deadline
,depends_on
,estimated_time
,is_cc_accessible
,is_confirmed
,is_creator_accessible
,groups
,keywords
,op_sys
,platform
,qa_contact
,remaining_time
,see_also
,target_milestone
,update_token
,url
,version
,whiteboard
, and all custom fields.The
flags
array was added in Bugzilla 4.4.The
actual_time
item was added to thebugs
return value in Bugzilla 4.4.REST API call added in Bugzilla 5.0.
In Bugzilla 5.0, the following items were added to the bugs return value:
assigned_to_detail
,creator_detail
,qa_contact_detail
.
history¶
EXPERIMENTAL
Description
Gets the history of changes for particular bugs in the database.
REST
To get the history for a specific bug ID:
GET /rest/bug/<bug_id>/history
The returned data format will be the same as below.
Params
ids
An array of numbers and strings.
If an element in the array is entirely numeric, it represents a bug_id from the Bugzilla database to fetch. If it contains any non-numeric characters, it is considered to be a bug alias instead, and the data bug with that alias will be loaded.
new_since
dateTime
If specified, the method will only return changes newerthan this time.
Returns
A hash containing a single element,
bugs
. This is an array of hashes, containing the following keys:id
int
The numeric id of the bug.alias
array
ofstring
s The unique aliases of this bug. An empty array will be returned if this bug has no aliases.history
array
An array of hashes, each hash having the following keys:when
dateTime
The date the bug activity/change happened.who
string
The login name of the user who performed the bug change.changes
array
An array of hashes which contain all the changes that happened to the bug at this time (as specified bywhen
). Each hash contains the following items:field_name
string
The name of the bug field that has changed.removed
string
The previous value of the bug field which has been deleted by the change.added
string
The new value of the bug field which has been added by the change.attachment_id
int
The id of the attachment that was changed. This only appears if the change was to an attachment, otherwiseattachment_id
will not be present in this hash.
Errors
The same as get.
History
Added in Bugzilla 3.4.
Field names returned by the
field_name
field changed to be consistent with other methods. Since Bugzilla 4.4, they now match names used by Bug.update|/"update" for consistency.REST API call added Bugzilla 5.0.
Added
new_since
parameter if Bugzilla 5.0.
possible_duplicates¶
UNSTABLE
Description
Allows a user to find possible duplicate bugs based on a set of keywords such as a user may use as a bug summary. Optionally the search can be narrowed down to specific products.
Params
summary
(string) Required - A string of keywords defining the type of bug you are trying to report.
products
(array) - One or more product names to narrow the duplicate search to. If omitted, all bugs are searched.
Returns
The same as get.
Note that you will only be returned information about bugs that you can see. Bugs that you can't see will be entirely excluded from the results. So, if you want to see private bugs, you will have to first log in and then call this method.
Errors
50 (Param Required)
You must specify a value forsummary
containing a string of keywords to search for duplicates.
History
Added in Bugzilla 4.0.
The
product
parameter has been renamed toproducts
in Bugzilla 5.0.
search¶
UNSTABLE
Description
Allows you to search for bugs based on particular criteria.
<REST>
To search for bugs:
GET /bug
The URL parameters and the returned data format are the same as below.
Params
Unless otherwise specified in the description of a parameter, bugs are returned if they match exactly the criteria you specify in these parameters. That is, we don't match against substrings--if a bug is in the "Widgets" product and you ask for bugs in the "Widg" product, you won't get anything.
Criteria are joined in a logical AND. That is, you will be returned bugs that match all of the criteria, not bugs that match any of the criteria.
Each parameter can be either the type it says, or an array of the types it says. If you pass an array, it means "Give me bugs with any of these values." For example, if you wanted bugs that were in either the "Foo" or "Bar" products, you'd pass:
product => ['Foo', 'Bar']Some Bugzillas may treat your arguments case-sensitively, depending on what database system they are using. Most commonly, though, Bugzilla is not case-sensitive with the arguments passed (because MySQL is the most-common database to use with Bugzilla, and MySQL is not case sensitive).
In addition to the fields listed below, you may also use criteria that is similar to what is used in the Advanced Search screen of the Bugzilla UI. This includes fields specified by
Search by Change History
andCustom Search
. The easiest way to determine what the field names are and what format Bugzilla expects, is to first construct your query using the Advanced Search UI, execute it and use the query parameters in they URL as your key/value pairs for the WebService call. With REST, you can just reuse the query parameter portion in the REST call itself.
alias
array
ofstring
s The unique aliases of this bug. An empty array will be returned if this bug has no aliases.
assigned_to
string
The login name of a user that a bug is assigned to.
component
string
The name of the Component that the bug is in. Note that if there are multiple Components with the same name, and you search for that name, bugs in all those Components will be returned. If you don't want this, be sure to also specify theproduct
argument.
creation_time
dateTime
Searches for bugs that were created at this time or later. May not be an array.
creator
string
The login name of the user who created the bug.You can also pass this argument with the name
reporter
, for backwards compatibility with older Bugzillas.
id
int
The numeric id of the bug.
last_change_time
dateTime
Searches for bugs that were modified at this time or later. May not be an array.
limit
int
Limit the number of results returned toint
records. If the limit is more than zero and higher than the maximum limit set by the administrator, then the maximum limit will be used instead. If you set the limit equal to zero, then all matching results will be returned instead.
offset
int
Used in conjunction with thelimit
argument,offset
defines the starting position for the search. For example, given a search that would return 100 bugs, settinglimit
to 10 andoffset
to 10 would return bugs 11 through 20 from the set of 100.
op_sys
string
The "Operating System" field of a bug.
platform
string
The Platform (sometimes called "Hardware") field of a bug.
priority
string
The Priority field on a bug.
product
string
The name of the Product that the bug is in.
resolution
string
The current resolution--only set if a bug is closed. You can find open bugs by searching for bugs with an empty resolution.
severity
string
The Severity field on a bug.
status
string
The current status of a bug (not including its resolution, if it has one, which is a separate field above).
summary
string
Searches for substrings in the single-line Summary field on bugs. If you specify an array, then bugs whose summaries match any of the passed substrings will be returned.Note that unlike searching in the Bugzilla UI, substrings are not split on spaces. So searching for
foo bar
will match "This is a foo bar" but not "This foo is a bar".['foo', 'bar']
, would, however, match the second item.
tags
string
Searches for a bug with the specified tag. If you specify an array, then any bugs that match any of the tags will be returned.Note that tags are personal to the currently logged in user.
target_milestone
string
The Target Milestone field of a bug. Note that even if this Bugzilla does not have the Target Milestone field enabled, you can still search for bugs by Target Milestone. However, it is likely that in that case, most bugs will not have a Target Milestone set (it defaults to "---" when the field isn't enabled).
qa_contact
string
The login name of the bug's QA Contact. Note that even if this Bugzilla does not have the QA Contact field enabled, you can still search for bugs by QA Contact (though it is likely that no bug will have a QA Contact set, if the field is disabled).
url
string
The "URL" field of a bug.
version
string
The Version field of a bug.
whiteboard
string
Search the "Status Whiteboard" field on bugs for a substring. Works the same as thesummary
field described above, but searches the Status Whiteboard field.
quicksearch
string
Search for bugs using quicksearch syntax.
Returns
The same as get.
Note that you will only be returned information about bugs that you can see. Bugs that you can't see will be entirely excluded from the results. So, if you want to see private bugs, you will have to first log in and then call this method.
Errors
If you specify an invalid value for a particular field, you just won't get any results for that value.
1000 (Parameters Required)
You may not search without any search terms.
History
Added in Bugzilla 3.4.
Searching by
votes
was removed in Bugzilla 4.0.The
reporter
input parameter was renamed tocreator
in Bugzilla 4.0.In 4.2.6 and newer, added the ability to return all results if
limit
is set equal to zero. Otherwise maximum results returned are limited by system configuration.REST API call added in Bugzilla 5.0.
Updated to allow for full search capability similar to the Bugzilla UI in Bugzilla 5.0.
Updated to allow quicksearch capability in Bugzilla 5.0.
5.7.85.6. Bug Creation and Modification¶
create¶
STABLE
Description
This allows you to create a new bug in Bugzilla. If you specify any invalid fields, an error will be thrown stating which field is invalid. If you specify any fields you are not allowed to set, they will just be set to their defaults or ignored.
You cannot currently set all the items here that you can set on enter_bug.cgi.
The WebService interface may allow you to set things other than those listed here, but realize that anything undocumented is UNSTABLE and will very likely change in the future.
REST
To create a new bug in Bugzilla:
POST /rest/bug
The params to include in the POST body as well as the returned data format, are the same as below.
Params
Some params must be set, or an error will be thrown. These params are marked Required.
Some parameters can have defaults set in Bugzilla, by the administrator. If these parameters have defaults set, you can omit them. These parameters are marked Defaulted.
Clients that want to be able to interact uniformly with multiple Bugzillas should always set both the params marked Required and those marked Defaulted, because some Bugzillas may not have defaults set for Defaulted parameters, and then this method will throw an error if you don't specify them.
The descriptions of the parameters below are what they mean when Bugzilla is being used to track software bugs. They may have other meanings in some installations.
product
(string) Required - The name of the product the bug is being filed against.
component
(string) Required - The name of a component in the product above.
summary
(string) Required - A brief description of the bug being filed.
version
(string) Required - A version of the product above; the version the bug was found in.
description
(string) Defaulted - The initial description for this bug. Some Bugzilla installations require this to not be blank.
op_sys
(string) Defaulted - The operating system the bug was discovered on.
platform
(string) Defaulted - What type of hardware the bug was experienced on.
priority
(string) Defaulted - What order the bug will be fixed in by the developer, compared to the developer's other bugs.
severity
(string) Defaulted - How severe the bug is.
alias
(array) - A brief alias for the bug that can be used instead of a bug number when accessing this bug. Must be unique in all of this Bugzilla.
assigned_to
(username) - A user to assign this bug to, if you don't want it to be assigned to the component owner.
cc
(array) - An array of usernames to CC on this bug.
comment_is_private
(boolean) - If set to true, the description is private, otherwise it is assumed to be public.
groups
(array) - An array of group names to put this bug into. You can see valid group names on the Permissions tab of the Preferences screen, or, if you are an administrator, in the Groups control panel. If you don't specify this argument, then the bug will be added into all the groups that are set as being "Default" for this product. (If you want to avoid that, you should specifygroups
as an empty array.)
qa_contact
(username) - If this installation has QA Contacts enabled, you can set the QA Contact here if you don't want to use the component's default QA Contact.
status
(string) - The status that this bug should start out as. Note that only certain statuses can be set on bug creation.
resolution
(string) - If you are filing a closed bug, then you will have to specify a resolution. You cannot currently specify a resolution ofDUPLICATE
for new bugs, though. That must be done with update.
target_milestone
(string) - A valid target milestone for this product.
flags
array
An array of hashes with flags to add to the bug. To create a flag, at least the status and the type_id or name must be provided. An optional requestee can be passed if the flag type is requestable to a specific user.
name
string
The name of the flag type.
type_id
int
The internal flag type id.
status
string
The flags new status (i.e. "?", "+", "-" or "X" to clear a flag).
requestee
string
The login of the requestee if the flag type is requestable to a specific user.In addition to the above parameters, if your installation has any custom fields, you can set them just by passing in the name of the field and its value as a string.
Returns
A hash with one element,id
. This is the id of the newly-filed bug.
Errors
51 (Invalid Object)
You specified a field value that is invalid. The error message will have more details.103 (Invalid Alias)
The alias you specified is invalid for some reason. See the error message for more details.104 (Invalid Field)
One of the drop-down fields has an invalid value, or a value entered in a text field is too long. The error message will have more detail.105 (Invalid Component)
You didn't specify a component.106 (Invalid Product)
Either you didn't specify a product, this product doesn't exist, or you don't have permission to enter bugs in this product.107 (Invalid Summary)
You didn't specify a summary for the bug.116 (Dependency Loop)
You specified values in theblocks
ordepends_on
fields that would cause a circular dependency between bugs.120 (Group Restriction Denied)
You tried to restrict the bug to a group which does not exist, or which you cannot use with this product.129 (Flag Status Invalid)
The flag status is invalid.130 (Flag Modification Denied)
You tried to request, grant, or deny a flag but only a user with the required permissions may make the change.131 (Flag not Requestable from Specific Person)
You can't ask a specific person for the flag.133 (Flag Type not Unique)
The flag type specified matches several flag types. You must specify the type id value to update or add a flag.134 (Inactive Flag Type)
The flag type is inactive and cannot be used to create new flags.504 (Invalid User)
Either the QA Contact, Assignee, or CC lists have some invalid user in them. The error message will have more details.
History
Before 3.0.4, parameters marked as Defaulted were actually Required, due to a bug in Bugzilla.
The
groups
argument was added in Bugzilla 4.0. Before Bugzilla 4.0, bugs were only added into Mandatory groups by this method. Since Bugzilla 4.0.2, passing an illegal group name will throw an error. In Bugzilla 4.0 and 4.0.1, illegal group names were silently ignored.The
comment_is_private
argument was added in Bugzilla 4.0. Before Bugzilla 4.0, you had to use the undocumentedcommentprivacy
argument.Error 116 was added in Bugzilla 4.0. Before that, dependency loop errors had a generic code of
32000
.The ability to file new bugs with a
resolution
was added in Bugzilla 4.4.REST API call added in Bugzilla 5.0.
add_attachment¶
STABLE
Description
This allows you to add an attachment to a bug in Bugzilla.
REST
To create attachment on a current bug:
POST /rest/bug/<bug_id>/attachment
The params to include in the POST body, as well as the returned data format are the same as below. The
ids
param will be overridden as it it pulled from the URL path.
Params
ids
Requiredarray
An array of ints and/or strings--the ids or aliases of bugs that you want to add this attachment to. The same attachment and comment will be added to all these bugs.
data
Requiredbase64
orstring
The content of the attachment. If the content of the attachment is not ASCII text, you must encode it in base64 and declare it as thebase64
type.
file_name
Requiredstring
The "file name" that will be displayed in the UI for this attachment.
summary
Requiredstring
A short string describing the attachment.
content_type
Requiredstring
The MIME type of the attachment, liketext/plain
orimage/png
.
comment
string
A comment to add along with this attachment.
is_patch
boolean
True if Bugzilla should treat this attachment as a patch. If you specify this, you do not need to specify acontent_type
. Thecontent_type
of the attachment will be forced totext/plain
.Defaults to False if not specified.
is_private
boolean
True if the attachment should be private (restricted to the "insidergroup"), False if the attachment should be public.Defaults to False if not specified.
flags
array
An array of hashes with flags to add to the attachment. to create a flag, at least the status and the type_id or name must be provided. An optional requestee can be passed if the flag type is requestable to a specific user.
name
string
The name of the flag type.
type_id
int
The internal flag type id.
status
string
The flags new status (i.e. "?", "+", "-" or "X" to clear a flag).
requestee
string
The login of the requestee if the flag type is requestable to a specific user.
Returns
A single itemids
, which contains an array of the attachment id(s) created.
Errors
This method can throw all the same errors as get, plus:
129 (Flag Status Invalid)
The flag status is invalid.130 (Flag Modification Denied)
You tried to request, grant, or deny a flag but only a user with the required permissions may make the change.131 (Flag not Requestable from Specific Person)
You can't ask a specific person for the flag.133 (Flag Type not Unique)
The flag type specified matches several flag types. You must specify the type id value to update or add a flag.134 (Inactive Flag Type)
The flag type is inactive and cannot be used to create new flags.600 (Attachment Too Large)
You tried to attach a file that was larger than Bugzilla will accept.601 (Invalid MIME Type)
You specified acontent_type
argument that was blank, not a valid MIME type, or not a MIME type that Bugzilla accepts for attachments.603 (File Name Not Specified)
You did not specify a valid for thefile_name
argument.604 (Summary Required)
You did not specify a value for thesummary
argument.606 (Empty Data)
You set the "data" field to an empty string.
History
Added in Bugzilla 4.0.
The
is_url
parameter was removed in Bugzilla 4.2.The return value has changed in Bugzilla 4.4.
REST API call added in Bugzilla 5.0.
update_attachment¶
UNSTABLE
Description
This allows you to update attachment metadata in Bugzilla.
REST
To update attachment metadata on a current attachment:
PUT /rest/bug/attachment/<attach_id>
The params to include in the POST body, as well as the returned data format are the same as below. The
ids
param will be overridden as it it pulled from the URL path.
Params
ids
Requiredarray
An array of integers -- the ids of the attachments you want to update.
file_name
string
The "file name" that will be displayed in the UI for this attachment.
summary
string
A short string describing the attachment.
comment
string
An optional comment to add to the attachment's bug.
content_type
string
The MIME type of the attachment, liketext/plain
orimage/png
.
is_patch
boolean
True if Bugzilla should treat this attachment as a patch. If you specify this, you do not need to specify acontent_type
. Thecontent_type
of the attachment will be forced totext/plain
.
is_private
boolean
True if the attachment should be private (restricted to the "insidergroup"), False if the attachment should be public.
is_obsolete
boolean
True if the attachment is obsolete, False otherwise.
flags
array
An array of hashes with changes to the flags. The following values can be specified. At least the status and one of type_id, id, or name must be specified. If a type_id or name matches a single currently set flag, the flag will be updated unless new is specified.
name
string
The name of the flag that will be created or updated.
type_id
int
The internal flag type id that will be created or updated. You will need to specify thetype_id
if more than one flag type of the same name exists.
status
string
The flags new status (i.e. "?", "+", "-" or "X" to clear a flag).
requestee
string
The login of the requestee if the flag type is requestable to a specific user.
id
int
Use id to specify the flag to be updated. You will need to specify theid
if more than one flag is set of the same name.
new
boolean
Set to true if you specifically want a new flag to be created.Returns
A
hash
with a single field, "attachments". This points to an array of hashes with the following fields:
id
int
The id of the attachment that was updated.
last_change_time
dateTime
The exact time that this update was done at, for this attachment. If no update was done (that is, no fields had their values changed and no comment was added) then this will instead be the last time the attachment was updated.
changes
hash
The changes that were actually done on this bug. The keys are the names of the fields that were changed, and the values are a hash with two keys:
added
(string
) The values that were added to this field. possibly a comma-and-space-separated list if multiple values were added.
removed
(string
) The values that were removed from this field.Here's an example of what a return value might look like:
{ attachments => [ { id => 123, last_change_time => '2010-01-01T12:34:56', changes => { summary => { removed => 'Sample ptach', added => 'Sample patch' }, is_obsolete => { removed => '0', added => '1', } }, } ] }Errors
This method can throw all the same errors as get, plus:
129 (Flag Status Invalid)
The flag status is invalid.130 (Flag Modification Denied)
You tried to request, grant, or deny a flag but only a user with the required permissions may make the change.131 (Flag not Requestable from Specific Person)
You can't ask a specific person for the flag.132 (Flag not Unique)
The flag specified has been set multiple times. You must specify the id value to update the flag.133 (Flag Type not Unique)
The flag type specified matches several flag types. You must specify the type id value to update or add a flag.134 (Inactive Flag Type)
The flag type is inactive and cannot be used to create new flags.601 (Invalid MIME Type)
You specified acontent_type
argument that was blank, not a valid MIME type, or not a MIME type that Bugzilla accepts for attachments.603 (File Name Not Specified)
You did not specify a valid for thefile_name
argument.604 (Summary Required)
You did not specify a value for thesummary
argument.History
Added in Bugzilla 5.0.
add_comment¶
STABLE
Description
This allows you to add a comment to a bug in Bugzilla.
REST
To create a comment on a current bug:
POST /rest/bug/<bug_id>/comment
The params to include in the POST body as well as the returned data format, are the same as below.
Params
id
(int or string) Required - The id or alias of the bug to append a comment to.
comment
(string) Required - The comment to append to the bug. If this is empty or all whitespace, an error will be thrown saying that you did not set thecomment
parameter.
is_private
(boolean) - If set to true, the comment is private, otherwise it is assumed to be public.
work_time
(double) - Adds this many hours to the "Hours Worked" on the bug. If you are not in the time tracking group, this value will be ignored.
Returns
A hash with one element,id
whose value is the id of the newly-created comment.
Errors
54 (Hours Worked Too Large)
You specified awork_time
larger than the maximum allowed value of99999.99
.100 (Invalid Bug Alias)
If you specified an alias and there is no bug with that alias.101 (Invalid Bug ID)
The id you specified doesn't exist in the database.109 (Bug Edit Denied)
You did not have the necessary rights to edit the bug.113 (Can't Make Private Comments)
You tried to add a private comment, but don't have the necessary rights.114 (Comment Too Long)
You tried to add a comment longer than the maximum allowed length (65,535 characters).
History
Added in Bugzilla 3.2.
Modified to return the new comment's id in Bugzilla 3.4
Modified to throw an error if you try to add a private comment but can't, in Bugzilla 3.4.
Before Bugzilla 3.6, the
is_private
argument was calledprivate
, and you can still call itprivate
for backwards-compatibility purposes if you wish.Before Bugzilla 3.6, error 54 and error 114 had a generic error code of 32000.
REST API call added in Bugzilla 5.0.
update¶
UNSTABLE
Description
Allows you to update the fields of a bug. Automatically sends emails out about the changes.
REST
To update the fields of a current bug:
PUT /rest/bug/<bug_id>
The params to include in the PUT body as well as the returned data format, are the same as below. The
ids
param will be overridden as it is pulled from the URL path.
Params
ids
Array ofint
s orstring
s. The ids or aliases of the bugs that you want to modify.Note: All following fields specify the values you want to set on the bugs you are updating.
alias
hash
These specify the aliases of a bug that can be used instead of a bug number when acessing this bug. To set these, you should pass a hash as the value. The hash may contain the following fields:
add
An array ofstring
s. Aliases to add to this field.
remove
An array ofstring
s. Aliases to remove from this field. If the aliases are not already in the field, they will be ignored.
set
An array ofstring
s. An exact set of aliases to set this field to, overriding the current value. If you specifyset
, thenadd
andremove
will be ignored.You can only set this if you are modifying a single bug. If there is more than one bug specified in
ids
, passing in a value foralias
will cause an error to be thrown.For backwards compatibility, you can also specify a single string. This will be treated as if you specified the set key above.
assigned_to
string
The full login name of the user this bug is assigned to.
blocks
depends_on
hash
These specify the bugs that this bug blocks or depends on, respectively. To set these, you should pass a hash as the value. The hash may contain the following fields:
add
An array ofint
s. Bug ids to add to this field.
remove
An array ofint
s. Bug ids to remove from this field. If the bug ids are not already in the field, they will be ignored.
set
An array ofint
s. An exact set of bug ids to set this field to, overriding the current value. If you specifyset
, thenadd
andremove
will be ignored.
cc
hash
The users on the cc list. To modify this field, pass a hash, which may have the following fields:
add
Array ofstring
s. User names to add to the CC list. They must be full user names, and an error will be thrown if you pass in an invalid user name.
remove
Array ofstring
s. User names to remove from the CC list. They must be full user names, and an error will be thrown if you pass in an invalid user name.
is_cc_accessible
boolean
Whether or not users in the CC list are allowed to access the bug, even if they aren't in a group that can normally access the bug.
comment
hash
. A comment on the change. The hash may contain the following fields:
body
string
The actual text of the comment. Note: For compatibility with the parameters to add_comment, you can also call this fieldcomment
, if you want.
is_private
boolean
Whether the comment is private or not. If you try to make a comment private and you don't have the permission to, an error will be thrown.
comment_is_private
hash
This is how you update the privacy of comments that are already on a bug. This is a hash, where the keys are theint
id of comments (not their count on a bug, like #1, #2, #3, but their globally-unique id, as returned by comments) and the value is aboolean
which specifies whether that comment should become private (true
) or public (false
).The comment ids must be valid for the bug being updated. Thus, it is not practical to use this while updating multiple bugs at once, as a single comment id will never be valid on multiple bugs.
component
string
The Component the bug is in.
deadline
string
The Deadline field--a date specifying when the bug must be completed by, in the formatYYYY-MM-DD
.
dupe_of
int
The bug that this bug is a duplicate of. If you want to mark a bug as a duplicate, the safest thing to do is to set this value and not set thestatus
orresolution
fields. They will automatically be set by Bugzilla to the appropriate values for duplicate bugs.
estimated_time
double
The total estimate of time required to fix the bug, in hours. This is the total estimate, not the amount of time remaining to fix it.
flags
array
An array of hashes with changes to the flags. The following values can be specified. At least the status and one of type_id, id, or name must be specified. If a type_id or name matches a single currently set flag, the flag will be updated unless new is specified.
name
string
The name of the flag that will be created or updated.
type_id
int
The internal flag type id that will be created or updated. You will need to specify thetype_id
if more than one flag type of the same name exists.
status
string
The flags new status (i.e. "?", "+", "-" or "X" to clear a flag).
requestee
string
The login of the requestee if the flag type is requestable to a specific user.
id
int
Use id to specify the flag to be updated. You will need to specify theid
if more than one flag is set of the same name.
new
boolean
Set to true if you specifically want a new flag to be created.
groups
hash
The groups a bug is in. To modify this field, pass a hash, which may have the following fields:
add
Array ofstring
s. The names of groups to add. Passing in an invalid group name or a group that you cannot add to this bug will cause an error to be thrown.
remove
Array ofstring
s. The names of groups to remove. Passing in an invalid group name or a group that you cannot remove from this bug will cause an error to be thrown.
keywords
hash
Keywords on the bug. To modify this field, pass a hash, which may have the following fields:
add
An array ofstrings
s. The names of keywords to add to the field on the bug. Passing something that isn't a valid keyword name will cause an error to be thrown.
remove
An array ofstring
s. The names of keywords to remove from the field on the bug. Passing something that isn't a valid keyword name will cause an error to be thrown.
set
An array ofstrings
s. An exact set of keywords to set the field to, on the bug. Passing something that isn't a valid keyword name will cause an error to be thrown. Specifyingset
overridesadd
andremove
.
op_sys
string
The Operating System ("OS") field on the bug.
platform
string
The Platform or "Hardware" field on the bug.
priority
string
The Priority field on the bug.
product
string
The name of the product that the bug is in. If you change this, you will probably also want to changetarget_milestone
,version
, andcomponent
, since those have different legal values in every product.If you cannot change the
target_milestone
field, it will be reset to the default for the product, when you move a bug to a new product.You may also wish to add or remove groups, as which groups are valid on a bug depends on the product. Groups that are not valid in the new product will be automatically removed, and groups which are mandatory in the new product will be automaticaly added, but no other automatic group changes will be done.
Note that users can only move a bug into a product if they would normally have permission to file new bugs in that product.
qa_contact
string
The full login name of the bug's QA Contact.
is_creator_accessible
boolean
Whether or not the bug's reporter is allowed to access the bug, even if they aren't in a group that can normally access the bug.
remaining_time
double
How much work time is remaining to fix the bug, in hours. If you setwork_time
but don't explicitly setremaining_time
, then thework_time
will be deducted from the bug'sremaining_time
.
reset_assigned_to
boolean
If true, theassigned_to
field will be reset to the default for the component that the bug is in. (If you have set the component at the same time as using this, then the component used will be the new component, not the old one.)
reset_qa_contact
boolean
If true, theqa_contact
field will be reset to the default for the component that the bug is in. (If you have set the component at the same time as using this, then the component used will be the new component, not the old one.)
resolution
string
The current resolution. May only be set if you are closing a bug or if you are modifying an already-closed bug. Attempting to set the resolution to any value (even an empty or null string) on an open bug will cause an error to be thrown.If you change the
status
field to an open status, the resolution field will automatically be cleared, so you don't have to clear it manually.
see_also
hash
The See Also field on a bug, specifying URLs to bugs in other bug trackers. To modify this field, pass a hash, which may have the following fields:
add
An array ofstrings
s. URLs to add to the field. Each URL must be a valid URL to a bug-tracker, or an error will be thrown.
remove
An array ofstring
s. URLs to remove from the field. Invalid URLs will be ignored.
severity
string
The Severity field of a bug.
status
string
The status you want to change the bug to. Note that if a bug is changing from open to closed, you should also specify aresolution
.
summary
string
The Summary field of the bug.
target_milestone
string
The bug's Target Milestone.
url
string
The "URL" field of a bug.
version
string
The bug's Version field.
whiteboard
string
The Status Whiteboard field of a bug.
work_time
double
The number of hours worked on this bug as part of this change. If you setwork_time
but don't explicitly setremaining_time
, then thework_time
will be deducted from the bug'sremaining_time
.You can also set the value of any custom field by passing its name as a parameter, and the value to set the field to. For multiple-selection fields, the value should be an array of strings.
Returns
A
hash
with a single field, "bugs". This points to an array of hashes with the following fields:
id
int
The id of the bug that was updated.
alias
array
ofstring
s The aliases of the bug that was updated, if this bug has any alias.
last_change_time
dateTime
The exact time that this update was done at, for this bug. If no update was done (that is, no fields had their values changed and no comment was added) then this will instead be the last time the bug was updated.
changes
hash
The changes that were actually done on this bug. The keys are the names of the fields that were changed, and the values are a hash with two keys:
added
(string
) The values that were added to this field, possibly a comma-and-space-separated list if multiple values were added.
removed
(string
) The values that were removed from this field, possibly a comma-and-space-separated list if multiple values were removed.Here's an example of what a return value might look like:
{ bugs => [ { id => 123, alias => [ 'foo' ], last_change_time => '2010-01-01T12:34:56', changes => { status => { removed => 'NEW', added => 'ASSIGNED' }, keywords => { removed => 'bar', added => 'qux, quo, qui', } }, } ] }Currently, some fields are not tracked in changes:
comment
,comment_is_private
, andwork_time
. This means that they will not show up in the return value even if they were successfully updated. This may change in a future version of Bugzilla.
Errors
This function can throw all of the errors that get, create, and add_comment can throw, plus:
50 (Empty Field)
You tried to set some field to be empty, but that field cannot be empty. The error message will have more details.52 (Input Not A Number)
You tried to set a numeric field to a value that wasn't numeric.54 (Number Too Large)
You tried to set a numeric field to a value larger than that field can accept.55 (Number Too Small)
You tried to set a negative value in a numeric field that does not accept negative values.56 (Bad Date/Time)
You specified an invalid date or time in a date/time field (such as thedeadline
field or a custom date/time field).112 (See Also Invalid)
You attempted to add an invalid value to thesee_also
field.115 (Permission Denied)
You don't have permission to change a particular field to a particular value. The error message will have more detail.116 (Dependency Loop)
You specified a value in theblocks
ordepends_on
fields that causes a dependency loop.117 (Invalid Comment ID)
You specified a comment id incomment_is_private
that isn't on this bug.118 (Duplicate Loop)
You specified a value fordupe_of
that causes an infinite loop of duplicates.119 (dupe_of Required)
You changed the resolution toDUPLICATE
but did not specify a value for thedupe_of
field.120 (Group Add/Remove Denied)
You tried to add or remove a group that you don't have permission to modify for this bug, or you tried to add a group that isn't valid in this product.121 (Resolution Required)
You tried to set thestatus
field to a closed status, but you didn't specify a resolution.122 (Resolution On Open Status)
This bug has an open status, but you specified a value for theresolution
field.123 (Invalid Status Transition)
You tried to change from one status to another, but the status workflow rules don't allow that change.129 (Flag Status Invalid)
The flag status is invalid.130 (Flag Modification Denied)
You tried to request, grant, or deny a flag but only a user with the required permissions may make the change.131 (Flag not Requestable from Specific Person)
You can't ask a specific person for the flag.132 (Flag not Unique)
The flag specified has been set multiple times. You must specify the id value to update the flag.133 (Flag Type not Unique)
The flag type specified matches several flag types. You must specify the type id value to update or add a flag.134 (Inactive Flag Type)
The flag type is inactive and cannot be used to create new flags.
History
Added in Bugzilla 4.0.
REST API call added Bugzilla 5.0.
update_see_also¶
EXPERIMENTAL
Description
Adds or removes URLs for the "See Also" field on bugs. These URLs must point to some valid bug in some Bugzilla installation or in Launchpad.
Params
ids
Array ofint
s orstring
s. The ids or aliases of bugs that you want to modify.
add
Array of
string
s. URLs to Bugzilla bugs. These URLs will be added to the See Also field. They must be valid URLs toshow_bug.cgi
in a Bugzilla installation or to a bug filed at launchpad.net.If the URLs don't start with
http://
orhttps://
, it will be assumed thathttp://
should be added to the beginning of the string.It is safe to specify URLs that are already in the "See Also" field on a bug--they will just be silently ignored.
remove
Array of
string
s. These URLs will be removed from the See Also field. You must specify the full URL that you want removed. However, matching is done case-insensitively, so you don't have to specify the URL in exact case, if you don't want to.If you specify a URL that is not in the See Also field of a particular bug, it will just be silently ignored. Invaild URLs are currently silently ignored, though this may change in some future version of Bugzilla.
NOTE: If you specify the same URL in both
add
andremove
, it will be added. (That is,add
overridesremove
.)
Returns
changes
, a hash where the keys are numeric bug ids and the contents are a hash with one key,see_also
.see_also
points to a hash, which contains two keys,added
andremoved
. These are arrays of strings, representing the actual changes that were made to the bug.Here's a diagram of what the return value looks like for updating bug ids 1 and 2:
{ changes => { 1 => { see_also => { added => (an array of bug URLs), removed => (an array of bug URLs), } }, 2 => { see_also => { added => (an array of bug URLs), removed => (an array of bug URLs), } } } }This return value allows you to tell what this method actually did. It is in this format to be compatible with the return value of a future
Bug.update
method.
Errors
This method can throw all of the errors that get throws, plus:
109 (Bug Edit Denied)
You did not have the necessary rights to edit the bug.112 (Invalid Bug URL)
One of the URLs you provided did not look like a valid bug URL.115 (See Also Edit Denied)
You did not have the necessary rights to edit the See Also field for this bug.
History
Added in Bugzilla 3.4.
Before Bugzilla 3.6, error 115 had a generic error code of 32000.
update_tags¶
UNSTABLE
Description
Adds or removes tags on bugs.
Params
ids
Requiredarray
An array of ints and/or strings--the ids or aliases of bugs that you want to add or remove tags to. All the tags will be added or removed to all these bugs.
tags
Required
hash
A hash representing tags to be added and/or removed. The hash has the following fields:
add
An array ofstring
s representing tag names to be added to the bugs.It is safe to specify tags that are already associated with the bugs--they will just be silently ignored.
remove
An array ofstring
s representing tag names to be removed from the bugs.It is safe to specify tags that are not associated with any bugs--they will just be silently ignored.
Returns
changes
, a hash containing bug IDs as keys and one single value name "tags" which is also a hash, withadded
andremoved
as keys. See update_see_also for an example of how it looks like.
Errors
This method can throw the same errors as get.
History
Added in Bugzilla 4.4.
search_comment_tags¶
UNSTABLE
Description
Searches for tags which contain the provided substring.
REST
To search for comment tags:
GET /rest/bug/comment/tags/<query>
Params
query
Requiredstring
Only tags containg this substring will be returned.
limit
int
If provided will return no more thanlimit
tags. Defaults to10
.
Returns
Anarray of strings
of matching tags.
Errors
This method can throw all of the errors that get throws, plus:
125 (Comment Tagging Disabled)
Comment tagging support is not available or enabled.
History
Added in Bugzilla 5.0.
update_comment_tags¶
UNSTABLE
Description
Adds or removes tags from a comment.
REST
To update the tags comments attached to a comment:
PUT /rest/bug/comment/tags
The params to include in the PUT body as well as the returned data format, are the same as below.
Params
comment_id
Requiredint
The ID of the comment to update.
add
array of strings
The tags to attach to the comment.
remove
array of strings
The tags to detach from the comment.
Returns
Anarray of strings
containing the comment's updated tags.
Errors
This method can throw all of the errors that get throws, plus:
125 (Comment Tagging Disabled)
Comment tagging support is not available or enabled.126 (Invalid Comment Tag)
The comment tag provided was not valid (eg. contains invalid characters).127 (Comment Tag Too Short)
The comment tag provided is shorter than the minimum length.128 (Comment Tag Too Long)
The comment tag provided is longer than the maximum length.
History
Added in Bugzilla 5.0.
render_comment¶
UNSTABLE
Description
Returns the HTML rendering of the provided comment text.
Params
text
Requiredstrings
Text comment text to render.
id
int
The ID of the bug to render the comment against.
Returns
html
containing the HTML rendering.
Errors
This method can throw all of the errors that get throws.
History
Added in Bugzilla 5.0.
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