How do I archive an issue using the jira-python library?

[Jeff Shepherd]

I am using the jira 3.10.1.dev4 jira-python library interacting with my Jira Server 9.12 cluster. I have a set of issues created from a jira.search_issues() call. I would like to archive them.  I don't see a specific jira.archive() call that would seem to be most appropriate. The Jira REST call would be PUT /rest/api/2/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/archive (single) or POST /rest/api/2/issue/archive (multiple).

How do I archive the issues using the jira-python library?

[Jeff Shepherd · Accepted solution]

I had to write my own wrapper around the `jira-python` library

from jira import JIRA

class MyJIRA(JIRA):
    '''Inheriting from jira-python library'''
    def archive_issue(self, issue: int | str) -> bool:
        url = self._get_latest_url(f"issue/{issue}/archive")
        self._session.put( url )
        return True

myJira = MyJIRA(basic_auth=(jira_username, jira_password), server=jira_server)
myJira.archive_issue('ABC-1234')

[Piyush Annadate _ACE Pune_]

Hello @Jeff Shepherd ,
Checkout https://support.atlassian.com/jira/kb/is-there-an-easy-way-to-archive-a-lot-of-issues/ - this had update ~months in past.

Else, API  via post method can be done, PUT /rest/api/2/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/archive but that would be per issue basis.

[Jeff Shepherd]

Thank you for your response. I have used that Jira KB article in the past. For some reason it stopped working for me and I was hoping to transition my code to the jira-archive library, which has been easier for me to understand.

Is there a way to use jira-archive to access the post method? Somehow sending the /rest/api/2/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/archive to, say jira.resources.update() or jira.resources.Resource()?

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