CSV import attachment syntax (Jira 5.24)

[Bryan Karsh]

Hi, I have a line in an import file that has the attachment field like so:

<colgroup><col width="64"></colgroup>

23/Jan/2013 05:24 PM;bryank;text/plain;file://FOO-35941/FOO.20130120192339.txt

The update complete, with the correct author and timestamp -- but the name of the file is 'text-plain' -- and not 'FOO.20130120192339.txt'

I tried renaming the file, moving the file directly to the import directory, etc... but the same issue persists.

Is this a syntax issue, or something else? Any tips much appreciated.

[Pawel Niewiadomski · Accepted solution]

It should be (remove text/plain; as we don't support setting MIME content type using CSV):

<colgroup><col width="64"></colgroup>

23/Jan/2013 05:24 PM;bryank;file://FOO-35941/FOO.20130120192339.txt

[Bryan Karsh]

weird -- I did that, but then I get an error saying that the user "23/Jan/2013 05:24 PM not found. attaching to issue with currently logged in user instead"

The import then completes, and the name of the imported file is my username.

[Pawel Niewiadomski]

I bet the date format you specified during the wizard doesn't match the date format used here.

[Bryan Karsh]

okay -- last question -- is there a way to add a timestamp/author via http method?

[Pawel Niewiadomski]

What do you mean via http method? You can put "23/Jan/2013 05:24 PM;bryank;http://some.url/to.attachment" and it will also work.

[Bryan Karsh]

Oops -- must have been a an error in my document. Thanks for the help!

[Steve Thompson]

FYI I'm using OAD.

[Steve Thompson]

Okay, Apparently there's a fourth parameter I needed. Date;Author;filename;URL to file.

[Steve Thompson]

I seem to be having a similar issue, however I appear to be using the correct format (At least it's working for comments.) Any thoughts on why the same format as comments doesn't work for attachments?