bz_webservice_demo.pl

NAME

bz_webservice_demo.pl - Show how to talk to Bugzilla via XMLRPC

SYNOPSIS

bz_webservice_demo.pl [options]

bz_webservice_demo.pl --help for detailed help

OPTIONS

--help, -h, -?

Print a short help message and exit.

--uri

URI to Bugzilla's xmlrpc.cgi script, along the lines of http://your.bugzilla.installation/path/to/bugzilla/xmlrpc.cgi.

--login

Bugzilla login name. Specify this together with --password in order to log in.

Specify this without a value in order to log out.

--password

Bugzilla password. Specify this together with --login in order to log in.

--rememberlogin

Gives access to Bugzilla's "Bugzilla_remember" option. Specify this option while logging in to do the same thing as ticking the Bugzilla_remember box on Bugilla's log in form. Don't specify this option to do the same thing as unchecking the box.

See Bugzilla's rememberlogin parameter for details.

--bug_id

Pass a bug ID to have bz_webservice_demo.pl do some bug-related test calls.

--product_name

Pass a product name to have bz_webservice_demo.pl do some product-related test calls.

--create

Specify a file that contains settings for the creating of a new bug.

--field

Pass a field name to get legal values for this field. It must be either a global select field (such as bug_status, resolution, rep_platform, op_sys, priority, bug_severity) or a custom select field.

--comment

A comment to add to a bug identified by --bug_id. You must also pass a --login and --password to log in to Bugzilla.

--private

An optional non-zero value to specify --comment as private.

--worktime

An optional double precision number specifying the work time for --comment.

--extension_info

If specified on the command line, the script returns the information about the extensions that are installed.

--debug

Enable tracing at the debug level of XMLRPC requests and responses.

DESCRIPTION

Initialization

Using the XMLRPC::Lite class, you set up a proxy, as shown in this script. Bugzilla's XMLRPC URI ends in xmlrpc.cgi, so your URI looks along the lines of http://your.bugzilla.installation/path/to/bugzilla/xmlrpc.cgi.

Debugging

Enable tracing at the debug level of XMLRPC requests and responses if requested.

Checking Bugzilla's version

To make sure the Bugzilla you're connecting to supports the methods you wish to call, you may want to compare the result of Bugzilla.version to the minimum required version your application needs.

Checking Bugzilla's timezone

To make sure that you understand the dates and times that Bugzilla returns to you, you may want to call Bugzilla.timezone.

Getting Extension Information

Returns all the information any extensions have decided to provide to the webservice.

Logging In and Out

Using Bugzilla's Environment Authentication

Use a http://login:password@your.bugzilla.installation/path/to/bugzilla/xmlrpc.cgi style URI. You don't log out if you're using this kind of authentication.

Using Bugzilla's CGI Variable Authentication

Use the User.login and User.logout calls to log in and out, as shown in this script.

The Bugzilla_remember parameter is optional. If omitted, Bugzilla's defaults apply (as specified by its rememberlogin parameter).

Bugzilla hands back cookies you'll need to pass along during your work calls.

Retrieving Bug Information

Call Bug.get with the ID of the bug you want to know more of. The call will return a Bugzilla::Bug object.

Note: You can also use "Bug.get_bugs" for compatibility with Bugzilla 3.0 API.

Retrieving Product Information

Call Product.get with the name of the product you want to know more of. The call will return a Bugzilla::Product object.

Creating A Bug

Call Bug.create with the settings read from the file indicated on the command line. The file must contain a valid anonymous hash to use as argument for the call to Bug.create. The call will return a hash with a bug id for the newly created bug.

Getting Legal Field Values

Call Bug.legal_values with the name of the field (including custom select fields). The call will return a reference to an array with the list of legal values for this field.

Adding a comment to a bug

Call Bug.add_comment with the bug id, the comment text, and optionally the number of hours you worked on the bug, and a boolean indicating if the comment is private or not.

NOTES

Character Set Encoding

Make sure that your application either uses the same character set encoding as Bugzilla does, or that it converts correspondingly when using the web service API. By default, Bugzilla uses UTF-8 as its character set encoding.

Format For Create File

The create format file is a piece of Perl code, that should look something like this:

    {
        product     => "TestProduct", 
        component   => "TestComponent",
        summary     => "TestBug - created from bz_webservice_demo.pl",
        version     => "unspecified",
        description => "This is a description of the bug... hohoho",
        op_sys      => "All",
        platform    => "All",   
        priority    => "P4",
        severity    => "normal"
    };