Redmine

h1. Using the REST API with Ruby

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Redmine REST API follows the Rails's RESTful conventions, so using it with "ActiveResource":http://api.rubyonrails.org/classes/ActiveResource/Base.html is pretty straightforward.

h2. ActiveResource (Rails)

On Redmine 3.x (Rails 4.2), you need to add 'activeresource' gem.

For example, at Gemfile.local:

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gem 'activeresource'

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Here is a simple ruby script that demonstrates how to use the Redmine REST API:

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require 'rubygems'

require 'active_resource'

# Issue model on the client side

class Issue < ActiveResource::Base

  self.site = 'http://redmine.server/'

  self.user = 'foo'

  self.password = 'bar'

end

if false

  # Retrieving issues

  issues = Issue.find(:all)

  puts issues.first.subject

end

# Retrieving an issue

issue = Issue.find(1)

puts issue.description

puts issue.author.name

# Creating an issue

issue = Issue.new(

  :subject => 'REST API',

  :assigned_to_id => 1,

  :project_id => 1

# custom field with id=2 exist in database

  :custom_fields => [{id: 2, value: "IT"}]

)

if issue.save

  puts issue.id

else

  puts issue.errors.full_messages

end

# Updating an issue

issue = Issue.find(1)

issue.subject = 'REST API'

issue.save

# Deleting an issue

issue = Issue.find(1)

#issue.destroy

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_You may need to set @include_root_in_json = true@ in your ActiveResource class_

h2. Pure Ruby (without Rails)

Here is an example to set the status of Issue #9599 to internal status_id 1 with a @net/http@ PUT-request:

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require 'net/https'

require 'uri'

require 'json'

def update_issue_status issue_id, new_status_id, change_note

  base_url = "https://your.redmine.example.com"

  api_token = "xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx"

  payload = {

    issue: {

      notes: change_note,

      status_id: new_status_id

    }

  }

  url = "#{base_url}/issues/#{issue_id}.json"

  uri = URI.parse(url)

  req = Net::HTTP::Put.new(uri.request_uri)

  req["Content-Type"] = "application/json"

  req['X-Redmine-API-Key'] = api_token

  req.body = payload.to_json

  http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)

  http.use_ssl = true

  response = http.request(req)

  return response

end

# Set Status of issue #9599 to internal status_id = 1

response = update_issue_status 9599, 1, "Changed Issue Status via REST-API"

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