Jira extra_fields does not seem to allow the assignee field

[jennyfountain]

I added the assignee field and it still created the ticket unassigned.

Here is what I added to the extra_fields:

{
"assignee": {
"name": "jfountain"
}
}

[jennyfountain]

Am I doing something wrong?

[lakshmi-kannan]

@jennyfountain I replied on slack but here it is anyways -

Unfortunately, the client library and APIs are not well thought out. There is another method you have to call if you want to assign the issue. https://github.com/pycontribs/jira/blob/develop/jira/client.py#L923, It looks like there are two APIs - 1. Create issue - https://developer.atlassian.com/jiradev/jira-apis/jira-rest-apis/jira-rest-api-tutorials/jira-rest-api-example-create-issue 2. Assign issue via create meta API - https://developer.atlassian.com/jiradev/jira-apis/jira-rest-apis/jira-rest-api-tutorials/jira-rest-api-example-edit-issues
Now, they can be combined into a single action or a workflow. Do you want to take a stab at fixing it?

[jennyfountain]

Yeah! I will work on it! Thank you!

[LindsayHill]

Track here: StackStorm-Exchange/stackstorm-jira#8