Add Attachment

jira.add_attachment

ActionBusiness appsconnection required

Calls the Jira Cloud REST API with the connection's email and API token.

Attach a file to a Jira issue.

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Connection

Required: Yes — the node will not save without one
Auth type: Username & password
Providers: Jira
Secret shape: {"email", "api_token"}
Config it needs: domain
Resolved by: config.connection_id, else node.connection_id

Configuration

5 fields, 3 required. A dotted path is a nested object and name[] an array of objects — the editor renders the same tree.

Field	Type	Required	Default	Constraints	Example
issue_key Issue key or numeric id, e.g. PROJ-123. Supports {{ }}.	string	Yes	—	—	—
filename The name to store the attachment under, including its extension.	string	Yes	—	—	—
body The file content — plain text, or a base64 blob when content_encoding is 'base64'.	string	Yes	—	—	—
content_encoding Set to 'base64' when body is a base64 blob (e.g. from a download_archive node). Defaults to the upstream file's encoding, else text.	string	No	—	one of "text", "base64"	—
content_type MIME type to send the part with, such as 'application/pdf'. Defaults to application/octet-stream for binary.	string	No	—	—	—

Output

One shape.

result

Field	Type	Example
ok True when Jira accepted the call.	boolean	—
key The issue key the call acted on.	string	PROJ-123
attachments[].id The attachment's id.	string	—
attachments[].filename The stored file name.	string	—
attachments[].size The attachment size in bytes.	number	—
attachments[].mimeType The MIME type Jira recorded.	string	—
attachments[].content URL the attachment can be downloaded from.	string	—
count How many items this call returned.	number	—

{
  "attachments": [
    {
      "content": "",
      "filename": "",
      "id": "",
      "mimeType": "",
      "size": 0
    }
  ],
  "count": 0,
  "key": "PROJ-123",
  "ok": false
}

Notes

Attachments must be enabled for the site, and the file is bounded by both Jira's own attachment limit and Mantle's inline-binary cap (MANTLE_BINARY_MAX_BYTES).

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Solutions with Jira

See Add Attachment run in a workflow.

In a technical demo we add the Jira connection, drop the node on the canvas and let Workflow Health pre-flight it before the first real run.

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