awesome-wm-widgets/_widgets/jira-widget.md

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Jira widget

The widget shows the number of tickets assigned to the user (or any other result of a JQL query, see customization section) and when clicked shows them in the list, grouped by the ticket status. Left-click on the item opens the issue in the default browser:

How it works

Widget uses cURL to query Jira's REST API. In order to be authenticated, widget uses a netrc feature of the cURL, which is basically to store basic auth credentials in a .netrc file in home folder.

If you are on Atlassian Cloud, then instead of providing a password in netrc file you can set an API token which is a safer option, as you can revoke/change the token at any time.

Customization

It is possible to customize widget by providing a table with all or some of the following config parameters:

Name	Default	Description
host	Required	Ex: http://jira.tmnt.com
query	jql=assignee=currentuser() AND resolution=Unresolved	JQL query
icon	~/.config/awesome/awesome-wm-widgets/jira-widget/jira-mark-gradient-blue.svg	Path to the icon
timeout	600	How often in seconds the widget refreshes

Installation

Create a .netrc file in your home directory with following content:

machine turtlejira.com
login mikey@tmnt.com
password cowabunga

Then change file's permissions to 600 (so only you can read/write it):

chmod 600 ~/.netrc

And test if it works by calling the API (-n option is to use the .netrc file for authentication):

curl -n 'https://turtleninja.com/rest/api/2/search?jql=assignee=currentuser()+AND+resolution=Unresolved'

Clone/download repo and use the widget in rc.lua:

local jira_widget = require("awesome-wm-widgets.jira-widget.jira")
...
s.mytasklist, -- Middle widget
	{ -- Right widgets
    	layout = wibox.layout.fixed.horizontal,
		...
		-- default
		jira_widget({host = 'http://jira.tmnt.com'}),
		...