Copy the attachments of the linked issue to the current issue - Groovy

Abstract

This code snippet copies the attachments of the first linked issue to the current issue. Since currently copying and setting of attachments is not supported, you can use this snippet to copy the attachments of an issue.

Logic

Fetch the attachments of the issue and use the AttachmentManager to set the attachments of the issue.

Snippet

//Define the attachmentManager
import com.atlassian.jira.component.ComponentAccessor
import com.atlassian.jira.issue.AttachmentManager
AttachmentManager attachmentManager = ComponentAccessor.getAttachmentManager()

//Define the attachments variable 
def attach = []
if(issue.getLinkedIssues("<Link type name>")){
//Fetch the attachments of the linked issue and store them in the attach variable
  attach = issue.getLinkedIssues("<Link type name>").first().get("attachment")
}
//Add each attachment to the issue
attach.each{
  attachmentManager.copyAttachment(it,currentUser,issue.key)
}

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Examples

The output of the code snippet is a collection of attachments which you could use in a Groovy expression, for example. to Set the Attachments of a linked issue in one of the Set field value post-functions or the Create issue post-function under the Set fields of new issue section. Examples:

• Copy the Attachments of the issue to current issue to the newly created issue
• Copy the Attachments of the issue to a linked issue

References

• issue variable
• getLinkedIssues()
• Accessing the fields of an issue
• Groovy Documentation