Get Details of an Existing Issue

The details of an existing issue can be retrieved from Ketura simply by sending an HTTP GET request to Ketura.

Python 2 example of getting the details of an existing issue

The following example is a Python script that will send a request to a local Ketura to return the details of an issue with id I1001. The details are returned as an XML file formatted as a Ketura recordset; the same format as the XML returned when clicking the XML link of a Ketura table.

This example uses the free httplib2 library, which is not included as standard in most Python distributions. The httplib2 library can be download from the httplib2 website, which also has installation instructions.

#!/usr/bin/python2.5
# getIssueDetailsExample.py

# Araxis Ketura API Script Example.
# Copyright (c) 2009 Araxis Ltd. All rights reserved.
#
# Redistribution and use of this example code, with or without modification, are hereby permitted.

# import required classes from modules
from httplib2 import Http

# start HTTP client
client = Http()

# add user name and password credentials 
client.add_credentials('es', 'pw')

# declare information to be used on request
url = "http://localhost:9453/Ketura/API/Issues/1001"

# send request
(resp_headers, content) = client.request(url, "GET")

print content

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Reference

* Sending an OPTIONS request will generate a response containing a WADL document. This document describes the services available from this resource path.

** Sending a HEAD request will only return the metadata of the resource without downloading the body. For example, a client can use the HEAD method to check whether the resource exists.

GET summary

GET response

GET data