Add method to return the order of fields in create meta on issue screens

[betterphp]

The createmeta endpoint does not return fields in the order they should appear on issue create screens. Based on this question it sounds like a deliberate thing, cynically thinking to try and make more users need JIRA accounts.

The actual create screen in JIRA makes a call to a JSON endpoint when you switch project or issue type in the dropdown so that can be used to get the field order (as well as a heap of other information)

How would you feel about adding a method that uses a URL not in the API docs?

Proof of concept code snippet:

$url = 'https://' . config::JIRA_HOST . '/secure/QuickCreateIssue!default.jspa?decorator=none';
$post = http_build_query([
    'pid' => $project['id'],
    'issuetype' => $issue_type,
]);

$data = @file_get_contents($url, false, stream_context_create([
    'http' => [
        'method' => 'POST',
        'header' => implode("\r\n", [
            'Host: ' . config::JIRA_HOST,
            'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8',
            'Content-Length: ' . strlen($post),
            'Authorization: Basic ' . base64_encode(config::JIRA_USER . ':' . config::JIRA_PASS),
        ]),
        'content' => $post,
    ],
]));

if ($data === false){
    return [];
}

$data = json_decode($data);

$fields = [];

foreach ($data->fields as $field){
    $fields[] = $field->id;
}

Annoyingly pid is the project ID and not the text key so it has to be done with two requests.

[aik099]

Thank you for a research you've made, but the proposed solution looks too fragile, because:

• this isn't officially supported way by JIRA
• the URL for a call isn't guaranteed to exist
• format of response on that URL isn't guaranteed to be the same

The JIRA UI replication does sound like a very specific thing (people don't do this every day), so for your project you can make such call, but I won't be accepting it into the library.