Documents CLI Uploader is a command line interface (CLI) Java application that allows uploading files into Documents app. You can use this CLI application to build your own tool for migrating documents from another document management system towards Documents. The files are imported as new documents, no matter if they already exist or not.
NOTE If you want to synchronize files or folders with Documents via the command line interface, please use Documents CLI Sync . If you want to import or synchronize files or folders with a desktop GUI utility, please use Documents Bulk Uploader .
Prerequisites
The latest version of Documents app installed in your Jira instance.
Java must be installed on the computer on which the Documents CLI Uploader is installed.
Java can be downloaded from here: http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp
Uploading files with Documents CLI Uploader
Download the newest version of Documents CLI Uploader compatible with your Documents app from here:
Extract the content of the ZIP archive on your computer
Open the app.properties file from the bin folder for editing.
Set the application settings as indicated in the table below and save the changes.
Setting | Description | Example of valid value |
|---|---|---|
jira.base.url | The Jira Base URL. Make sure not to specify the trailing slash at the end. | |
jira.username | The Jira users used for authentication. The user must have the necessary permissions for creating documents. | admin |
jira.password | The Jira user's password. | password |
jira.ignore.ssl.cerficate.errors | Set to 1 if you want the potential SSL certificate errors to be ignored. Otherwise, set it to 0. | 1 |
Open a command prompt and execute doc-upload.bat from the bin folder with the following command line parameters:
Parameter | Description | Example of valid value |
|---|---|---|
Param 1 | Key of Target Folder - the key (Unique ID) of the folder in which the source file will be uploaded. | "102" |
Param 2 | Document Title - the title of the document. | "My Document" |
Param 3 | Source File Path - the local path of the file to be uploaded. | "c:\My Documents\FileToUpload.txt" |
Param 4 (optional) | Sub-folder structure to be created in the target folder. The uploaded file will be created in the last sub-folder. | "Folder1/Folder2" |
Example:
doc-upload.bat "102" "My Document" "c:\My Documents\FileToUpload.txt" "Folder1/Folder2"
In this example, a document of type File having title "My Document" and the file "FileToUpload.txt" attached will be created in sub-folder Folder1 > Folder2 of the target folder that has key 102.