Documents CLI Sync

Documents CLI Sync is a Command Line Interface (CLI) Java application that allows synchronizing the content of a file or folder located on your local computer with a corresponding file or folder from Documents. You can use it to automate various tasks that require updating the content of a file or folder.

The synchronization is one-way: from your local computer to Documents app. This means that only the changes made on your local computer are propagated to the corresponding file or folder from Documents and not vice-versa. If no corresponding files or folders exist in Documents, they will be created during the sync process.

NOTE If you want to import files via the command line interface, please use Documents CLI Uploader. 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 the Documents app installed in your Jira instance
Java must be installed on the computer on which the Documents CLI Sync is installed.
Java can be downloaded from here: http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp

Using Documents CLI Sync

Download the newest version of Documents CLI Sync 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

Setting	Description	Example of valid value
jira.base.url	The Jira Base URL. Make sure not to specify the trailing slash at the end.	https://myjiraserver/jira
jira.username	The Jira users used for authentication. The user must have the necessary permissions for creating and editing 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-sync.bat from the bin folder with the following command line parameters:

Parameter	Description	Example of valid value

Parameter	Description	Example of valid value
Param 1	Source File or Folder Path - the local path of the file or folder to be synchronized.	"c:\My Documents\FileToSync.txt" or "c:\My Documents\FolderToSync"
Param 2	Key of Target Folder - the key (unique ID) of the folder from Documents that hosts the corresponding file or folder.	"102"

Example 1:

doc-sync.bat "c:\My Documents\FileToSync.txt" "102"

In this example, a local document of type File named "FileToSync.txt" will be syncronized with its corresponding file from Documents that is located in the folder that has key 102. If no corresponding file exists in Documents, it will be created during the sync process.

Example 2:

doc-sync.bat "c:\My Documents\FolderToSync" "102"

In this example, the contents of local folder named "FolderToSync" will be syncronized with the contents of the folder from Documents that has key 102.