Use Bugzilla REST API to Insert Existing Product "Version"
David Miller
justdave at bugzilla.org
Thu Mar 20 20:17:10 UTC 2025
I did upload the work-in-progress patch to the bug. It works if all you
need is create and update. You can get a list of them from grabbing the
product itself and looking at the versions in it.
On 3/11/25 6:48 PM, David Wright wrote:
>
> Hi Dave,
>
> Thanks for the updated info – we will monitor the bug for your updates
> and apply the patch as soon as it is available.
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Let us know if you need anything else from our end.
>
> -Dave
>
> *From:*David Miller <justdave at bugzilla.org>
> *Sent:* Friday, March 7, 2025 12:49 AM
> *To:* David Wright <David_Wright at phoenix.com>; support-list at bugzilla.org
> *Subject:* Re: Use Bugzilla REST API to Insert Existing Product "Version"
>
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> Indeed there is... my search foo must be lacking because I didn't
> find that. The patch still applies, almost (there's one line that
> fails, but it's really easy to merge). It's missing a bunch in that
> patch to make it work though. It needs interface information added in
> Bugzilla::WebService::Server::REST::Resources.
>
> I have a new patch in the works... I have create and update working
> (you would use update to rename it or toggle is_active), but get and
> remove aren't working. I uploaded the WIP to the bug.
>
> On 3/5/25 8:24 PM, David Wright wrote:
>
> Hi David,
>
> Looks like there are folks who have already expressed the need for
> this API. In fact someone already has a patch out for this feature
> request but it has not been merged -
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777047
> <https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=777047>, it’s been
> there since version 4.2 for over 10 years.
>
> Any idea if this could get implemented or a patch provided for
> this fix?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>
> *From:*David Miller <justdave at bugzilla.org>
> <mailto:justdave at bugzilla.org>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, March 5, 2025 2:50 AM
> *To:* support-list at bugzilla.org; David Wright
> <David_Wright at phoenix.com> <mailto:David_Wright at phoenix.com>
> *Subject:* Re: Use Bugzilla REST API to Insert Existing Product
> "Version"
>
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> OK, I finally got a chance to play around with this, and...
> you're correct, it's not implemented. The API is indeed there
> under the hood, but it's not exposed in the REST interface. This
> is probably an oversight and we should fix it. But I started
> looking into what would be needed to fix it, and discovered that
> perhaps maybe it wasn't implemented because "version" already
> exists as an object type in the REST API, and it's the version of
> Bugzilla, not a product version. Maybe we can make it be
> "versions" with an "s"? Or maybe we just overload it and you get
> the Bugzilla version if you don't specify anything after it and
> there's no payload, and if there's a payload then we treat it like
> a product version object?
>
> Anyhow, I filed this at
> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1951899
>
> On 3/3/25 7:08 PM, Dave Miller wrote:
>
> I'm planning to experiment with this later tonight and see
> what I can figure out. Sorry for the delay, I was buried with
> end-of-the-month paperwork and haven't had a chance to play yet.
>
> On March 3, 2025 5:33:56 PM EST, David Wright
> <David_Wright at phoenix.com> <mailto:David_Wright at phoenix.com>
> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Any update for our follow up questions?
>
> Thanks in advance for the support!
>
> Thanks,
>
> David Wright
>
> Phoenix Technologies
>
> *From:*David Wright
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 25, 2025 10:47 AM
> *To:* 'Dave Miller' <justdave at bugzilla.org>
> <mailto:justdave at bugzilla.org>; support-list at bugzilla.org
> *Subject:* RE: Use Bugzilla REST API to Insert Existing
> Product "Version"
>
> Thanks Dave, that is helpful. Glad to hear it should be
> possible.
>
> Some follow up questions from our dev working on this issue:
>
> I need more information to proceed. The link referenced in
> your comment redirects to what appears to be a code
> snippet of a Perl script working on the backend, but I
> need info on how to work with the product out of band
> through REST API calls.
>
> I’ve listed some of the questions below that I wasn't able
> to find an answer to in the docs:
>
> 1. What is the REST URI to call to work with versioning
> information for a particular product?
> 2. What is the payload to be passed when making the call
> for the below items?
>
> 1. Adding a new version to a product
> 2. Updating an existing version in a product
> 3. Deleting an existing version from the product
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave
>
> *From:*support-list <support-list-bounces at bugzilla.org>
> *On Behalf Of *Dave Miller
> *Sent:* Monday, February 24, 2025 4:55 PM
> *To:* support-list at bugzilla.org
> *Subject:* Re: Use Bugzilla REST API to Insert Existing
> Product "Version"
>
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>
> A version is its own object type.
>
> https://bugzilla.readthedocs.io/en/latest/integrating/api/Bugzilla/Version.html
>
> You can create a new version there by passing the version
> name and the ID of the product to attach it to.
>
> The function docs look like they're missing, but it's in
> the example at the top.
>
> On February 24, 2025 7:11:03 PM EST, David Wright
> <David_Wright at phoenix.com> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> We are trying to Automate insertion of a Product
> “Version” instead of having to do it manually.
>
>
> According to the Bugzilla API manual, this does not
> seem to be an option for UPDATING, only CREATING a new
> product.
>
> https://bugzilla.readthedocs.io/en/latest/integrating/api/Bugzilla/WebService/Product.html
>
> But maybe we are looking at the wrong documenation or
> misunderstanding.
>
> Is there any way we can use the Bugzilla REST API to
> insert a new version for an *existing* product?
>
> This is the current manual process:
>
> Thanks,
>
> David Wright
>
> Phoenix Technologies
>
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