List non-empty fields of Jira ticket

Let's assume you have saved payload received using Jira REST API to file jiraTask.json.

$ jiraGet issue/BOOM-666 > jiraIssue.json

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andriy melnyk ╔╬╚╗╠ ╠╣╔╦╣╚╗╔╬╗ ・ Aug 2 '19 ・ 2 min read

#jira #bash #zsh

Then you can list non-empty fields of the ticket using the folowing command (make sure you have installed jq before):

$ jq --raw-output '
    .fields | 
    . as $f |
    keys[] | 
    select($f[.] != null)
' jiraIssue.json

...<87 fields listed>...

In my example, the command above lists 87 non-empty fields of Jira ticket. Compare it with total number of fields in the ticket which is 983 😱

Or, if you want to see fields with their values, use the following:

$ jq --raw-output '
    .fields | 
    . as $f | [ 
        keys[] | 
        select($f[.] != null) | 
        { (.): $f[.] } 
    ] | 
    add
' jiraIssue.json