Use case
Translate the description of the issue to English using the DeepL API.
🗒️ Prerequisites
Connection with DeepL
In Jira administration > Manage apps > Remote actions > Connections, create a new connection and name it.
Set the following base URL.
https://api-free.deepl.com/v2
If you are already have a DeepL API Pro plan, use the following base URL instead.
https://api.deepl.com/v2
Select No authentication as authentication method.
⚒️ Configuration
Add the Execute remote action post function to the transition of your choice.
Action
In Expert mode, create a new action with the following parameters:
Name
Enter Translate description as the name of the new action.
Method
Select the POST method.
Default connection
Select the connection with DeepL.
REST path.
Use the following REST path after replacing nnnnn-nnnnn with the authorization key from your DeepL account.
/translate?auth_key=nnnnn-nnnnn
Action
In Expert mode, create a new action with the following parameters:
Action body
Enter this action body.
{
"text": ["%{issue.description}"],
"target_lang": "EN"
}
The target language of the translation can be edited by changing the value of the "target_lang" key according to the DeepL specifications.
Update issue fields
Update a Text Field (multi-line).
Select the option Set field value manually (parser expression).
Enter the following expression with the expression editor in General mode.
%{findReplaceAll(%{action.response.translations[*].text}, "/n", "//")}
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