Cannot read jira.Response body

[mike-lloyd03]

Describe the bug

I am abstracting the process of transitioning a Jira issue to a different state. When attempting to transition an issue from Backlog to Ready, the Jira web app raises an error telling me I need to define the story points. I'd like to handle this error when automating the process. I have the following function:

func (j *JiraIssue) UpdateStatus(statusId JiraStatus) error {
    possibleTransitions, _, _ := jiraClient.Issue.GetTransitions(j.JiraKey)
    for _, v := range possibleTransitions {
        log.Debugf("Available transition: %s %s \n", v.To.ID, v.Name)
        if v.To.ID == string(statusId) {
            resp, err := jiraClient.Issue.DoTransition(j.JiraKey, string(statusId))
            body, read_err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
            if read_err != nil {
                return read_err
            }
            if err != nil {
                return fmt.Errorf("%s: %v", err, string(body))
            }
            return nil
        }
    }
    return fmt.Errorf("requested status change %v is not available for this issue", statusId)
}

I am trying to read the response body if there is an error transitioning the issue. But I get the following error when trying to do so:

http: read on closed response body

How can I read the error response from the API?

Expected behavior

The jira.Response returned from DoTransition should be readable.

Your Environment

Include as many relevant details about the environment you experienced the problem in

• go-jira version (git tag or sha): v1.15.1
• Go version (go version): 1.18.3
• Jira version: 8.13.11
• Jira type (cloud or on-premise): On prem

Additional context

I'd like to be able to dynamically handle error responses that come from the API. Or at least be able to print a more helpful error message when a request to transition the issue fails.

Thanks!

[vladimir-ch]

In case of an error, go-jira reads and decodes the response body and returns it as an error, see the code for DoTransitionWithPayloadWithContext and NewJiraError.

[andygrunwald]

Hey,

I am very sorry that this issue has been open for a long time with no final solution. We work on this project in our spare time, and sometimes, other priorities take over. This is the typical open source dilemma.

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