Project Management

Jira Data Extractor

Vern's Jira extractor imports a new user's project management data — users, projects, application roles, and avatars — into your product through a single managed migration, handling Jira's auth, pagination, and rate limits for you. It's built for teams onboarding customers off Jira who want their data in your app from day one.

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Jira

SaaS API (REST)

Managed auth, retries, and throttling

Normalized JSON, CSV, and DB-ready output

Cleaned JSON, CSV, and DB-ready output

Export coverage

Know exactly what Vern pulls before you migrate.

Objects Vern extracts

Vern extracts the full set of queryable Jira objects (56 total), including: Application Roles, Avatars, Board Issues, Boards, Dashboards, Filter Sharing, Filters, Groups, Issue Changelogs, Issue Comments, Issue Custom Field Contexts, Issue Custom Field Options, Issue Field Configurations, Issue Fields, Issue Link Types, Issue Navigator Settings, Issue Notification Schemes, Issue Priorities, Issue Properties, Issue Remote Links, Issue Resolutions, Issue Security Schemes, Issue Transitions, Issue Type Schemes, Issue Type Screen Schemes, Issue Types, Issue Votes, Issue Watchers, Issue Worklogs, Issues, Jira Settings, Labels, Permission Schemes, Permissions, Project Avatars, Project Categories, Project Components, Project Email, Project Permission Schemes, Project Roles, Project Types, Project Versions, Projects, Screen Schemes, Screen Tab Fields, Screen Tabs, Screens, Sprint Issues, Sprints, Time Tracking, Users, Users Groups Detailed, Workflow Schemes, Workflow Status Categories, Workflow Statuses, and Workflows.

Output schema

Normalized JSON per object with referential keys preserved, so the relationships between your user's records survive the import. Timestamps are returned in ISO 8601. Delivered as JSON or CSV, or loaded straight into your own application database or pushed to your API — whatever your product expects.

Where it can land

Your own application database (Postgres, MySQL), a direct push to your API or webhook, or JSON/CSV files, plus another project management system (Aha, Basecamp, ClickUp) when a user is switching tools.

Source details

Built for the source type shown above, with extractor content refreshed from the collection record.

Managed by Vern

The details you normally have to build yourself.

Authentication

OAuth 2.0 (Authorization Code flow). Your new user authorizes Jira once during onboarding — their credentials never touch your code. Jira access tokens are short-lived and refresh tokens roll on the provider's own schedule, so Vern manages the full token lifecycle and refresh and the import never drops midway.

Pagination

Vern detects and handles Jira's paging model (cursor, page-number, or offset) internally and returns one consistent, de-duplicated result set — so you import a user's complete data without ever managing page tokens.

Rate limits and gotchas

Jira enforces its own API rate limits. Vern queues and throttles requests internally so importing a new user's data never trips a 429 — even on a large account.

OAuth-based sources expire access tokens frequently and require a working refresh flow — a dropped refresh is the most common cause of a half-finished import. Vern owns the refresh loop so a new user's onboarding completes even on a long extraction.

API quickstart

1. Create a migration for Jira
curl -X POST https://app.vern.so/api/v1/migrations \
  -H "x-api-key: $VERN_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "name": "Jira → Postgres", "source": "Jira" }'
→ { "migration_id": "mig_..." }
2. Generate the extraction recipe (pulls live via the Jira API)
curl -X POST https://app.vern.so/api/v1/migrations/$MIGRATION_ID/runs \
  -H "x-api-key: $VERN_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "kind": "generate", "extract_via_api": true }'
3. Run the approved extraction
curl -X POST https://app.vern.so/api/v1/migrations/$MIGRATION_ID/runs \
  -H "x-api-key: $VERN_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{ "kind": "execute" }'
4. Download the normalized CSV export
curl https://app.vern.so/api/v1/migrations/$MIGRATION_ID/exports/{template} \
  -H "x-api-key: $VERN_API_KEY" -o jira_export.csv

A cleaner way to extract without rebuilding source-specific plumbing.

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Common questions

Can I keep a user's Jira data in sync after the first import? Vern supports re-running an import on demand; incremental change tracking depends on what Jira's API exposes for each object.

Can I move a user from Jira to Aha? Yes — Vern normalizes the Jira data model into typed tables that map cleanly onto Aha and into your own product.

What does it cost to read the Jira API? Jira's own API access follows Jira's pricing/plan; Vern is billed separately per import. Check Jira's developer docs for their current limits.