Added function to query existing jira ticket for time lost

manager/manager/utils.py

@@ -505,6 +505,32 @@ def jira_ticket(request_data):
     )
 
 
+def get_time_lost_from_jira(jira_id):
+    """Connect to the Rubin Observatory JIRA Cloud REST API to
+    retreive a jira ticket's time_lost attribute
+
+    Params
+    ------
+    jira_id: int
+        Jira ID
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    Float
+        The value of the time lost on the existing jira ticket, or 0.0
+    """
+    headers = {
+        "Authorization": f"Basic {os.environ.get('JIRA_API_TOKEN')}",
+        "content-type": "application/json",
+    }
+    url = f"https://{os.environ.get('JIRA_API_HOSTNAME')}/rest/api/latest/issue/{jira_id}"
+    response = requests.get(url, headers=headers)
+    if response.status_code == 200:
+        return response.get("customfield_10106", 0.0)
+    else:
+        return 0.0
+
+
 def jira_comment(request_data):
     """Connect to the Rubin Observatory JIRA Cloud REST API to
     make a comment on a previously created ticket.
@@ -538,6 +564,12 @@ def jira_comment(request_data):
         jira_payload = {
             "body": get_jira_description(request_data),
         }
+        if 'time_lost' in request_data:
+            jira_payload["feilds"]["customfield_10106"] = float(
+                get_time_lost_from_jira(jira_id=jira_id)
+                + request_data.get("time_lost", 0.0)
+                )
+
     except Exception as e:
         return Response({"ack": f"Error creating jira payload: {e}"}, status=400)