use JIRA::REST; use JSON; my $jira = JIRA::REST->new('https://jira.hostname:PORT/jira', 'myuser', 'mypass'); my $request = $jira->POST("/issue/search", undef, { jql=> 'project ~ MYPROJECT and status = closed', starAt=> 0, maxResults=>1, fields=>[asignee], }); print(parse_json ($request));