title: Jira Integration in C#
body: <p>I am very new to this.So pardon me if I make any mistakes.</p>
  
  <p>I am trying to read the Jira database.I just need to read it.</p>
  
  <p>No write operations will be involved.</p>
  
  <p>I am using C#.From what little I know, I think a connection has to be established with the Jira database using </p>
  
  <pre><code>SqlConnection conn=new SqlConnection(connectionstring);
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>And then I can read data using SqlReader.I have tried searching through the database and found few links like  <a href="http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/762516/Connecting-to-Jira-using-Csharp" rel="nofollow">http://www.codeproject.com/Tips/762516/Connecting-to-Jira-using-Csharp</a></p>
  
  <p>But I am not being able to understand.Can anyone help me out or direct me to few resources.</p>
  
  <p>In the links that I searched through there are terms like "Rest API" etc. Do I need to know them ?</p>