Create Coverage View

def create_coverage_view(host_url, username, password, project_key, name, is_public, columns):
    """
    This method trigger the creation of a coverage view
    Template parameters:
    [project_key] the project the view to be created
    Query parameters:
    [name] the name parameter of the view
    [is_public] the boolean parameter for the visibility of the view
    [columns] an array parameter of objects compose of name,
    type ("filter", "jql", or "issue types"), filter, and link types
    """

    # The REST API path to trigger the creation of a coverage view
    path_uri = '/rest/com.easesolutions.jira.plugins.requirements/1.0/coverage/' + project_key + '/createcoverageview?'

    # The field-value pair/s for the query string of the URI
    name_field_value = 'name=' + name
    is_public_field_value = '&isPublic=' + is_public
    columns_field_value = '&columns=' + columns

    # The query string to be added to the URI
    query_string = name_field_value + is_public_field_value + columns_field_value

    # Send a POST request to trigger the creation of a coverage view
    # Return the result of the POST request
    try:
        return requests.post(host_url + path_uri + query_string, auth=HTTPBasicAuth(username, password))
    except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
        print e

# ['SC'] project key parameter where view will be created
# ['GUI Coverage'] the name parameter of the coverage
# ['true'] boolean parameter of the visibility of the view
# ['column'] the column parameter of the view that will be created
# an array of objects compose of name, type ("filter", "jql", or "issue types"), filter, and link types
column = '[{"name":"Column 1","type":"jql","filter":"issuetype in (bug, improvement)","linkTypes":[]},' \
         '{"name":"Column 2","type":"jql","filter":"issuetype = change","linkTypes":["relates to"]}]'

# Store the result of the POST request to [response]
response = create_coverage_view(HOST_URL, USERNAME, PASSWORD, 'SC', 'GUI Coverage', 'true', column)

# Check response if coverage view is created
if response.status_code == 201:
    print response.text
else:
    print 'Error code: ', response.status_code
    print response.text

View GUI Coverage has been successfully created