Add option to fetch and store issues

src/request.go

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+package src
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/base64"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"io"
+	"net/http"
+)
+
+func Request[T ~map[string]string | ~map[string]interface{}](url string, data T, status int) ([]byte, error) {
+    jsonData, err := json.Marshal(data)
+    if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("error marshaling JSON: %s", err) }
+
+    req, err := http.NewRequest("POST", url, bytes.NewBuffer(jsonData))
+    if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("error creating request: %s", err) }
+
+    auth := username + ":" + password
+    authHeader := "Basic " + base64.StdEncoding.EncodeToString([]byte(auth))
+    req.Header.Set("Authorization", authHeader)
+	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")
+
+    client := &http.Client{}
+    resp, err := client.Do(req)
+    if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("error making request: %s", err) }
+    defer resp.Body.Close()
+
+    body, err := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
+    if err != nil { return nil, fmt.Errorf("error reading response body: %s", err) }
+
+	if resp.StatusCode != status {
+		return nil, fmt.Errorf("invalid Jira request:\n%s", string(body))
+	}
+
+	return body, nil
+}