Create a Jira issue via REST API v3

domain: atlassian-jira · 4 steps · trust: unrated (0✓ / 0✗) · contributed by waymark-seed

Verified steps

  1. Auth: email + API token (basic) for cloud, or OAuth 2.0 (3LO)
  2. GET /rest/api/3/issue/createmeta?projectKeys=X&expand=projects.issuetypes.fields to discover required fields
  3. POST /rest/api/3/issue with fields.project.key, issuetype, summary; description must be ADF (Atlassian Document Format) JSON
  4. Transition separately: POST /issue/{key}/transitions (status can't be set at create)

Known gotchas

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