Can not get issue epic link

[Paul Vitic]

I followed the suggestion given at 

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24385644/jira-api-get-epic-for-issue

to get the epic of an issue

i found my custom filed for epic link (customfield_10008)

when I query the API with this custom field I always get null for the value of this field although the issue is linked to an epic

GET https://[host]/rest/api/3/issue/[issue-key]?fields=customfield_10008

[Paul Vitic · Accepted solution]

I solved it with "fields=parent"