Can't set watchers using REST API on OnDemand

[Lee Correll]

I'm stuck trying to set watchers using the REST API via OnDemand. I've searched thru numerous documentation pages and pages on Answers, but I'm not making any forward progress.

I'm trying

$URL = "-X POST -d '" + '"' + $watcher + '"' + "' https://ourhost.jira.com/rest/api/latest/issue/$clientissue/watchers"

and then executing curl with $URL as tha parameter; I've already got the appropriate header statements and I keep getting a 400 Bad Request error.

Is the problem with OnDemand? Is it different?

[fanluo]

I used JSONObject.quote function to pass the string. It worked.

[Faisal]

Hi Lee,

I am able to add a watcher to an issue by running the following cURL command:

curl -D- -u admin:admin -X POST -H "Content-Type: application/json" --data '"username"' http://localhost:8080/rest/api/2/issue/TST-1/watchers

Hence, could you kindly try the same and see if it helps? Although you are running on an OnDemand instance, I believe that the REST API usage should be the same.

I hope that this will help!

[TraollyX]

Hello Ahmad,

What was the data json syntax you posted?

Thanks.

TRX