Cascading Select List: Create Child Options Via the API

[Jeffrey Bistrong]

Reading through this documentation I can't figure out how to create the child options via the API

https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-issue-custom-field-options/#api-rest-api-3-field-fieldid-context-contextid-option-post

I was able to create the list of the first options, but not sure how to do the 2nd part

[Bill Sheboy · Accepted solution]

Hi @Jeffrey Bistrong 

I have not tried that in a while, and I recall you add the "optionId" attribute to refer to the parent.  For the example you show, if "8.0" with an id "13094" is the parent, adding a child could be:

{
  "disabled": false,
  "optionId": "13094",
  "value": "stuff after 8.0"
}

Later when you view the complete list, you will see the parents have an id only and the children have an id and an optionId for their parent.

Kind regards,
Bill

[Jeffrey Bistrong]

thats right Bill, you are correct by adding the optionId it worked, thanks