Custom Fields Additon in POST REST API

[Sanchita Raut]

Tried to add a customField in my POST REST API to create an Issue but not able to create an issue.

This is my JSON object for POST

{

"fields": {

"project":

{

"key": "SD"

},

"summary": "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the REST.",

"description": "Creating an issue while setting custom field values",

"issuetype": {

"name": "Bug"

},

"customfield_11452" : "Value that we're putting into a Free Text Field."

}

}

Getting this as a response message 

{

"errorMessages": [],

"errors": {

"customfield_11452": "Field 'customfield_11452' cannot be set. It is not on the appropriate screen, or unknown."

}

}

I m not able to figure out exactly where the error lies and why I am facing this issue 

[Roberto Miasack · Accepted solution]

@Sanchita Raut hello!

Welcome to Community!

I suggest that you can search about API in this documentation. I'm already submitting the issue creation page.

Creating an issue examples

i hope i can help you.

Kind Regards

[Sanchita Raut]

Thanks Robert,

But I am following the same documentation already and my Create Issue is working properly I can see the Issue on the board when my API is executed but this is not working for Create Issue with Custom Fields . Do I have to add anything in myproject ?

[Roberto Miasack]

@Sanchita Raut

Right! As I understand the error, the field is missing on the Jira screen. Please follow these steps:

These are the steps to add the field in the project screens:

Let me know if you can.

Kind Regards

[Sanchita Raut]

I followed the above steps and added a new field named "severity" to my screen of Issues but when  I make a post request through an API from Postman I still get the same error 

Req:

{

"fields": {

"project":

{

"key": "STAR"

},

"summary": "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the REST.",

"description": "Creating an issue while setting custom field values",

"issuetype": {

"name": "Bug"

},

"severity" : "Value that we're putting into a Free Text Field."

}

}

Res:

{

"errorMessages": [],

"errors": {

"severity": "Field 'severity' cannot be set. It is not on the appropriate screen, or unknown."

}

}

[Roberto Miasack]

Its the same error for a field Severity. You need add this field on the screen too.