Get all comments of multiple issues by rest

[Steffen Stamprath]

Is there a way to get all the comments of many issues. In the Cloud via REST.
So the comments themselves and the number of comments.

I know it works with JQL and JIRA expressions. But there are some tradeoffs there:
- We might get blocked if there are too many requests (https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rate-limiting/)
- Maximum 10 or 100 issues per request (Very slow by many issues)

Has anyone any experience with this?
Is there another API available?

Thank you very much!

[Martin Bayer _MoroSystems_ s_r_o__ · Accepted solution]

Hi @Steffen Stamprath I don't think it is possible. THe only documentation for comments REST API is https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-issue-comments/#api-group-issue-comments

So you can get comments for ONE issue or for MANY IDs.

I suggest you to

• get issues using JQL (https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-issue-search/#api-rest-api-3-search-get)
  • you can get key and comment only when you use fields property
• parse comment IDs from previous response
• use comment IDs with endpoint https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-issue-comments/#api-rest-api-3-comment-list-post 

[Steffen Stamprath]

When I get the comments by the search api, why I should call the comment-list api? I already have then my comments.

[Martin Bayer _MoroSystems_ s_r_o__]

Yeah, you are right. I just woke up when I was replying, sorry :)