Get backlog of a kanban board using /agile/1.0/board/{boardId}/backlog

[jodywhite]

I'm using the api call '/agile/1.0/board/{boardId}/backlog' to get the backlog of 3 boards. I have successfully gotten a return for 2 scrum boards. The third is a kanban board and when I make the call with the boardID of that team I get a 400 error.

I made a call to '/agile/1.0/board/' and the board was returned so I do have access to the board.

I made a call to /agile/1.0/board/{boardId}/' and got a successful return. But when I try to get the backlog I get 400.

Does this call not work with Kanban boards? There are issues in the backlog, when I look at the jira interface I can see 35 issues.

[Bill Sheboy · Accepted solution]

Hi @jodywhite 

The description of that endpoint seems to indicate it only applies for Scrum boards, and not for Kanban ones: 

https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/software/rest/api-group-board/#api-rest-agile-1-0-board-boardid-backlog-get

As a workaround, you could either hardcode the board's filter / column information to get the issues, or use get the board's configuration and then perform a separate JQL search with another endpoint.

https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/software/rest/api-group-board/#api-rest-agile-1-0-board-boardid-configuration-get

Kind regards,
Bill