How to add options to a cascading multi select list 2nd level using the API

[Guido Lerch]

Hi,

I have read several articles but none of the proposed solutions work for me.

I am trying to add a new option to a cascading multi select list; I know how to get the fieldID and the contextID.

doing a POST /rest/api/3/field/${this.customFields[0].id}/context/${context.values[0].id}/option adds a new option to the 1st level but how to 1 add a new value to the 2nd level ?

Thanks for helping
Guido

[Adriana Valentina Hernández Moreno]

Hi Guido, 

You should create the parent value first and then add the child value by setting the 'optionId' property, which references the parent ID.

For example:

headers = {

"Accept": "application/json",

"Content-Type": "application/json"

 }

url = f"https://{jiraInstance}.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/field/{fieldId}/context/{contextId}/option"

payload = json.dumps({

"options": [{

"value": value,

"optionId" : <Here goes the parent ID>

 }]})

response = requests.request(

"POST",

url,

data=payload,

headers=headers,

auth=auth

 )

I hope this helps.

Best Regards

Adriana