How to change the issue status by REST API in JIRA?

[Wenbo Chao]

Is there any way to change the issue status by REST API?

Such as Reopen a Closed issue.

I found we could change some field value but the status is not in these fields.

https://developer.atlassian.com/display/JIRADEV/Updating+an+Issue+via+the+JIRA+REST+APIs

[Udo Brand · Accepted solution]

Same question as

https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/83519/updating-an-issue-s-status-via-the-rest-api