How to remove a specific request participant with a Jira Automation?

[Conner Murowchick]

Hi, 

I'm trying to remove just a specific request participant when an automation runs. (As it interferes with another automation if the request participant is present).

Using the below JSON in the more options of the edit issue branch, all request participants are removed when the associated automation is ran. (no matter what is in the "name" field it deletes all request participants): 

Is there a way to just remove a single recipient when this automation is ran? For example a user: abc@def.com? 

{ 
     "fields": 
      { 
            "Request Participants": [
             {"remove" : {"name": "{{issue.assignee.name}}"}} 
             ] 
       } 
}

[Darryl Lee · Accepted solution]

Hi @Conner Murowchick - you're very close!

I believe what you need is to use update instead of fields:

{ 
     "update": 
      { 
            "Request Participants": [
             {"remove" : {"name": "{{issue.assignee.name}}"}} 
             ] 
       } 
}

From the documentation:

fields is a shortcut for calling update with the set operation

You need to call update with a remove operation.

BTW, I'm not 100% sure you can remove a user by name, so you may need to use:

             {"remove" : {"id": "{{issue.assignee.accountId}}"}} 

[Conner Murowchick]

Hi Darryl, 

Thanks for the quick response! I was able to accomplish what I needed with the following:

{ 
     "update": 
      { 
            "Request Participants": [
             {"remove" : {"id": "{{issue.assignee.accountId}}"}} 
             ] 
       } 
}

Appreciate your help!