Jira Cloud API

[Joshua Stokes]

Hello all,

I am wondering if there is a simple way to access the back-end data for Jira.

Is there a function to extract data to a flat file or similar? 

Any advice or pointed in the right direction would be great.

Thank you.

[Trudy Claspill · Accepted solution]

Hello @Joshua Stokes 

There are multiple REST API endpoints for accessing a variety of data. What data are you trying to get?

Here are a couple of the API documents.

https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/

https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/software/rest/intro/#introduction

You can find additional API documents that can be found by searching the internet.

[Joshua Stokes]

Thanks Trudy, I will take a look at these links you have provided.

In terms of data... The request that I have had to look into this has been very vague...

Which is not overly helpful! 

[Trudy Claspill]

Well, depending on what you want the REST API is not the only option.

If work item data is wanted there is an Export option from m the Filters > Search Work Items screen. You can create a filter to retrieve work items and then export the results in a few formats like CSV and HTML.