Using the REST API, can you add an attachment to an issue using a URL?

[Daniel Graham]

I'm creating an issue from inputs from a chatbot. The chatbot allows a user to add attachments, but what I get back is a link to where the chatbot has stored the attachment.  To avoid having to download the attachment just to resubmit it via the REST API.  Is there a way to add an attachment by passing the URL to the attachment?

[AnnWorley]

Hi Daniel,

This article has an example of using the API to specify a path to an attachment to a Jira issue: How to add an attachment to a JIRA issue using REST API

Somehow your question ended up in the Confluence collection of the forum; I am moving it to the Jira collection where more Jira experts are expected to be found.

Thanks,

Ann