adding customfield with drop down values from python api

[Jonathan Birchall]

Are/is there any examples of setting customfield values for a customfield with a tick box setup.

I am able to do - 

datadict = {}
datadict['project'] = project
datadict['summary'] = summary
datadict['description'] = description
datadict['issuetype'] = {'name':'Operations Change'}
datadict['duedate'] = date
datadict['labels'] = labelsdatadict['customfield_10263'] = {'value':platform}
datadict['customfield_10262'] = {'value':'Reference Data'}
datadict['customfield_10261'] = how

session.create_issue(fields=datadict)

But I want to add to a customfield with a tickbox and I can see 

Field: customfield_10346 Value: [{'self': 'https://aquis.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/customFieldOption/10544', 'value': 'Prod', 'id': '10544'}, {'self': 'https://aquis.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/customFieldOption/10545', 'value': 'Test', 'id': '10545'}]

so do I need to know the customFieldOption ids for all those options.

would the correct approach to be to build up a list of values for values I need

ids = { 'Prod':'10544,'Test':'10545']  etc 

and the build the list to look something like below? 

datadict['customfield_10346'] =[ {'self': 'https://aquis.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/customFieldOption/10544', 'value': 'Prod', 'id': '10544'}, {'self': 'https://aquis.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/customFieldOption/10545', 'value': 'Test', 'id': '10545'}]

Any pointers appreciated.

[Jonathan Birchall · Accepted solution]

To answer my own question with some imput from David Bakkers

geerate a list of the tickbox items needed -- 

values = [{'value':'Prod'},{'value':'Test'}]

then using the customfield i posted 

datadict['customfield_10346'] = values 

[Sunny Ape · Accepted solution]

Hello @Jonathan Birchall 

so do I need to know the customFieldOption ids for all those options.

Only if you are changing an existing option's value. The ID per option is because options are allowed to have identical values, so you need a unique identifier to reference them.

would the correct approach to be to build up a list of values for values I need

Yes, if you are adding a complete set of options to the field. Once you add all the options and their values, each option will automatically be given a unique IDs (IE. you do not declare an ID when creating the options, Jira handles that).

Note. If you want to add new options to an existing set for an existing field, you can't insert or append them, you have to erase and re-build the whole option set for that field:

1. Get the field's existing options and their values and store them in an array in your code.
2. Put the new options and their values into the appropriate place in the array set.
3. Delete all the existing options from the field.
4. Using the array, put the entire new set of options and their values into the field, in the order you need them to be in.
5. Jira will generate all new IDs for all those options.