how do I get some properties on inner fields via Jira REST API?

[Fateme Mirzaei]

Hello!

when we search issues via Jira rest APIs with this query:

curl \
-u [username]:[password] \
-X GET \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
'https://[hostname]/rest/api/2/search?jql=created>"2021-01-01"+order+by+created&fields=id,key,issuetype,assignee,created' | python3 -mjson.tool;

it will return an object like this:

{

"expand": "schema,names",

"startAt": 0,

"maxResults": 50,

"total": 552,

"issues": [

 {

"expand": "operations,versionedRepresentations,editmeta,changelog,renderedFields",

"id": "15064",

"self": "https://[hostname]/rest/api/2/issue/15064",

"key": "TEST-2051",

"fields": {

"issuetype": {

"self": "https://[hostname]/rest/api/2/issuetype/10002",

"id": "10002",

"description": "A task that needs to be done.",

"iconUrl": "https://[hostname]/secure/viewavatar?size=xsmall&avatarId=10318&avatarType=issuetype",

"name": "Task",

"subtask": false,

"avatarId": 10318

 },

"created": "2022-04-20T13:11:55.000+0430",

"assignee": {

"self": "https://[hostname]/rest/api/2/user?username=username",

"name": "name",

"key": "key",

"emailAddress": "mail@gmail.com",

"avatarUrls": {

"48x48": "https://[hostname]/secure/useravatar?ownerId=key&avatarId=10601",

"24x24": "https://[hostname]/secure/useravatar?size=small&ownerId=key&avatarId=10601",

"16x16": "https://[hostname]/secure/useravatar?size=xsmall&ownerId=key&avatarId=10601",

"32x32": "https://[hostname]/secure/useravatar?size=medium&ownerId=key&avatarId=10601"

 },

"displayName": "displayName",

"active": true,

"timeZone": "Asia/Tehran"

 }

 }

 }

 ],

"names": {

"issuetype": "Issue Type",

"created": "Created",

"assignee": "Assignee"

 }

}

but I do not need to have detailed data about the assignee, I don't need avatarUrls, mail, and some other extras, I just need to get displayName, what should I do?

thank you in advance

[Sebastian Krzewiński · Accepted solution]

Hi @Fateme Mirzaei 

It is not possible to limit this. When you get issue via REST API Jira return all data about issue.

After when you get response you can grep data that you want but this are additional steps.

Regards,

Seba

[Fateme Mirzaei]

thank you!

[Fabio Racobaldo _Catworkx_]

Hi @Fateme Mirzaei ,

you can retrieve all information about a single issue through the following rest API https://docs.atlassian.com/software/jira/docs/api/REST/9.3.0/#api/2/issue-getIssue

Hope this helps,

Fabio

[Fateme Mirzaei]

thanks for your answer, but I don't need a single issue, I needed to retrieve a bunch of issues via search API.