How to make Next-Gen project private using API?

Jiří Koutný

Hi,

is it possible to set Next-Gen project private using the API? I haven't found any way to achieve that.

The following code does not work:

curl --request PUT --url 'https://dsprojects.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/project/[ID]' \
--header 'Authorization: Basic [token]' \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
  "isPrivate": "true"
}'

The "isPrivate" attribute is not recognized.

The strange thing is that the following code returns "isPrivate": "false" even though the project is private according to the Jira UI (Project Settings -> Details).

curl --request GET --url 'https://dsprojects.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/project/[ID]' \
--header 'Authorization: Basic [token]==' \
--header 'Accept: application/json'

 

Am I missing something here? Thanks

Dario B

Hi @Jiří Koutný ,

I am adding a new answer since I have created a new Feature request for this issue and I have actually found a workaround to change a Next-Gen project access settings via REST API.

The feature request is the below one. Please  vote and watch it so that you will be updated on the progress:

• JSWCLOUD-17970: It should be possible to set Next-Gen project access (open, private or limited) via REST API

 

As you can read in the Workaround section of above ticket:

There is an internal endpoint that you can currently use to change the project access setting but this is not documented, not supported and it can change without prior notice: /rest/internal/simplified/1.0/projects/PROJECT-ID/summary

In order to change the access settings you have to sent a PUT request to the /rest/internal/simplified/1.0/projects/PROJECT-ID/summary specifying:
accessLevel: "OPEN", "PRIVATE" or "LIMITED"
avatarId: avatar id of the project
key: project key
name: project name

 

Example:

1. Call https://XXXXX.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/project endpoint to get project info:

   // https://xxxxxxxx.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/project
   
     {
       "expand": "description,lead,issueTypes,url,projectKeys,permissions",
       "self": "https://xxxxxx.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/project/10303",
       "id": "10303",
       "key": "TSMN",
       "name": "Test Scrum Migration NextGen",
   .....
   

2. change the access settings to the above project by sending a PUT request to https://xxxxxxx.atlassian.net/rest/internal/simplified/1.0/projects/10303/summary:

   curl -u EMAIL:API-TOKEN -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"key": "TSMN", "name": "Test Scrum Migration NextGen", "avatarId": 10722, "accessLevel": "PRIVATE"}' -X PUT https://xxxxxxx.atlassian.net/rest/internal/simplified/1.0/projects/10303/summary
   
   {"returnUrl":"/browse/TSMN","id":10303,"key":"TSMN","name":"Test Scrum Migration NextGen","accessLevel":{"value":"PRIVATE","displayName":"Private","description":"Only people added to the project can create and edit issues. Issues in this project don't appear in search results.","iconName":"private"},"avatarId":10201}

 

I hope this helps.

 

Have a nice weekend.

Dario