Change Project Template Key with Jira REST API

Question

I'm currently using the following Endpoint to create a Project in Jira Software:

/rest/project-templates/1.0/createshared/{{projectid}}

and this does create the project, but unfortunately, it assigns the incorrect project template to the specific Project. I need to assign 'Scrum Classic' to ALL projects created on Jira.

Heres what I've tried:

{
"description": "Example Project description",
"url": "{{my-url}}",
"avatarId": 10200,
"name": "Example",
"assigneeType": "PROJECT_LEAD",
"projectTypeKey": "software",
"key":"NEW1","name":"Test Project created with correct template",
"lead":"First Name",
"projectTemplateKey": "com.pyxis.greenhopper.jira:gh-scrum-template"
}

but it seems to ignore the projectTemplateKey for this Endpoint.

I have seen a solution online for creation of the project, but none for applying the project template.

https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRASERVER-27256?focusedCommentId=943621&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-943621

by https://jira.atlassian.com/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=korolev_ap

Just wondering if anyone has come across this issue.

Thanks in advance.

unknown · Answer

@Vishal Kharde Do you know if there's a way to specify a custom projectTemplateKey, as opposed to the out-of-the-box JIRA templates?  Thanks!

Vishal Kharde · Answer

The endpoint which you had used doesn't have the projectTemplateKey as a allowed parameter. It accepts only 3 parameters, viz., lead, key and name You can use the officially documented Create project REST API . Rest endpoint: POST /rest/api/2/project It has a projectTemplateKey parameter where you can specify the project template to be used. Sample Request payload: { "key": "EX", "name": "Example", "projectTypeKey": "business", "projectTemplateKey": "com.atlassian.jira-core-project-templates:jira-core-project-management", "description": "Example Project description", "lead": "Charlie", "url": "http://atlassian.com", "assigneeType": "PROJECT_LEAD", "avatarId": 10200, "issueSecurityScheme": 10001, "permissionScheme": 10011, "notificationScheme": 10021, "workflowSchemeId": 10031, "categoryId": 10120 } Some Valid values for projectTemplateKey(try the bold ones for your case), * com.pyxis.greenhopper.jira:gh-simplified-agility-kanban * com.pyxis.greenhopper.jira:gh-simplified-agility-scrum * com.pyxis.greenhopper.jira:gh-simplified-scrum-classic * com.pyxis.greenhopper.jira:gh-scrum-template * com.pyxis.greenhopper.jira:gh-simplified-basic * com.pyxis.greenhopper.jira:gh-simplified-kanban-classic * com.pyxis.greenhopper.jira:gh-kanban-template * com.pyxis.greenhopper.jira:basic-software-development-template