How can we create a next-gen project via API ?

Question

I am able to create a Classic service desk project using API but i am unable to create a next-gen project.

Angélica Luz · Answer

Hello @Niek Verkoelen,

Thank you for reaching out to Community!

I checked the API documentation and the templates to create next-gen projects (team-managed) are available. I just tested here and it works.

The API can be found here: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-projects/#api-rest-api-3-project-post

On the Project Template Key there are the following options that are the next-gen ones:

com.pyxis.greenhopper.jira:gh-simplified-agility-kanban and  com.pyxis.greenhopper.jira:gh-simplified-agility-scrum

I used that cURL example to create the project and removed those features that are not available in next-gen, for example, notification scheme, issue security.

Here is the example:

curl -v --request POST \
--url 'https://domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/project' \
--user 'email@domain.com:<API_TOKEN>' \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{
"description": "Cloud migration initiative",
"leadAccountId": "user id",
"url": "http://atlassian.com",
"avatarId": 10200,
"projectTemplateKey": "com.pyxis.greenhopper.jira:gh-simplified-agility-kanban",
"name": "Example",
"assigneeType": "PROJECT_LEAD",
"projectTypeKey": "software",
"key": "EX"
}'

Please, take your time to test and let us know how it goes.

Kind regards,
Angélica

Niek Verkoelen · Answer

Hi @Angélica Luz ,

Is this conclusion still relevant a year later? I cannot find any documentation on how to create next-gen projects using the API.

Angélica Luz · Answer

Hello @Stakater SRE _ 1,

Welcome to Atlassian Community!

When using next-gen, currently, there are no APIs available to create this type of project via API.

For more details, please check the documentation below:

* Jira Cloud next-gen projects and the effects on the REST API

There is no public REST API available to create project-scoped entities like issue types, statuses, and custom fields.

Please, watch the feature request below to receive future updates:

* REST API for new Jira Projects

Regards,
Angélica