I'm getting "No project could be found with key 'ABC'." even though GET .../project/ABC works

Malte Finsterwalder

I'm trying to create a Jira component via the REST API.

I POST to https://my.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/component

In the POST request body I set:

{
"name": "Component 1",
"description": "This is a Jira component",
"project": "ABC",
"assigneeType": "UNASSIGNED",
"leadAccountId": "myaccountid"
}

A project with key ABC exists. And when I GET https://my.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/project/ABC
I get a proper response with:

"key" : "ABC"

So it's there and I have access to it.

But when I send the POST to create the component I always get a 404 back with:

{ "errorMessages": [ "No project could be found with key 'ABC'." ], "errors": {}}

And ideas, why this is happening?

I'm using Postman with an API Token. The user is a Jira Admin.

Rudy Holtkamp

Hi @Malte Finsterwalder ,

I just created a component on my own instance via Postman. And there is no problem at all.

A 404 is returned if the project is not found or the user does not have permission to browse the project containing the component.

So the first is not the case, it should be the latter. Or it might be that Jira Admin is not a project admin and can't create components.

Rudy