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Not able to add an option to a NextGen field using REST API

David Frager

I am trying to use the REST API to add an option to a NextGen Drop Down field.

I have attempted to use /rest/api/3/customField/13173/option, but I get a 400 response with a message: b'{"errorMessages":["Global context does not exist for the field 13173."],"errors":{}}'

How can I determine what ContextID I need to use for this specific NextGen project?

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Prince Nyeche - ELFAPP

Hi @David Frager

Welcome to Community! Not all Jira Cloud API would work on a next-gen project, such as customField option, this exist on classic projects as next-gen doesn't have a way yet to modify individual fieldset except you're calling this from a connect app. then you can use the connect app API for customfield options. Likewise each field on a next-gen project is Project based and not Global.

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Prince Nyeche - ELFAPP

Hi @David Frager

David Frager

@Prince Nyeche - ELFAPP Thanks for the reply.

Am I able to write a connect app to interface with our cloud instance of JIRA?

We have several critical data fields used by Classic JIRA that I need access to in a nextgen project. Since this is not possible, and the data does not change frequently, my plan was to write a quick application to do a compare / merge to keep these fields updated for both types of projects. If the connect app API solves that, then I can investigate that path.

Prince Nyeche - ELFAPP

Hi @David Frager

Just to reiterate, next-gen fields are completely separate entities from Classic fields. So if in your use case, you created similar custom field (bearing the same name or not), then you can do a comparison / update the next-gen field with the Classic field data. And Yes you can interface with a connect app, but you probably have to go through this docs to understand JWT and how you can use it. Read this article on issue fields to get more context.

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