Is it possible to populate native versions fields while creating an issue via API

Antoine _Klee Group_

Hello,

I want to create an issue in Jira using the Rest API.

Here is the JSON I am sending.

{
    "fields": {
        "project": {
            "key": "KEY"
        },
        "summary": "Populating affects version",
        "issuetype": {
            "name": "Bug"
        },
        "versions":[{ "name": "1.0" }]
    }
}

 This works just fine when the name of the version already exists in the project but prompts an error if not.

"errors": {"versions": "version name '1.1' is not valid"}

Is there a way to populate the "affects version" (or any versions field) field if the value does not yet exist within the project?

Thanks.

Alex Koxaras -Relational-

HI @Antoine _Klee Group_ ,

The reason why most likely this is happening, is because you are sending a request to create a new issue, and not a new version (which relates to the project) To create a new version you must follow this API:

https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-project-versions/#api-rest-api-3-version-post

You could somehow use the native automation, which has the ability to create a new version.

Alex