How get the list of Jira users through JIRA REST API?

Question

I have a requirement where I want to get the full list of Jira Users in my organization through JIRA Cloud REST APIs. I know I can get details of a user using  /rest/api/3/user endpoint. Also I am aware that we can get multiple users details using /rest/api/3/user/bulk endpoint. But the problem with both these endpoints is that I have to know the userId of user I want to get details of.

I want to get the list of users same like we get the list of projects using /rest/api/3/project/search endpoint.

Also how can I get the total number of records in user object?

If anybody knows the answer please help.

Thanks in advance!

CloudNuro · Answer

Hi @Piet Pieters

I am using OAuth 2.0 (3LO) apps to get the code and then using that code to generate the access token. When I am using my access token to hit https://<site-url>/rest/api/3/users/search then it is giving me below error even if the scope I have added based on the documentation.

{    "errorMessages": [        "error.no-permission"    ],    "errors": {}}
Is there any other API to use for OAUTH 2.0?

Mark_z9rkaz · Answer

I would suggest

GET rest/api/2/user/search?username=.&maxResults=1000&includeInactive=true

Unless your Jira has more than 1000 users that should give you all of the users.  The above suggested answer uses the REST API version 3 which is still in Beta and you apparently have to go through some effort to get it working.

Aniruddha Gayake · Answer

Hi @Piet Pieters ,

But the my use case is that I want to get the data of all the users by iterating through the paginated user API. So, I must know where the end lies.

Aniruddha