How do I find the type ID for different types of issues?

Question

The documentation says it's safer to search for issues by type ID rather than type name because type names might change, but type IDs do not. How do I find the type IDs for different issue types?

Stefan Salzl · Answer

@Douglas Wong

sorry I was thinking of issue ID.

Here is a link to documentation of issue type ID:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/finding-the-id-for-issue-types-646186508.html

Best
Stefan

Stefan Salzl · Answer

Hi @Douglas Wong and welcome to the community,

https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/how-to-get-issue-id-from-the-jira-user-interface-827341428.html

In jira cloud it´s possible to use api call to view JSON representation of an issue. Not sure how this is done for server:

https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/find-the-smart-value-for-a-field/

Hope this helps.

Best
Stefan