How do I search and replace a URL in a custom field?

Question

I have a custom field that has a URL to a web site that is different for most JIRA tickets, but the domain is always the same. the domain has changed so now I need to modify the URL so that it points to the new domain. The rest of the URL remains the same. I would like to bulk edit and replace the domain in this custom field. How do I do that.

Thanks.

Bob Swift · Answer

You can use the JIRA Command Line Interface (CLI), but you will need a bit of scripting as it doesn't support a find/replace update at this time. You will need to:

* use getFieldValue to retrieve the current value of the custom field
* use script to modify the value to replace the domain name
* use setFieldValue to update the value of the custom field
* use getIssueList so you can iterate over each of the issue that need to be updated

unknown · Answer

Start here https://developer.atlassian.com/jiradev/jira-apis/jira-rest-apis/jira-rest-api-tutorials/updating-an-issue-via-the-jira-rest-apis

unknown · Answer

I looked through that documentation. What I have is a url like this: "https:///testrail/id123456"; and I need to change it to "https:///testrail/id123456"; I did not see anyway to change just a portion of the URL can you point me to this if there is something available? Or if not then Perhaps I can code to the REST API if you get me that documentation. thanks, Rich.