rest/api/2/user error "can not instantiate value of type issue.UserWriteBean"

Brian Craigie_bsrrfk

Trying to create a user in Jira DataCentre 8.20 using the API rest/api/2/user listed as "experimental" using Python Requests

I'm sending a POST with the header 'Content-Type': 'application/json;charset=UTF-8'

data as follows (redacted):

{"name": "username","emailAddress": "forename.surname@domain.co.uk","displayName": "Forename Surname","applicationKeys": ["jira-software-users"]}

And it gives me back the error:

Can not instantiate value of type [simple type, class com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.UserWriteBean] from JSON String; no single-String constructor/factory method

Have I made a mistake with the JSON string, or some other error?

I'm assuming applicationKeys corresponds to the Jira user group to add the user to.

Thanks

Brian

Vamsi Kandala

Hi @Brian Craigie

Welcome to the community!

Can you update the JSON data like below and try?  I have enclosed everything within 'fields' section:

 

{

    "fields": {

       "name": "username",

       "emailAddress": "forename.surname@domain.co.uk",

       "displayName": "Forename Surname",

       "applicationKeys": ["jira-software-users"]

    }

}

Hope this helps.

Thanks,
Vamsi