Any Private API to move issue to another project ?

Question

Let's say, I have created issue A in project A.

Now, I want to move this issue A to project B. [which is possible via Jira UI].

Now, I want to perform the same action via Jira Rest API.  is there any private Api to move issue A to project B ?

If yes, can we use that API ? How reliable that would be ?

Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Answer

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Moving an issue between projects or issue types is a massive structural change, you have to go through all the checks and config that you see in the UI.

There is no remote API for this (there isn't even an internal one - the move process is a string of hundreds of internal API calls)

I understand Atlassian are working on a basic API for "move", but I don't think it's going to do everything that the UI will do - the first release is likely to be able to move between projects and issue types where the issue types are configured to use the same workflow, same field configuration and the same field contexts, and then that might become a bit more flexible (like "as long as the two workflows have the same status" and all the existing fields match, ignoring ones the source project doesn't use), but I doubt we'll see an API that can do everything "Move" can do.

Judd Garratt - Path of Trees · Answer

Hi Ashwini! There's no 'move issue' in the Jira Server REST api currently, though there is a suggestion to add this. It looks like Atlassian might be working on the corresponding issue for the Jira Cloud api, so you could reach out to them via the link in the comments on that issue and give some input.