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How can I change an Issue Type on an existing issue via the REST or other Remote API?

Martin Wickline

Using the JIRA 5.0.x remote API, is it possible to change the issue type of an existing issue?

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Bob Swift

JIRA Command Line Interface updateIssue
REST API update issue: http://docs.atlassian.com/jira/REST/latest/#id162178
SOAP API updateIssue

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Bob Swift

JIRA Command Line Interface updateIssue
REST API update issue: http://docs.atlassian.com/jira/REST/latest/#id162178
SOAP API updateIssue

Martin Wickline

I wasn't having any luck with the REST API issue update. It worked for some fields, but "issuetype" returns a 204 with reason "No Content", no error message, and the issue type doesn't actually update.

I tried a PUT on /rest/api/latest/KEY-1234 with this JSON message body, as the API docs suggest for updating other fields:

{"update": {"issuetype": [{"set": "Bug"}]}}

The API example doesn't actually work when I try it for their example of "labels" or "components" fields.

Bob Swift

I haven't tried it, but I would suspect you need to use the issuetype id as indicated in http://docs.atlassian.com/jira/REST/latest/#id161572

Martin Wickline

I had already tried that, and tried it again. Same result. No error, no result payload, no change to the issue.

suraj shrestha1

I try this

hostname/rest/api/2/issue/16591/editmeta

this returns

fields with possible values and operation

Example: for summary

[required] => 1

[schema] => stdClass Object ( [type] => string [system] => summary )

[name] => Summary

[operations] => Array ( [0] => set )

but for issuetype there was empty array in operation. Does this mean i cannot change issuetype for issue 16591? I can change issuetype from jira but why i cannot i change using api?

Henri Hallik

Hi, solution is here: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-33927

John Chin Kim Loong [Atlassian] added a comment - 23/Jan/14 2:51 PM - edited

Hi Team,

Try update an issue type without operations with the following steps:

Use "fields" instead of "update" and save it in a json file (e.g: change_issuetype.json):
```
{
	"fields": 
	{
		"summary": "something's wrong",
		"issuetype": {"id": "2"}
	}
}
```

Run the following command:

curl -D- -u admin:admin -X PUT --data @C:\change_issuetype.json -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://localhost:8616/rest/api/2/issue/DEMO-1

Reference from https://developer.atlassian.com/display/JIRADEV/JIRA+REST+API+Example+-+Edit+issues

If you hit into an error when change issue type via REST API, please raise a ticket to https://support.atlassian.com.

Hope this help.

Thanks.

Regards,
John Chin

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