Add attachment to the issue using REST V2

Question

I am trying to add an attachment to issue with help of the Restv2 documentation.

But the request is error out with "Bad request" below is the request :

where as the file_filedata has the binarycontent value of the file

method:POST path:rest/api/2/issue/CECHP-5632/attachments

Content-Type:multipart/form-data

Accept:application/json

accept-encoding:gzip, deflate

Header Parameters:

X-Atlassian-Token:no-check

FormBody Parameters:

file_FileData:Cg0NCrQAAABNPCsaAQAAAP

filename:null

bytes:null

contentType:null

name:null

originalFilename:StormControlEnabled.pcapng

description:null

size:null

uri:null

url:null

empty:null

open:null

Jehan Bhathena · Answer

So you're trying to upload the attachments directly to Jira from another application?

If Yes, it may not work from what I've tested. You might need to setup a server in between Jira and the other tool, and make a script that can pull images from one place and then push them to another.

Found a few old Threads for this:

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/Attaching-image-to-Jira-issue-via-Cloud-REST-API-breaks-the/qaq-p/911352

https://community.blueprism.com/t5/Digital-Exchange/Upload-file-to-JIRA-issue-with-Web-API-Services/m-p/96087/highlight/true#M2898

Sandhya PS · Answer

Hi Jehan Bhathena

Thank you for the reply.

But the file is in the different application like a file which contains the file name and binary content value.

So would need a way to map those value to REST V2

Jehan Bhathena · Answer

Hi @Sandhya PS

I haven't worked with "binarycontent value of the file", but when I use the regular API, to upload the file using the file path, the API works just fine. I couldn't find the parameter "file_FileData" in the documentation either.

Can you try to use the File path directly instead of the binary data here? Also, try to replace "file_FileData" with only "file" when adding the path.

Reference: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-issue-attachments/#api-rest-api-3-issue-issueidorkey-attachments-post