Jira automation web request json escape double quotes

Päivi Passila

Hei All. 

I need to create a Jira filter using web request (POST). Filter needs to have double quotes, since it uses JQL search extensions. Here's a simple example of the problematic filter:

{
"description": "Filter created by jira automation",
"jql": "issue in linkedIssuesOfQuery("project=ACME", "is blocked by")",
"name": "temp-pp2"

}

When I escape the double quotes with backslashes, it removes those from the filter query and responses with bad request:

 

Response

400Bad Request

Headers (17

 

 

Payload

{ "errorMessages": [ "Unable to find JQL function 'linkedIssuesOfQuery(project=ACME, is blocked by)'." ], "errors": {}


and the request payload is this:

 

Request

POST

Headers (2)

 

 

Payload

{ "description": "Filter created by jira automation", "jql": "issue in linkedIssuesOfQuery(\"project=ACME\", \"is blocked by\")", "name": "temp-pp2" }


So how to pass double quotes correctly? I've also tried with \", \\", \\\"

Jeroen Poismans

Hi,

First: Are you on DC, Cloud...

The error you are getting does not seem to be related to the quotes:

Unable to find JQL function 'linkedIssuesOfQuery(project=ACME, is blocked by)'."

The linkedIssuesOf function does not exist. I have done a similar POST to create a filter and it worked perfectly:

{
  "description": "Test1",
  "jql": "status in (\"In Progress\",\"Ready for Release\")",
  "name": "Test1"
}

Try a simple JQL without the linkedIssuesOf  function.

Jeroen