Using the API and AQL I am trying to get Assets filter by a custom attribute

Carsten Johannesen

I am using the REST API's AQL to get a list of all our Assets using the endpoint  v1/object/aql

and making a POST to it, for instance with AQL:

"objectSchema = AID AND name STARTSWITH  C"

But I am hitting the hard max. of 1000 items pr. query.

So I need to filter further. I know we have a custom field which signals if the assets is "obsolete" (we call the customfield "Udgået") but how do I extend the AQL to include an " AND Udgået = no" ?

Arkadiusz Wroblewski

Hello @Carsten Johannesen 

I would try the AQL with the boolean value as true or false, not yes / no.

So in your case, something like this should be the right direction:

objectSchema = AID AND Name STARTSWITH "C" AND "Udgået" = false

If Udgået is a Boolean attribute, Assets expects Boolean values in that form. Also, because the attribute name contains a special character, I would keep it in quotes. Atlassian’s Assets docs describe Boolean attributes as true / false, and AQL supports filtering on attributes that way.

For the second part, I would not solve the 1000-object problem by splitting everything manually by first letter unless you really have to. The better approach is to paginate your API calls with startAt and maxResults on the AQL endpoint and loop through the result set. Atlassian documents POST /object/aql as paginated, and there is also a total-count endpoint if you want to know the full result size first.