Paginating search results using the JIRA REST API

Question

I am using the JIRA REST API and am trying to paginate some search results.

For example, my query (HTTP GET) looks something like this: /rest/api/latest/search?jql=assignee%3dadmin&startAt=5

I know that there are 10 issues assigned to the admin user but I am expecting to only get 5 back from the above query; however, the search result contains all 10 issues and the value of 'startAt' is 0. I am using JIRA 4.4. Any ideas why it doesn't seem to be doing what it is supposed to do? I had a look at the REST API docs and the query string I am sending seems to be correct.

Thanks

Jagdish Payghan · Answer

Hi John,

I have a similar kind of issue. In my case, I have results more than 1000 in number and I want to access the results greater than 1000 in chunks by modifying the value of "StartAt" parameter. Though I keep changing its value, it retains its default value 0 while hitting a GET request.

On modifying the URL as stated by you in the last post, it throws the error "You have found a dead link".

Thanks in advance!!

John Chin · Answer

Hi sbuckle,

Can you try to put the following result and see able to retrieve 5 issue?

/api/2.0.alpha1/search?jql=assignee%3dadmin&startAt=5

Thanks, John