Error creating issue via REST API - could not find valid 'id'

Peter Dittman

Am writing a custom HTML form to create issues in JIRA via the REST API (rest/api/2/issue). One of the fields is a custom JIRA field with multiple options (single select), but I'm unable to create issues when I include that in the JSON. The error I'm receiving is "Could not find valid 'id' or 'value' in the Parent Option object. The JSON I'm supplying looks like:

{
  "fields": {
    "project": {
      "key": "PTP"
    },
    "customfield_10401": "my project request",
    "customfield_11700": "11610",
    "summary": "my project request",
    "description": "Compliance Program",
    "issuetype": {
      "name": "Epic"
    }
  }
}

where "customfield_11700" is the single select custom field. (customfield_10401 is "Epic Name").

The supplied id "11610" is a valid ID (known value) for the custom field - I retrieved it from the createmeta API.

I've tried to create an issue by supplying the 'ID' and the 'value' for the customfield_11700 with no success. I now the customfield_11700 is the offender because if I remove the 11700 field from the JSON, the issue is created successfully.

Any ideas on what I should try?

Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]

Try this:

"customfield_11700": { "value": "Compliance" }

Also see https://developer.atlassian.com/display/JIRADEV/JIRA+REST+API+Example+-+Create+Issue#JIRARESTAPIExample-CreateIssue-SelectList