Change JIRA Rest Api output locale / Language

Question

Hi all,

I'm using the jira rest api and have a problem with localized output.

Example: A user has set his locale to "de_DE", so an open issue woud show as "offen" (german for open) in the api output, whereas with "en_US" it would show as "open". Is there a way to change the rest api locale without changing the users jira locale? something like [api request]&locale=en_US or something similar would be great.

Thanks in advance

Charlie Misonne · Answer

On Data Center it is not possible.

There is a feature request for it: [JRASERVER-74088] Allow REST API responses to also return a non-translated response - Create and track feature requests for Atlassian products.

Julien MALLARD · Answer

Hi everyone

One way is described here, working on Cloud https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-71793.

I was able to verify that the use of headers made it possible to obtain the values in the desired language, using both headers :
'Accept-Language': 'pl',
'X-Force-Accept-Language': 'true'

More information here : https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/#special-request-headers

Hassan Zakeri · Answer

hi Leonard, the behavior is this: API output is based on user's locale set in their profile. And, JIRA does not permit changing locale via Rest API:

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/How-to-temporarily-set-the-languange-when-using-the-REST-API/qaq-p/1011058