Update timespent and status in jira using python

Question

Hi Guys,

Code:-

issue=jira.issue('DWO-24576')
issue.update(assignee={'name': 'username'})
print issue.fields.customfield_10130
tag = ["opsfix,production_failure"]
issue.update(fields={'customfield_10130':tag})
issue.update(fields={'aggregatetimespent':'.5h'})
#issue.update(fields={'status':'Closed'})
jira.transition_issue(issue,'51')

While running script, I am getting below error

response text = {"errorMessages":[],"errors":{"aggregatetimespent":"Field 'aggregatetimespent' cannot be set. It is not on the appropriate screen, or unknown."}}

Please suggest on this.

Himanshu_Pant · Answer

Also,  want to update error category but getting error

Code :-

Error_type = ["Test Error"]
issue.update(fields={'customfield_15526': Error_type})

Error :-

jira.exceptions.JIRAError: JiraError HTTP 400 url: https://jira.corp.shutterfly.com/rest/api/2/issue/2381618
text: expected Object

response text = {"errorMessages":[],"errors":{"Error Category":"expected Object"}}

Himanshu_Pant · Answer

@Shaun S I would like to update Resolution field with value resolved.

Resolution:Unresolved

Shaun S · Answer

Hi Himanshu,

aggregatetimespent isn't a field that can be updated or set through the REST API, which is why you're receiving the error.  The value of this field is set by Jira by adding up the worklog entries in seconds.  If you want to update the aggregatetimespent value, you'd want to log work on the affected ticket. You are able to retrieve the value of this field though.  This could be done by adding a simple print function to the code for the sake of example.

print issue.fields.aggregatetimespent

Hope that helps!