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How to update original estimate field via the API?

Chris Spencer

How do you update the "Original Estimate" field, which is called "timeoriginalestimate" in the API?

I'm using the Python Jira API wrapper like:

from jira import JIRA
jira = JIRA(options=options, basic_auth=(username, password))
issue = jira.issue(ticket_name)
issue.update(fields={'timeoriginalestimate': 12345})

but this throws the error:

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

Accepted answers

Chris Spencer

Digging around in other questions, I found my API syntax was wrong.

The correct call for update():

issue.update(fields={"timetracking":{"originalEstimate":"%ih" % hours}})

All comments

Shawn Masters

1. Make sure you have both Browse Projects and Work on Issues permissions for the project the issue resides in.

2. IF configured, make sure you got the right security level for Issue-Level security

When working with the API this page is my go to for troublehsooting these issues

https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/

Chris Spencer

Digging around in other questions, I found my API syntax was wrong.

The correct call for update():

issue.update(fields={"timetracking":{"originalEstimate":"%ih" % hours}})

Gelbana

This is clarified in the docs here but only by chance! I mean, what about other fields? How can I figure out the correct structure for a request that should edit other fields?

Alibek Zhubanyshev

What payload did you use?

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