Does JIRA's REST API have something to adjust the time spent on an issue?

[sherwin ncna]

I'm using JIRA's REST API and after checking the whole API (http://docs.atlassian.com/jira/REST/latest/) I didn't see anything that allows you to edit the time spent on an issue. But I believe that it's possible using this API. What did I miss in the API? Can someone tell me if there's a way to edit the time spent on an issue using this API? Thanks!

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist] · Accepted solution]

Not at this time using REST API. You might want to try SOAP or create a REST plugin of your own!

[Jon Cotter]

Yes... you can only do this via SOAP

[rich]

You'll be able to do this when JIRA 5 lands.

[mthiele]

I am using JIRA 5.0.6 and I am not able to set the time spent for a task. Using cURL:

curl -D- -u user:**** -X PUT --data @test.json -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://nb098:8080/rest/api/latest/issue/TEST-23

and test.json like:

{"fields": {"timetracking": {"timeSpent": "60"} } }

I get an error: {"errorMessages":[],"errors":{"timetracking":"Setting the Time Spent directly is

not supported."}}. The same error occurs when I use "update" and "set" in the json file.

Is this still not supported by JIRA? Is there any way to set this value from outside of JIRA?

Thanks,

Michael

[Tobias Schander]

Still unsuported in JIRA 7.1.4 via REST API.