How can I create multiple issues with one REST api call?

[Wouter Batelaan]

I want to import a lot of issues, and in future edit lots of issues efficiently.

Using one URL per issue would seem very slow.

Is there a way to execute multiple create/edits with one REST api call?

[Aleksander Mierzwicki · Accepted solution]

Hi Wouter,

I have a good and bad news for you ;). So the good one is that recently we've added possibility to batch create issues via REST. The bad news are that this will be available in 6.0, and there is no method for editing many issues.

So, for now there is no possibility to create/edit multiple issues in one call :(. But creating wil be available soon :).

Cheers,
Alek.

[Damien Davis]

Here is a sample post:

hostname/rest/api/issue

Body:

{
 "issueUpdates": [
 {
 "update":{},
 "fields": {
 "project":
 { 
 "key": "TDP"
 },
 "summary": "REST ye merry gentlemen.{{$timestamp}}-{{$randomInt}}",
 "description": "Creating of an issue using project keys and issue type names using the REST API",
 "issuetype": {
 "name": "Bug"
 }
 }
 },
 {
 "update":{},
 "fields": {
 "project":
 { 
 "key": "NPAD"
 },
 "summary": "REST ye merry gentlemen.{{$timestamp}}-{{$randomInt}}",
 "description": "Creating of an issue using project keys and issue type names using the REST API",
 "issuetype": {
 "name": "Story"
 }
 }
 },
 {
 "update":{},
 "fields": {
 "project":
 { 
 "key": "NPAD"
 },
 "summary": "REST ye merry gentlemen.{{$timestamp}}-{{$randomInt}}",
 "description": "Creating of an issue using project keys and issue type names using the REST API",
 "issuetype": {
 "name": "Task"
 }
 }
 }
}

[Brian Jones]

I found this required a little adjustment in order to get this to work when testing in Postman.

Make sure you use the correct POST URL for bulk changes:
/rest/api/2/issue/bulk

The very last bit of the code sample is missing a bracket.

 }
 }
 }
]}

[Aleksander Mierzwicki]

Since 6.0 there is /rest/api/2/issue/bulk resource. https://docs.atlassian.com/jira/REST/latest/#d2e1627

You should POST JSON object like that to this resource:

{ "issueUpdates": [ 
  objects_like_for_create_issue_resource_here 
] }

[David.Perez1]

I need create issues, but this issues should be xray test type, and I need create with steps. Is it possible?

I don't know how make this. Could you help me please?

Thanks.

David

[Scott Lemmer]

I also have the same question.