How to create an issue with the REST API and immediatly set the priority?

[Christian Studer CST]

I love working with the Jira REST API, but i've hit upon a problem I can't understand: When trying to create a new issue (POST, Jira OnDemand), it won't accept the 'priority' field:

{
    "fields": {
        "project": {
            "key": "SAND"
        },
        "issuetype": {
            "name": "Task"
        },
        "priority": {
            "name": "Critical"
        },
        "summary": "Testissue",
        "description": "Which is supposed to be critical"
    }
}

The error message I get is Field 'priority' cannot be set. It is not on the appropriate screen, or unknown.

I have also tried to set the priority by id: "id": "2", which gives me the same error message.

If I leave out the 'priority' field, the issue gets created and I can set the priority by updating the issue directly (PUT):

{
    "fields": {
        "priority": {
            "name": "Critical"
        }
}

According to the Jira 5 REST API documentation, this should work in the initial POST to, insted of requiring two requests.

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist] · Accepted solution]

Is the field available on 'Create' screen? Or is it only there on 'Edit' screen? Check by creating the issue on UI.

[Christian Studer CST]

Ah, you're right. 'Priority' is indeed only visible on the 'Edit screen'.

I did not know that these screens have such an impact on the API, thank you for the heads-up.

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]]

Just an added validation. REST allows only what you do via the UI ;)

[Swaraj gochhayat]

I am facing problem while making a post request to create an Issue via rest api. Do you mind telling me the platform you are using to make the POST request to the APIs.

[TraollyX]

Are you using the JRJC library to make these JIRA REST API calls?