How to get rest api to return issues sorted by last updated?

[Jasmine Feng]

I am trying to construct a url that will return issues for a project sorted by updates...

What I currently have is:

   <url>/rest/api/2/search?jql=project="<projectname>"&orderBy=-updated&maxResults=3

but it looks like orderBy is not supported? How do I get them back sorted?

[Niclas Sandstroem · Accepted solution]

Try this syntax:

curl -D- -u fred:fred -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://kelpie9:8081/rest/api/2/search?jql=assignee=fred+order+by+duedate

https://developer.atlassian.com/jiradev/jira-apis/jira-rest-apis/jira-rest-api-tutorials/jira-rest-api-example-query-issues

[Jasmine Feng]

thank you! worked great (I used updated instead of duedate)

[Niclas Sandstroem]

Searches for issues using JQL.

Sorting: the jql parameter is a full JQL expression which can include an ORDER BY clause.

What do you mean when you say not supported?