How to update a MLCS custom field through REST?

[Sivakumar Nalle]

I tried to update the MLCS custom field using REST call, but it is returned a response status of 500 internal error.

I used the JSON format as specified in the Jira Doc's for multi select field.

"customfield_10008": [ {"value": "red" }, {"value": "blue" }, {"value": "green" }]

The exception in the jira log is:

2013-10-30 16:53:28,093 http-8080-13 ERROR domebase 1013x504x1 iyaut7 192.168.1.14 /rest/api/latest/issue/ [jira.rest.exception.ExceptionInterceptor] Returning internal server error in response
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor816.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:597)
at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.interceptor.impl.DispatchProviderHelper$ResponseOutInvoker$1.invoke(DispatchProviderHelper.java:234)
at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.interceptor.impl.DispatchProviderHelper$1.intercept(DispatchProviderHelper.java:100) <+3> (DefaultMethodInvocation.java:61) (ExpandInterceptor.java:38) (DefaultMethodInvocation.java:61)
at com.atlassian.jira.rest.exception.ExceptionInterceptor.intercept(ExceptionInterceptor.java:59) <+1> (DefaultMethodInvocation.java:61)
at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.scope.RequestScopeInterceptor.intercept(RequestScopeInterceptor.java:43) <+14> (DefaultMethodInvocation.java:61) (DispatchProviderHelper.java:132) (DispatchProviderHelper.java:230) (ResourceJavaMethodDispatcher.java:75) (HttpMethodRule.java:288) (ResourceClassRule.java:108) (RightHandPathRule.java:147) (RootResourceClassesRule.java:84) (WebApplicationImpl.java:1469) (WebApplicationImpl.java:1400) (WebApplicationImpl.java:1349) (WebApplicationImpl.java:1339) (WebComponent.java:416) (ServletContainer.java:537)
at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.module.RestDelegatingServletFilter$JerseyOsgiServletContainer.doFilter(RestDelegatingServletFilter.java:178) <+1> (ServletContainer.java:795)
at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.module.RestDelegatingServletFilter.doFilter(RestDelegatingServletFilter.java:73) <+16> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66) (RestServletUtilsUpdaterFilter.java:26) (RestServletUtilsUpdaterFilter.java:40) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66) (ContextFilter.java:25) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
at com.atlassian.mywork.client.filter.ServingRequestsFilter.doFilter(ServingRequestsFilter.java:37) <+15> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) (AccessLogFilter.java:103) (AccessLogFilter.java:87) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) (XsrfTokenAdditionRequestFilter.java:54) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) (IteratingFilterChain.java:46) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
at com.atlassian.labs.remoteapps.modules.permissions.ApiScopingFilter.doFilter(ApiScopingFilter.java:60) <+22> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) (SecurityFilter.java:234) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) (TrustedApplicationsFilter.java:98) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) (BaseLoginFilter.java:169) (JiraLoginFilter.java:70) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) (IteratingFilterChain.java:46) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66) (OAuthFilter.java:55) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.module.servlet.RestSeraphFilter.doFilter(RestSeraphFilter.java:40) <+9> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) (AbstractJohnsonFilter.java:71) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:206)
at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.RuleChain.handleRewrite(RuleChain.java:176)
at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.RuleChain.doRules(RuleChain.java:145)
at org.tuckey.web.filters.urlrewrite.UrlRewriter.processRequest(UrlRewriter.java:92) <+9> (UrlRewriteFilter.java:394) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) (GzipFilter.java:80) (GzipFilter.java:51) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) (IteratingFilterChain.java:46) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
at com.atlassian.labs.remoteapps.modules.oauth.OAuth2LOFilter.doFilter(OAuth2LOFilter.java:70) <+3> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66)
at com.atlassian.labs.remoteapps.util.http.bigpipe.RequestIdSettingFilter.doFilter(RequestIdSettingFilter.java:22) <+42> (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:66) (JWDSendRedirectFilter.java:25) (DelegatingPluginFilter.java:74) (IteratingFilterChain.java:42) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:77) (ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:63) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) (ChainedFilterStepRunner.java:78) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) (AbstractCachingFilter.java:33) (AbstractHttpFilter.java:31) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) (AbstractEncodingFilter.java:41) (AbstractHttpFilter.java:31) (PathMatchingEncodingFilter.java:45) (AbstractHttpFilter.java:31) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) (JiraStartupChecklistFilter.java:74) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) (MultiTenantServletFilter.java:91) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) (ChainedFilterStepRunner.java:78) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:235) (ApplicationFilterChain.java:206) (StandardWrapperValve.java:233) (StandardContextValve.java:191) (StandardHostValve.java:127) (ErrorReportValve.java:102) (AccessLogValve.java:615) (StandardEngineValve.java:109) (CoyoteAdapter.java:293) (Http11Processor.java:859) (Http11Protocol.java:602) (JIoEndpoint.java:489)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:619)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassCastException: java.util.LinkedHashMap cannot be cast to com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.rest.json.beans.CustomFieldOptionJsonBean
at com.sourcesense.jira.plugin.customfield.rest.MultiLevelCascadingSelectCustomFieldOperationsHandler.handleSetOperation(MultiLevelCascadingSelectCustomFieldOperationsHandler.java:79)
at com.sourcesense.jira.plugin.customfield.rest.MultiLevelCascadingSelectCustomFieldOperationsHandler.handleSetOperation(MultiLevelCascadingSelectCustomFieldOperationsHandler.java:46)
at com.atlassian.jira.issue.customfields.impl.rest.AbstractCustomFieldOperationsHandler.updateIssueInputParameters(AbstractCustomFieldOperationsHandler.java:96)
at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.IssueInputParametersAssembler$IssueInputParametersBuilder.finalizeIssueInputParams(IssueInputParametersAssembler.java:449)
at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.IssueInputParametersAssembler$IssueInputParametersBuilder.buildForCreate(IssueInputParametersAssembler.java:266)
at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.CreateIssueResource.createIssue(CreateIssueResource.java:47)
at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.IssueResource.createIssue(IssueResource.java:649)
... 153 more.

If i removed the mlcs custom field from my rest url then the issue is creating.

What is the JSON format should we use to update that custom field of type MLCS through REST?

[Alex Cowell · Accepted solution]

As of MLCS version 3.0.6 you can use the format you mentioned. You can specify options by their IDs or values, for example:

{
    "fields": {
        "customfield_10000": [{"id": 10001}, {"id": 10009}, {"id": 10011}]
    }
}

or

{
    "fields": {
        "customfield_10000": [{"value": "First Level"}, {"value": "Second Level"}, {"value": "Third Level"}]
    }
}

will both work.

[Bryan Karsh]

Thank you very much for these examples. They saved me big time! :)

[Bharadwaj Jannu]

this is for single level parent-child https://answers.atlassian.com/questions/100235/what-is-the-syntax-for-using-the-jira-rest-api-to-update-a-cascading-select-field

similarly you can try for mulit-level and check