Transition via the JIRA REST API with a custom field

[Igor Bershov]

Hello everyone,

I want to perform a transition via the JIRA REST API.

For this transition I have a custom field "Time Spent" with a "required" validator.

I try to post:

{
	"timespent": "1h",
	"transition": { "id": "21"}
}

The response sent by the server will be 204, indicated success, but the issue still on the previous stage. I try to post:

{
	"fields": { "timespent": "1h" },
	"transition": { "id": "21"}
}

and even:

{
	"fields": { "worklog": {"timespent": "1h"} },
	"transition": { "id": "21"}
}

The response sent by the server will be 400 Bad Request. The issue still on the previous stage.

What I should post to perform a transition?

[Aleksander Mierzwicki _ · Accepted solution]

To update worklog while doing transition you have to use update filed:

{
    "transition": {
        "id": "711"
    }, 
    "update": {
        "worklog": [
            {
                "add": {
                    "timeSpent": "2m"
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}

This worked fine for me when POSTed to /rest/api/2/issue/TST-80/transitions.

[MichałS]

I suppose that there is a bug in the REST API, I've noticed that if a transition validator validates false so does the REST API not return the validation error but 204 istead. It shoud actually return the error message of the validator.

[Igor Bershov]

Thanks for the answer!

There is a bug https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRA-33909 - JIRA REST does not return errors on transitioning an issue.

I want to know what query is correct?

[MichałS]

This is possible if you do not have a transition screen with the timeSpent field that the value is ignored.

The same happens with the comment.

I would suggest you update the issue first with a sepparate REST API call and then push it to another status.

[RambanamP]

did you tried something like this

{

	"started": "2013-08-23T16:57:35.985+0200",
    "timeSpent": "3h 20m",
    "timeSpentSeconds": 12000,
    "id": "100028",
	"transition": { "id": "21"}
}

check this

https://docs.atlassian.com/jira/REST/latest/#d2e1573

[Igor Bershov]

Thanks for the answer!

I try:

{
    "started": "2013-08-23T16:57:35.985+0200",
    "timeSpent": "3h 20m",
    "timeSpentSeconds": 12000,
    "transition": { "id": "21"}
}

and receive 204, but the issue still on the previous stage.

try:

{
    "fields": 
    {
        "started": "2013-08-23T16:57:35.985+0200",
        "timeSpent": "3h 20m",
        "timeSpentSeconds": 12000
    }
    "transition": { "id": "21"}
}

and receive 400 Bad Request