Unable to edit an Issue through Jira Rest API

[jag kap]

I am trying to edit a JIRA Issue using REST API . I get a 405 error when I run the following code.

I already read https://developer.atlassian.com/jiradev/jira-apis/jira-rest-apis/jira-rest-api-tutorials/jira-rest-api-example-edit-issues . But I don't understand why I am getting a 405.

I also checked https://**.atlassian.net/rest/api/latest/issue/TI-81/editmeta/ , which gives the list of fields I can edit.

newValues = dumps(
{
"update": {
"summary": [
{
"set": "blah "
}
]
}
})
newValues = dumps({
"fields":
{
"summary":"CLONE - Testing label stuff",
"assignee":{"name":"admin"}
}
})
headers = {"Authorization": " Basic " + b64encode(username + ":" + password), "Content-Type": "application/json"}
try:
request = requests.put("https://****.atlassian.net/rest/api/latest/issue/"+IssueID+"/editmeta", data=newValues, headers=headers)
print request
except urllib2.HTTPError, error:
print error.read()

Can someone help me with the issue or provide a working python code to edit issue by key/ID??

[rsperafico]

Hello Jag,

Thank you for your question.

Please, run the following:

import requests, json, base64

username = 'YOUR_USERNAME'
password = 'YOUR_PASSWORD'

pageData = {
    "fields":
    {
        "summary":"NEW SUMMARY",
        "assignee":{"name":"USERNAME"},
        "priority":{"id":"INTEGER"},
    }
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": " Basic " + base64.b64encode(username + ":" + password), 
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}
    
print json.dumps(pageData)    
    
r = requests.put(
    'https://DOMAIN.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/ISSUE-KEY',
    data=json.dumps(pageData),
    headers=(headers)
)
    
print r

If you find this answer useful, I would kindly ask you to accept it so the same will be visible to others who might be facing the same issue you have inquired.

Thank you for your understanding.

—

Kind regards,
Rafael P. Sperafico
Atlassian Support

[Eugene Kravtsov]

Hi Jag,

The error 405 "Method not allowed" happens because urllib2 does POST instead of PUT. I also had this one.

The next code works for me:

    opener = urllib2.build_opener(urllib2.HTTPHandler)
    queryURL = serverURL + '/rest/api/latest/issue/' + taskID

    newValue = {
        "fields": {
            "customfield_10500": new_value
        }
    }

    req = urllib2.Request(queryURL)
    req.add_data(json.dumps(newValue))
    req.add_header("Content-type", "application/json")
    req.add_header("Accept", "application/json")
    req.get_method = lambda: 'PUT' # this line is the key!
    fp = opener.open(req)
    fp.close()

Best regards,

Eugene

[Madhu Kiran Yalamanchili]

fields might got added to screens more than once.

To identify duplicate entries use this query

select f.name, i.fieldidentifier, count(*)
from fieldscreen f, fieldscreenlayoutitem i, fieldscreentab t
where f.id = t.fieldscreen
and i.fieldscreentab = t.id
group by f.name, i.fieldidentifier having count(*) > 1;

Based on the results, remove those fields from respective screens.

Thank You

Madhu