jira rest api user preferences key

[lasith gunawardana]

dose anyone know how to get preferences through api, im not sure what is the 'key' they are requesting to get specific preference

/rest/api/2/mypreferences?key

appriciate your help

[Pawel Skierczynski]

Hi,

could you specify what preferences exactly you are looking for;

• timeZone is user attribute so you can get it with /rest/api/2/user resource;
• for current user there is incoming /rest/api/2/myself (available OD now docs should be seen in a week; BTF since 6.1) - it's experimental api so can be changed in the future;
• /rest/api/2/mypreferences is more low level; it's mostly for plugins to store something simple for current user so they can retrieve it later with js;
• one example of this would be - if workflow editor should be displayed as text or diagram

[DJ Marcaida]

See JRA-42049

[RambanamP]

pls submit support request @https://support.atlassian.com

because unable to expand acceptable request representations at https://docs.atlassian.com/jira/REST/latest/#idp1299280

[lasith gunawardana]

yep, i will :)

[DJ Marcaida]

Is there any resolution for this yet? I, too, am trying to use the API and I do not know what the 'key' parameter is.

[lasith gunawardana]

ATM it seems like not working and i have no idea yet. Instead of /rest/api/2/mypreferences?key im using /rest/api/2/user?username&key to get user details. hope this will help you.

[DJ Marcaida]

thanks!

[Irina Svirkina]

See here https://developer.atlassian.com/static/javadoc/jira/6.1/reference/com/atlassian/jira/user/preferences/PreferenceKeys.html. It contains all supported keys.

[Nitram]

Hi,

I think, the key you are expected to give is nothing but the preference that you are expecting to get, Like Language, TimeZone. It seems to be like that. So try to give the key as said.Hope this Helps!

[lasith gunawardana]

tried, its not working for me. i have no idea wht value shuld passed into the 'key' parameter . is this working for you?

/rest/api/2/mypreferences?key=timezone