APIs Queries

[vipin_gupta]

Hi,

I am using Jira APIs (https://ict4dprojectservices.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/search?jql=) to get information out of the system and have the following questions.

1. Max result set size is 100, how can I increase the size.

2. I am not able to get comments related to issues, using APIs.

3. How can I get the attachments for the issues?

Thanks,

Vipin 

[DPKJ · Accepted solution]

@vipin_gupta  Welcome to the community!

Here is answer as per your question,

1. Max Result for JQL issue search API can't be more than 100 (it is max set by Atlassian), so if you want to fetch more data, you need to use startAt in combination with maxResults parameter.
2. To get comments, you need to pass parameter named 'fields' with value 'comments'.

   • fields=comment&fields=summary

3. Similar to comments you can also add attachment to fields,

   • fields=comment&fields=attachment

[vipin_gupta]

Thank you for the prompt reply, very useful.

Another question regarding startAt parameter.

I am using URL

https://ict4dprojectservices.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/search?jql=order%20by%20created%20DESC&maxResults=100&startAt=0&fields=comment&fields=attachment&fields=summary

I am getting below message.

This means I am getting 498 issues. So when I will set startAt parameter as 5, I should get empty response. But that is not the case, I am getting data with startAt parameter as 5

https://ict4dprojectservices.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/search?jql=order%20by%20created%20DESC&maxResults=100&startAt=5&fields=comment&fields=attachment&fields=summary

Please advice how to use startAt parameter so that code can end the loop.

Thanks,

Vipin

[DPKJ]

'total' in response here means total number of issue that your query satisfy.

So, for maxResults=100&startAt=0 query your response,

• Here you are getting first 100 issues (starting from 0) out of total 498 issues

for maxResults=100&startAt=5

• Here you will get 100 issues out of total 498 starting from 5th issue

You can take 'total' as maximum size of array and 'startAt' as starting index from where you are fetching sub array.

[vipin_gupta]

Thanks DPK. This is so helpful.