Asset Rest API, updating an object

[Oliver Wood]

Looking at the api it appears that its impossible to do a update on specific attributes,

It appears that the only option is to send the whole object each time with all the attribute data.

Is there any concept of a patch method where i can just send attributes that have changed rather than everything.

It seems like a pretty standard method to support.

[David Bakkers · Accepted solution]

Hello @Oliver Wood 

You didn't say which specific Asset REST API endpoint you are referring to, or the method you are using with it.

Can I take a wild guess and assume you're talking about the Put object endpoint? If so, then no, you can't update / patch specific attributes of an object if they have changed, you must over-write the whole object and all the attributes.

If you search the Jira Service Management feature requests for 'update asset' you will find all the requests to add that functionality.

[Oliver Wood]

Thanks David for confirming this