API to get attachments with a certain name or other attribute

[arama mihai]

Hello, 

I am trying to use:

jira-url/rest/api/2/search?jql=project%20%3D%20abc%20and%20issuefunction%20in%20hasAttachments(txt)&fields=attachment

and this returns a list of all the attachments of the issues found by that query. 

Could I filter out the returned attachments by their attributes (preferably by name or type)?

Current output:

{"expand":"operations,versionedRepresentations,editmeta,changelog,renderedFields","id":"858847","self":"jiraurl/rest/api/2/issue/858847","key":"abc-476","fields":{"attachment":[{"self":"jiraurl/rest/api/2/attachment/612554","id":"612554","filename":"20200712_JIRA_Clean-up_steps_copy.txt","author":{"self":"jiraurl/rest/api/2/user?username=mihai","name":"mihai","key":"mihai","emailAddress":"test@h.com","avatarUrls":{"48x48":"jira/secure/useravatar?ownerId=mm&avatarId=21065","24x24":"j/secure/useravatar?size=small&ownerId=mm&avatarId=21065","16x16":"j/secure/useravatar?size=xsmall&ownerId=mm&avatarId=21065","32x32":"j/secure/useravatar?size=medium&ownerId=mm&avatarId=21065"},"displayName":"Mihai","active":true,"timeZone":"Europe/Berlin"},"created":"2020-07-15T05:57:06.000+0000","size":3424,"mimeType":"text/plain","content":"jira/secure/attachment/612554/20200712_JIRA_Clean-up_steps_copy.txt"}]}},
{"expand":"operations,versionedRepresentations,editmeta,changelog,renderedFields","id":"219662","self":"jiraurl/rest/api/2/issue/219662","key":"abc-36","fields":{"attachment":[{"self":"jiraurl/rest/api/2/attachment/158387","id":"158387","filename":"InactiveUser_19June2017.txt","author":{"self":"jiraurl/rest/api/2/user?username=mihai","name":"mihai","key":"mihai","emailAddress":"test@h.com","avatarUrls":{"48x48":"jj/secure/useravatar?ownerId=mm&avatarId=14700","24x24":"j/secure/useravatar?size=small&ownerId=mm&avatarId=14700","16x16":"j/secure/useravatar?size=xsmall&ownerId=mm&avatarId=14700","32x32":"j/secure/useravatar?size=medium&ownerId=mm&avatarId=14700"},"displayName":"Mihai","active":true,"timeZone":"Europe/Vaduz"},"created":"2017-06-19T01:38:41.000+0000","size":1340,"mimeType":"text/plain","content":"jira/secure/attachment/158387/InactiveUser_19June2017.txt"}]}}]}

Preferred output: only the attachment thathas " inactiveUser" in name. 

Thank you!

[Neil]

There isn't a native method for searching attachments (ex: by name, extension, content, etc.) in JQL. JQL only natively supports the ability to query if an issue has attachments (which you're aware of). That being said, there are a number of Marketplace apps (for both Cloud and Server/DC) that provide content + metadata indexing and extend JQL search/filter functionality.