What is the release button api end point?

[Vikraman]

I'm planning to trigger release in jira, when prod CI/CD pipeline is triggered using curl command. To perform, I need api end point for release button. Also I have an API endpoint to trigger my pipeline, so is there a way to trigger an API endpoint from Jira when I click the same release button. 

[Muhammad Fahad]

Hi @Vikraman - please refer to this documentation: https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/how-to-bulk-release-versions-through-rest-api-in-jira-1027124117.html

[Vikraman]

@Muhammad Fahad We are using jira cloud hosted by atlassian, but the confluence link you have shared is for server and data center.

[Muhammad Fahad]

Hi @Vikraman - For cloud you can refer to these project version APIs (Create, Get, Update, Delete) - https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-project-versions/#api-group-project-versions

[Vikraman]

@Muhammad Fahad I would appreciate if you can confirm that, we can use update API endpoint to trigger the release?

[Muhammad Fahad]

Hi @Vikraman - Yes, that's correct. You need to use Update version endpoint and pass released as true for the released versions: 

https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-project-versions/#api-rest-api-3-version-id-put

cURL example:

curl --request PUT \ --url 'https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/version/{id}' \ --user 'email@example.com:<api_token>' \ --header 'Accept: application/json' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{ "archived": false, "overdue": true, "releaseDate": "2010-07-06", "name": "New Version 1", "self": "https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/~ver~/version/10000", "description": "An excellent version", "userReleaseDate": "6/Jul/2010", "id": "10000", "projectId": 10000, "released": true }'

[Vikraman]

Thank you!

[Vikraman]

{"errorMessages":[],"errors":{"name":"A version with this name already exists in this project."}}

@Muhammad Fahad I'm getting the above response.
My requirement is to trigger an existing release using api end point

[Nathan Hitchman]

We only provide released and releasedDate properties in the body.