Can't update (PUT) issue priority with curl

Question

With this curl

curl -u user:password -X PUT --data "{\"update\":{\"priority\":[{\"set\":{\"name\":\"Bassa\"}}]}}" -H "Content-Type: application/json" http://myserver/rest/api/2/issue/MYISSUE-142

... I get

{"errorMessages":["Internal server error"],"errors":{}}

BUT, if I change the priority of the issue (MYISSUE-142) using the gui, after that the same curl call works as expected.

Why? How can I update the issue without having to manually "initialize" the priority?

Thanks,
Marco

Erik Falke · Answer

Hi Marco,

were you able to solve the problem meanwhile?

I got exactly the same issue. Updating priority through the api works like a charm, but only if the priority field was set before. Updating an issue which has priority "null" (which also means it is not visible in gui) results in a http 500 server error.

Thanks,

Erik

Gonchik Tsymzhitov · Answer

Hi!

Have you check from developer tools generated curl link?

Looks like everything is ok.

Cheers,

Gonchik Tsymzhitov