How do I find the type ID for different types of issues?

[Douglas Wong]

The documentation says it's safer to search for issues by type ID rather than type name because type names might change, but type IDs do not. How do I find the type IDs for different issue types?

[Stefan Salzl]

Hi @Douglas Wong and welcome to the community,

https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/how-to-get-issue-id-from-the-jira-user-interface-827341428.html

In jira cloud it´s possible to use api call to view JSON representation of an issue. Not sure how this is done for server:

https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/find-the-smart-value-for-a-field/

Hope this helps.

Best
Stefan

[Stefan Salzl]

@Douglas Wong 

sorry I was thinking of issue ID.

Here is a link to documentation of issue type ID:

https://confluence.atlassian.com/jirakb/finding-the-id-for-issue-types-646186508.html

Best
Stefan