Is it possible to set originalEstimate via CURL?

[Lee Correll]

I've searched thru the answers here (and via google) but I can't seem to find out if it's possible to set the Original Hours field via a CURL update. I can set fixversion, assignee, etc.

I'm using:

curl -X PUT --data @[json below] [our URL]

I also tried:

curl -X POST --data @[json below] [our URL] (and got HTTP method not allowed for the requested resource)

My json file is one line:

{"update":{"timetracking":{"originalEstimate":"4h"}}}

Am I looking in the wrong place?

Thanks!

[Dieter · Accepted solution]

Did you already check the example at https://developer.atlassian.com/display/JIRADEV/JIRA+REST+API+Example+-+Create+Issue#JIRARESTAPIExample-CreateIssue-Addingaworklogentryduringcreate ?

It mentions that you should also disable the legacy time tracking mode to be able to change other time tracking fields than remaining estimate

[Lee Correll]

I'm using ondemand, so I believe that time tracking mode isn't mine to enable/disable - ergo, it's disabled. The example there is what i used to derive my JSON to begin with - there's just not an example of it being "updatable" - which is different from generating it when the issue is created.

[Dieter]

I have just verified that the following works for me in 5.1-m3. I hope it works on OnDemand too.

{
   "fields": {
        "timetracking":
        {
           "originalEstimate": "11d 2h",
           "remainingEstimate": "3h 26m"
        }
    }
}

[Dieter]

BTW: I have verified it using the REST API browser which comes with the Atlassian Developer Toolbox plugin. Cool stuff!

I have used PUT

[Lee Correll]

Ah, when I tried to set both the original and the remaining estimates - it worked. Thanks!

[Joe Clark]

Are you able to modify the original estimate through the main JIRA interface? Check to make sure that you have disabled 'legacy time tracking' in JIRA's admin interface - http://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Configuring+Time+Tracking#ConfiguringTimeTracking-configuringtimetracking

Also ensure that the user you are logging in with via curl has permission to modify the time estimates. :-)

[Lee Correll]

Yes, I can edit it via the web interface; we're on OnDemand, so legacy time tracking isn't the problem. :)