Jira REST API Update Summary of a ticket

[Jacob Haskamp]

Hello, struggling to edit a ticket summary, I can already post comments with below: 

So I've been able to use python to sumbit a JSON POST command using the below code:

    def Send_Answer(comment, URL):

        request2 = session.post(URL, cookies=cookies, json = {

    "body": comment,

        })

        #soup = BeautifulSoup(response2.content, 'lxml')

        print("Request status code is ", request2.status_code)

    def Get_New_Link(ticket_url = 'Error, link required.'):

        response2 = session.get(ticket_url, cookies=cookies, allow_redirects=False)

        soup = BeautifulSoup(response2.content, 'lxml')

        index_code = soup.find_all('div', class_ = 'sd-comment-issue-page-edit-root')

        parse_text = index_code

        parse_text = str(parse_text)

        parse_text = parse_text.split(':')

        parse_text = parse_text[1]

        parse_text = re.sub('[^0-9]','', parse_text)

        custom_link = ('https://mycompanyurl/rest/api/2/issue/'+parse_text+'/comment')

        return custom_link

Despite my best efforts I can't update the summary. I've tried many combos including changing the link to and the JSON:

    def Send_Answer(comment, URL):

        request2 = session.post(URL, cookies=cookies, json = {

    "summary": "Testchange"

        })

        #soup = BeautifulSoup(response2.content, 'lxml')

        print("Request status code is ", request2.status_code)

    def Get_New_Link(ticket_url = 'Error, link required.'):

        response2 = session.get(ticket_url, cookies=cookies, allow_redirects=False)

        soup = BeautifulSoup(response2.content, 'lxml')

        index_code = soup.find_all('div', class_ = 'sd-comment-issue-page-edit-root')

        parse_text = index_code

        parse_text = str(parse_text)

        parse_text = parse_text.split(':')

        parse_text = parse_text[1]

        parse_text = re.sub('[^0-9]','', parse_text)

        custom_link = ('https://mycompaniesurl/rest/api/2/issue/'+parse_text+'?fields=summary')

        return custom_link

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[David Bakkers · Accepted solution]

As per the Edit issue endpoint documentation, you don't update (change) an issue field with a POST request, but a PUT request.

[Morgan DUBUISSON]

Well seen,

I had not paid attention to the method!
I don't know how to develop in python so I didn't look at the code.
I'm more on PowerShell or Node js.
I think your answer can fix the problem

[Jacob Haskamp]

So simple ! That actually is likely the issue... I'm going to go down that rabbit hole using a PUT request instead of POST and see what I get. Thanks !

[Jacob Haskamp]

For anyone looking for a solution to this: 

Code: 

request2 = session.put(URL, cookies=cookies, json = {

            "fields": {"summary": "new summary"}

        })

Useful Link: 

Updating an Issue via the JIRA REST APIs 6848604 (atlassian.com)

Note:

Make sure to use the API Link without any additional text, just the /api/2/issue/issue_id

[Jacob Haskamp]

All of my attempts return a status code 405, so I know I'm close but lacking something I need. 

[Morgan DUBUISSON]

Hi,
Do you have a preference in the choice of programming language?

I don't really understand this python script

[Jacob Haskamp]

I prefer Python, this contains both. All this script is doing is sending a JSON Request to the REST API 

request2 = session.post(URL, cookies=cookies, json = {

    "summary": "Testchange"

        })

So really I just need to figure out the right JSON code to send to the REST API to change a tickets summary