Migrating issues from other system via REST?

Question

Hi all,

We're trying to use the REST API to bulk move thousands of issues from our old issue tracking system (@task) to Jira.  We thought the REST API would be a good approach, but it seems like it's really built for a real time interface, not bulk loading.  How can I load thousands of resolved issues without having Jira require all the transitions to take place?

Thanks,

Ken

pborkowski · Accepted Answer

Hello Ken,

you could consider JSON Importer (https://confluence.atlassian.com/display/JIRA/Importing+Data+from+JSON). We have a history of successful imports with JSON files bigger than few houndred megabytes.

JSON Importer is available from GUI level, as well as from JIRA REST level (check JIRA REST API Browser). If you have any questions regarding this Importer, I'll be more than happy to help you.

Cheers,

Przemek