Remove link using JSON

[Sam Hepworth]

I need to remove a link from an issue using automation, and I prefer not to use Jira plug-ins to do that. I have found some documentation that explains how to add a link using Json.

https://support.atlassian.com/cloud-automation/docs/advanced-field-editing-using-json/

{"update": { "issuelinks": [ { "add": { "type": { "name": "Relates" }, "outwardIssue": { "key": "{{issue.key}}" } } } ] } }

Can I use similar Json to remove a link - would this work?

{"update": { "issuelinks": [ { "remove": { "type": { "name": "Relates" }, "outwardIssue": { "key": "{{issue.key}}" } } } ] } }

Thanks, sam

[Bill Sheboy · Accepted solution]

Hi @Sam Hepworth -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

I did a quick check of the editmeta data and it does not show "remove" as a supported operation for issue links, for the REST API functions available to rules.

So, a noisy work-around (noisy because it causes several issue changes in the history):

• capture your links, inward and outward, in created variables
• using text functions, remove the one you want to remove from the variables
• use the Delete Links issue action to remove them all
• Re-fetch the issue
• add back in the links you want to keep

Kind regards,
Bill

[Sam Hepworth]

Thanks, Bill. It is an interesting workaround :) As you mention I will create a lot of changes/noise, and there is a risk of losing links if the automation fails. I hope there is another way to do it, but thanks for the creative suggestion :)

[Marc - Devoteam]

Hi @Sam Hepworth 

Welcome to the community.

I'm not sure but can you try to replace "remove" with "del"