Retrieve projects in "Category" using REST

[nicolas.carrivale]

Hi, i'm using Jira Cloud and making some PHP scripts to get information from the instance. I'm retrieving the whole project list with different data. But Project category is missing, or i cannot find it. I need to display in my list the category for every project or projects from only one category.
I read documentation and i cannot find where projects are mixed with categories, i can retrieve project list or category list, but i need them to be crossed. Thanks!

[DPKJ · Accepted solution]

@nicolas.carrivale  Welcome to the community!

 If you use this API https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/?#api-rest-api-3-project-search-get

You should receive projectCartegory value with this API.

Please validate results against this page in UI - SITE_URL/secure/project/ViewProjects.jspa

[nicolas.carrivale]

Thanks for the welcome! yes, i'm using that endpoint, and doc says that should display projectCategory, but look at the response i get:

What could it be? Best.

[DPKJ]

Have you checked SITE_URL/secure/project/ViewProjects.jspa this page.

This will tell you if you have categories define against projects.

[nicolas.carrivale]

Yes, i've checked and i have 11 project categories and different projects with them. Also i'm using an "Archived" category, for unused projects (as Jira cloud doesn't have "Archive" feature). Best.

[DPKJ]

@nicolas.carrivale  This is strange behaviour, I have checked with all the sites that I own and I get projectCategory information on all sites ( I am admin on all sites)

[nicolas.carrivale]

@DPKJthanks! i figured out... there are some projects without category and many of them (maybe because alphabetically) appeared first. I've checked some middle values without success too. I guess that if project has no category, projectCategory would be empty(or maybe category "none"), but when there is no category, there isn't section neither. Best!

[DPKJ]

@nicolas.carrivale  Great going!