Search for issue key only, not ID

[Endre Szalai]

The Jira REST API (json) allows to search for an issue by its key/id. However, the API will return a match on either of them. Is it possible to search for the key value only? Even the queries will return match on both, even if only the key is specified.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist- · Accepted solution]

I don't understand the question.  It's two methods to get one result.  You don't have to use the id.

[Endre Szalai]

My use case is that I need to try different IDs to see if any of them is a Jira issue or not. One such ID can be for example PROJ-001, or just a number like 123456. These IDs can be IDs for many different ALM systems, Jira is just one of them.

So when I try to search for an ID in Jira, both examples above can actually return a Jira issue, because the API is searching for both ID and KEY fields. I have not yet found any way to restrict the search to only one of them.

There is a workaround for sure (I can check the result's ID and KEY fields), but if there is a better way to search, it would be more optimal.

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Ah, you're using wild or quick searches that go across fields.

Simple answer is "don't".  Or if you're going to look for a something that is not a JIRA issue key, use "and id != <what I'm searching for>"