add a comment while changing issue status by REST

[Ziyan Liu]

Hi,

I am trying to add a comment while changing issue status by rest api. 

curl -D- -u admin:admin -X POST --data @/Users/ziyan/Desktop/test.json -H "Content-Type: application/json" https://mytestingurl.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/ZD-25/transitions?expand=transitions.fields

Here is the JSON:

{
    "transition": {
        "id": "61"
    },
    "update": {
        "comment": [
            {
                "add": {
                    "body": "Bug has been fixed."
                }
            }
        ]
    }
}

For some reason, I get the 204 response and have my status changed, but I am unable to add the comment. What could possibly go wrong?

Please help! Thanks

[Brant Schroeder · Accepted solution]

I believe that you just have the order wrong.  Try this and it should work:

JSON:

{
    "update": {
        "comment": [
            {
                "add": {
                    "body": "Comment added when transitioning issue"
                }
            }
        ]
    },
    "transition": {
        "id": "61"
    }
}

[Ziyan Liu]

That doesn't change anything :(

[Brant Schroeder]

Is the comment posting if you remove the transition? 

[Ziyan Liu]

I figured out the answer. You can only add a comment while transitioning by REST if you require a comment for transitioning in UI. Thanks for your help Brant.

[vigneshyadhan]

how can we done the same for rest/api/3?

[Ankit Rastogi]

@Ziyan Liu  @Brant Schroeder  Can you please give me json for the transitions which can add comment. I am getting stuck on same this issue

[Rafael Costa]

@Ziyan Liu 

{
   "update": { 
      "comment":[{ 
         "add": { 
            "body": "your comment"
          } 
      }] 
   }, 
  "transition": { 
     "id": "331" 
  } 
}

but as @Ziyan Liu said, you need a screen with a comment field on the transition. to do it only create a screen empty, without fields.