I retrieved json file by python rest api and on the file the comments do not exist? What causes this

[Mehmet Sahan]

I created issue and I updated the issue by adding some comments and retrieved the json file from my jira account but the comments do not exist on the file.

[carlosughini · Accepted solution]

Hi Mehmet,

Hope you have been well.

Could you please share how exactly did you get the JSON file from the REST API?

It would be great if you could share both your code and the endpoint you are using.

Looking forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,

Carlos

[Mehmet Sahan]

Hello Carlos, Here is the information you asked below:

import requests

from requests.auth import HTTPBasicAuth

import json

import pandas as pd

from tabulate import tabulate

import sys

url = "https://xxxxxxxxx.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/search"

auth = HTTPBasicAuth("xxxxxxxxx@gmail.com",

                    "GJGYUGUYGJBUG776RDYTUG")

headers = {

    "Accept": "application/json"

}

query = {

    'jql': 'project =IT'

}

response = requests.request(

    "GET",

    url,

    headers=headers,

    auth=auth,

    params=query

)

print(response.status_code)

projectIssues = json.dumps(json.loads(response.text),

                        sort_keys=True,

                        indent=4,

                        separators=(",", ": "))

file_path = 'jira_report1b.json'

sys.stdout = open(file_path, "w")

print (projectIssues)

[Trudy Claspill]

What was the API call that you executed?

[Mehmet Sahan]

Hello Trudy, See the respond above. Thank you

[Trudy Claspill]

Based on my experimentation it appears that you have to use the fields parameter to explicitly call out that you want the Comment data included in the output.