Is there a way to add options to a single select list field (custom) via REST API?

[Sara Lee]

We're trying to sync some data between our instance ServiceNow and JIRA.

When a company record is created, we want to add the company's name as an option to a custom single select field.

[Thomas Deiler]

Dear @Sara Lee,

unfortunately, no - the API Doc has nothing for "adding" an option. When creating a new custom field it is possible to add options.

So long

Thomas

[John Price]

@Thomas Deiler thanks for this clear answer.  I just found and voted for https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-36112.  What's weird is that after reading the cloud API docs at https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/#api-api-2-field-fieldKey-option-post I thought you could do this, but is doesn't work.  The API docs say "Creates an option for a select list issue field, for a given field key. The Id will be automatically assigned."  I guess the lack of the word "custom" there is my clue.

This puts a big crimp in our planned solution (similar to Sara's but with Salesforce).  We may end up having to use a manual process to request new values in Jira when they are added in Salesforce :-(