How can I change an issuetype on an existing issue via the REST?

[Nageswara Rao Koppisetti]

Hi All,

Could you please provide me issue type update rest web service and corresponding request payload for to update existing issutype.

[Alexey Matveev · Accepted solution]

You can find an answer here:

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Answers-Developer-Questions/How-can-I-change-an-issuetype-on-an-existing-issue-via-the-REST/qaq-p/521589

[Nageswara Rao Koppisetti]

Hi Alexey Matveev,

Boris Georgiev saying  issue type probably can not be edited.Could you please tell me.Is possible or not.If possible post reference link .

Regards,

Nageswara.

[Alexey Matveev]

Boris said, try to get info from editmetada resource and have a look, if it is possible.

[Nageswara Rao Koppisetti]

Hi Alexey

I have requested below rest api and  below payload:

rest/api/2/issue/10206/editmeta

My Requested payload is:

{
"update":
{"issuetype": [{
"set": "Bug"
}
]
}
}

getting 405 method error please find my attached screen .If in case if i am wrong please help me on this.

[Alexey Matveev]

Here is it. First I executed GET rest/api/2/issue/issuekey/editmeta. The result was like this:

"issuetype": {
 "required": true,
 "schema": {
 "type": "issuetype",
 "system": "issuetype"
 },
 "name": "Issue Type",
 "operations": [],
 "allowedValues": [
 {
 "self": "http://localhost:8080/jira/rest/api/2/issuetype/10100",
 "id": "10100",
 "description": "A task that needs to be done.",
 "iconUrl": "http://localhost:8080/jira/secure/viewavatar?size=xsmall&avatarId=10318&avatarType=issuetype",
 "name": "Task",
 "subtask": false,
 "avatarId": 10318
 },
 {
 "self": "http://localhost:8080/jira/rest/api/2/issuetype/10001",
 "id": "10001",
 "description": "Created by JIRA Software - do not edit or delete. Issue type for a user story.",
 "iconUrl": "http://localhost:8080/jira/images/icons/issuetypes/story.svg",
 "name": "Story",
 "subtask": false
 }
 ]
 }

Look at the allowedValues. It means that issuetype can be set either to Story or to Task. Then I executed PUT  /rest/api/2/issue/issuekey with the following JSON:

{"fields":{"issuetype":{"id":"10001"}}}

The issue type field was changed to Story.

[Nageswara Rao Koppisetti]

Hi Alexey..

Thank you for your supporting .working as expected as for your information.

Thank you very much.

[amitava]

This is not working for me!

[amitava]

Is there any problem with my code? -

headers = {
"Accept": "application/json",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

payload = json.dumps({"fields": {"issuetype":{"id":"10328"}}})

response = requests.request(
"PUT",
url,
headers=headers,
auth=auth,
data=payload
)