How do I log work for a user via the Jira Cloud REST API?

[Benjamin Sutton]

I'm trying to use the REST api in a laravel app, to add worklogs to an issue on my company's Jira Cloud instance.

Whenever I sent the request it gives me an error, "Can not instantiate value of type [simple type, class com.atlassian.jira.issue.fields.rest.json.beans.WorklogJsonBean] from JSON String; no single-String constructor/factory method"

I'm sending the post request to https:my-server.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/ISSUE_ID/worklog with this JSON:

{
    "update":{
        "worklog":{
            "add":{
                "timeSpentSeconds":7200,
                "comment":"Testing pushing worklog using REST API",
                "started":"2017-08-15T14:00:00+00:00"
                }
        }
    }
}

I've also tried sending just:

{
    "timeSpentSeconds":7200,
    "comment":"Testing pushing worklog using REST API",
    "started":"2017-08-15T14:00:00+00:00"
}
 

Can anyone spot what I'm doing wrong?

[somethingblue]

Hi Benjamin,

Here is the example from the Cloud API documentation for updating a worklog:

{
    "comment": "I did some work here.",
    "visibility": {
        "type": "group",
        "value": "jira-developers"
    },
    "started": "2017-08-15T06:53:06.605+0000",
    "timeSpentSeconds": 12000
}

The format you would use for the call is

PUT /rest/api/2/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/worklog/{id}

Try that format and see if you get different results.

Cheers,

Branden

[Benjamin Sutton]

Thanks for your answer, but how would I give the worklog ID if I'm trying to create a worklog that doesn't exist yet, not update an existing one?

[Tiago Machado]

Hi,

Looking for this answer, I found it on API v3 documentation:

https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/?_ga=2.194509669.959409567.1545072350-1060599815.1521556165#api-api-3-issue-issueIdOrKey-worklog-post