custom field availability for Create issue screen for all projects

[jibin mathew]

How can i make sure  the custom field added to JIRA is available to all projects in JIRA. 

The default configuration settings of the custom field is as  below 

Global context. Apply to all issues in Jira. 

Issue Types: Any issue type

But once i try to create the issue via API on an existing project its giving the error 

customfield_' cannot be set. It is not on the appropriate screen, or unknown.

So how can i make sure the  custom field is available to Create issue screen  for all projects exists in  my JIRA account by default.  So via API i can create issues under the projects and add all custom values via API

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]]

You need to add the custom field on to the appropriate screens so that it can be set during the creation. If you are an admin, you can use JIRA's field helper to figure out the screens to be used.

https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver071/jira-admin-helper-802593078.html#JiraAdminHelper-FieldHelper

If you are using APIs, there are options where you can disable the option where JIRA checks if the field is present on the screen. That might be another route you can use if you do not want users to set the field when they are using the interface.

[jibin mathew]

I am using API and how can i use options where you can disable the option where JIRA checks if the field is present on the screen.  I think this will work for me 
Any documentation links available ?

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]]

Are you using Java APIs or REST API?

[jibin mathew]

Its REST API

[Jobin Kuruvilla [Adaptavist]]

Server REST API doesn't support it I am afraid. For Cloud, you have the following option.

overrideScreenSecurity

See https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/#api/2/issue-editIssue