Using REST, how can I update bulk issues on JIRA?

[ray park]

Hi,

Using JIRA 6.2.2 REST api (/rest/api/2/issue/bulk), I am currently able to create bulk issues for my test JIRA project.

However I could not find any information as to how to update existing issues (in bulk) using REST.

In my request (I pasted it below), I tried to set specific JIRA issue keys so that it would update existing issues but instead, it creates new set of issues while ignoring the issue keys that I tried to set.

Can anyone please help? Thank you!

{

"issueUpdates": [

{

"update": {},

"fields": {

"project": {

"name": "SR",

"key": "SR",

"issues": [

{

"key" : "SR-100"

}

]

},

"summary": "something's wrong",

"issuetype": {

"name": "Story"

},

"description": "something's wrong"

}

},

{

"update": {},

"fields": {

"project": {

"name": "SR",

"key": "SR",

"issues": [

{

"key" : "SR-200"

}

]

},

"summary": "something's very wrong",

"issuetype": {

"name": "Story"

},

"description": "something's very wrong"

}

}

]

}

[Marten Kreienbrock · Accepted solution]

If you know all the keys of the issues you want to change, why don't you just call /jira/rest/api/2/issue/{issueIdOrKey} with all those keys? If you use a skript you could just put it in a loop through all the keys and be done.

The /bulk method unfortunatly does not support PUT, so it won't allow the function you want to get. So if you really want to use a single call you only have the choices of looking for a plugin providing this function or maybe write your own extension to the Jira rest api

[ray park]

Thank you for your help! Updating by issue-key worked for me.

My only remaining question is, is it possible to create issues with specific issue-keys?

[Marten Kreienbrock]

No, that is not possible. While there might be a dirty hack by going through the database directly, it would involve quite a lot of really sensitve code and your system admin would hate you for life.

If you just need to get the key of issues you just created, I think the rest api will return the key along some other data to you after you call a create, just like the IssueManager-class would return you an issue created through its interface

[ray park]

That's unfortunate but thank you for your help. I played around with JSON Importer and found out you can create issues with specific issue-keys so I may go that route. Again, thank you for your help!

[arunicsbit]

using Bulk, what is the JSON format for Bulk issue creation, The document example just shows about updating issues not creating issues.