Unable to create jira issue using rest api and python

[Rahul Singh]

import random
import sys
import os
import jira.client
import json
import logging
import datetime
import base64
import requests
import urllib
import json
import smtplib
from jira.client import JIRA
from smtplib import SMTPException
from win32com.client import Dispatch
import win32com.client as win32
from jira.client import JIRA
jira_options={"server":"http://ontrack-internal.mycompany.com/rest/api/latest/issue","verify":False}
jira=JIRA(options=jira_options,basic_auth=("user","pass"))
issue_dict={"fields":{
"project":{"key":"SSETOPS"},
"summary":"New issue from jira",
"description":"Test description",
"issuetype":{"name":"Task"},
"Severity":{"name":"High"},
"Component/s":{"name":"Other"}
}}
new_issue=jira.create_issue(fields=issue_dict,prefetch=True)
#print (new_issue.id)

[Edwin Kyalangalilwa]

Hi Rahul,

Try removing fields from the issue_dict.

issue_dict = { 
"project":{"key":"SSETOPS"},
"summary":"New issue from jira",
"description":"Test description",
"issuetype":{"name":"Task"},
"Severity":{"name":"High"},
"Component/s":{"name":"Other"}
}