Update custom field adding new values

[albertogarci86]

Hi all,

I want to update a custom field via curl API REST. It is a text field multiline type.

I can update the custom field (13630) but it always displays the last value.

curl -k -D- -u "user:pass" -X PUT --data '{"fields":{"customfield_13630": "'"\nMessage:: This is a test"'"}}' -H "Content-Type: application/json" https://jira.com/rest/api/2/issue/BUG-0000

Any way to do that appending the new values and not removing the old ones?

Thanks in advance!

Regards

[Chander Inguva · Accepted solution]

Hey Alberto,

Unfortunately this is not possible, you need to know the previous value to append the new value to it.

It always updates the existing value by design.

 Ref: https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Answers-Developer-Questions/JIRA-Append-field-content-via-REST/qaq-p/546140

No luck!!

Thanks

Chander Inguva

[daniel_gamez · Accepted solution]

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[miikhy]

Hi Alberto,

As mentioned by @Chander Inguva, not by default. I would advise you to retrieve te current value in a first curl and append your new value in a second step!

Good luck!

[albertogarci86]

Ok @Chander Inguva, @miikhy, thanks for the quick response.

So bearing in mind your answer I have to curl a get action and save the output before append the new value.

From that point, do you know any easy way to receive the text plain from the text field? Or do I have to do it formatting the json output?

Best Regards!