How to add watchers uisng script-runner cloud?

[Alok Singh]

Hi, I am trying to update watcher field using Script-runner but can't seem to find the right way to do it.

def issue = "DEMO-1"


def result = put('/rest/api/2/issue/' + issue)
 .header('Content-Type', 'application/json')
 .body([
 fields:[
 "watchers" : [
 "testuser1",
 "testuser2"
 ]
 ]
])
 .asString()
if (result.status == 204) {
 return 'Success'
} else {
 return "${result.status}: ${result.body}"
}

 Error-returned:

Serializing object into 'interface java.util.Map'
GET /rest/api/2/issue/DEMO-1 asObject Request Duration: 698ms
2
[testuser1, testuser2]
PUT request to /rest/api/2/issue/DEMO-1 returned an error code: status: 400 - Bad Request
body: {"errorMessages":[],"errors":{"watchers":"Field 'watchers' cannot be set. It is not on the appropriate screen, or unknown."}}
PUT /rest/api/2/issue/DEMO-1 asString Request Duration: 237ms

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Watchers is not a field, it's a system generated user list.

See https://docs.atlassian.com/jira/REST/cloud/#api/2/issue-addWatcher

[Alok Singh]

Well, I got the POST request working fine. Since Atlassian Cloud API does not support UPDATE request watchers yet it cannot be implemented.