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Jira REST API

Jira REST API

You can use Jira REST API to work with the checklists ⚑️

πŸ“– Overview

You can read/write checklists by accessing any of checklist storage:

πŸ”’ Authentication

Get your API token fromΒ https://id.atlassian.com/manage/api-tokens.
Check out instructions here β†’ Β Manage API tokens for your Atlassian account | Atlassian Support

Then use the following approach.

Using com.railsware.SmartChecklist.checklist issue property:

πŸ”— Jira API reference

Set the checklist

curl --location --request PUT \ --url 'https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/properties/com.railsware.SmartChecklist.checklist' \ --user 'email@example.com:<api_token>' \ --headerΒ 'Accept: application/json' \ --dataΒ '"- ToDo List\n+ Checked\nx Skipped\n~ In Progress\n"'

Get the checklist

curl --request GET \ --url 'https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/properties/com.railsware.SmartChecklist.checklist' \ --user 'email@example.com:<api_token>' \ --headerΒ 'Accept: application/json' \


Using Checklists custom field

πŸ”— Jira API reference

☝🏼NOTE: customfield_10001 custom field id might be different on your instance. Make sure you use the correct one

Set the checklist

curl --request PUT \ --url 'https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/{issueIdOrKey}' \ --user 'email@example.com:<api_token>' \ --headerΒ 'Accept: application/json' \ --headerΒ 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{ "fields": { "customfield_10001": "- ToDo List\n+ Checked\nx Skipped\n~ In Progress\n" } }'

Get the checklist

Check an example implementationΒ withΒ ScriptRunner for Jira (Cloud)

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Hope everything works for you! πŸš€

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