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Atlassian Issue Attachments API

The Issue Attachments API from Atlassian — 7 operation(s) for issue attachments.

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Atlassian Issue Attachments API is one of 183 APIs that Atlassian publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 17 JSON Schema definitions.

Tagged areas include Issue Attachments. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a JSON-LD context, and 17 JSON Schemas.

This API exposes 8 operations across 7 paths, and defines 19 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1001.0.0-SNAPSHOT-67b5c6e5f3598d7ec1649016d026468ab2838a77.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://your-domain.atlassian.net.

8 operations 7 paths 19 schemas 1 DELETE6 GET1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1001.0.0-SNAPSHOT-67b5c6e5f3598d7ec1649016d026468ab2838a77
Server
https://your-domain.atlassian.net
Authentication
OAuth 2.0, HTTP Basic
Contact
ecosystem@atlassian.com
License
Apache 2.0
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Atlassian Issue Attachments API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 183 scopes. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth).

  • OAuth2 — OAuth2 scopes for Jira
  • basicAuth — You can access this resource via basic auth.

Paths & Operations 8

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 8 operations — 1 DELETE, 6 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Issue Attachments 8
GET
/rest/api/3/attachment/content/{id}
Atlassian Get Attachment Content
atlassianGetattachmentcontent 2 params → 200206303400401403404416
GET
/rest/api/3/attachment/meta
Atlassian Get Jira Attachment Settings
atlassianGetattachmentmeta → 200401
GET
/rest/api/3/attachment/thumbnail/{id}
Atlassian Get Attachment Thumbnail
atlassianGetattachmentthumbnail 5 params → 200303400401403404
DELETE
/rest/api/3/attachment/{id}
Atlassian Delete Attachment
atlassianRemoveattachment 1 param → 204403404
GET
/rest/api/3/attachment/{id}
Atlassian Get Attachment Metadata
atlassianGetattachment 1 param → 200401403404
GET
/rest/api/3/attachment/{id}/expand/human
Atlassian Get All Metadata For An Expanded Attachment
atlassianExpandattachmentforhumans 1 param → 200401403404409
GET
/rest/api/3/attachment/{id}/expand/raw
Atlassian Get Contents Metadata For An Expanded Attachment
atlassianExpandattachmentformachines 1 param → 200401403404409
POST
/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/attachments
Atlassian Add Attachment
atlassianAddattachment 1 param body → 200403404413

Schemas 19

The contract defines 19 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are User (14 properties), ApplicationRole (14 properties), UserDetails (10 properties), AttachmentMetadata (10 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

StreamingResponseBody
object
AttachmentArchiveImpl
object
2 properties
AttachmentArchiveItemReadable
object
Metadata for an item in an attachment archive.
5 properties
MultipartFile
object
8 properties
Attachment
object
Details about an attachment.
9 properties
GroupName
object
Details about a group.
3 properties
AttachmentArchiveMetadataReadable
object
Metadata for an archive (for example a zip) and its contents.
5 properties
SimpleListWrapperGroupName
object
5 properties
ListWrapperCallbackApplicationRole
object
AttachmentSettings
object
Details of the instance's attachment settings.
2 properties
Resource
object
8 properties
AttachmentArchiveEntry
object
5 properties
ApplicationRole
object
Details of an application role.
14 properties
User
object
A user with details as permitted by the user's Atlassian Account privacy settings. However, be aware of these exceptions: User record deleted from Atlassian: T…
14 properties
AvatarUrlsBean
object
4 properties
AttachmentMetadata
object
Metadata for an issue attachment.
10 properties
ListWrapperCallbackGroupName
object
UserDetails
object
User details permitted by the user's Atlassian Account privacy settings. However, be aware of these exceptions: User record deleted from Atlassian: This occurs…
10 properties
SimpleListWrapperApplicationRole
object
5 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

atlassian-issue-attachments-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
atlassian:atlassian-issue-attachments-api
Server
https://your-domain.atlassian.net
Docs
https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/bitbucket/rest/api-group-addon/#api-group-addon
Provider
Atlassian
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