Jira Issue Comments API
Manage comments on issues.
Jira Issue Comments API is one of 12 APIs that Jira publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification.
Tagged areas include Issue Comments. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an AsyncAPI specification, authentication docs, rate-limit docs, and a changelog.
This API exposes 2 operations across 1 path, and defines 7 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 3.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://{domain}.atlassian.net/rest/api/3.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 3
Jira Issue Comments API declares
3 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth).
It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 5 scopes.
It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
basicAuth— Basic authentication using an Atlassian account email and API token. Format: email:apitoken, Base64 encoded. Generate API tokens at https://id.atlassian.com/ma…oauth2— OAuth 2.0 authorization code grant (3LO) for Jira Cloud apps.bearerAuth— Bearer token authentication using a personal access token (PAT) or OAuth 2.0 access token.
Paths & Operations 2
Across 1 path, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Manage comments on issues.
Schemas 7
The contract defines 7 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Comment (10 properties), UserDetails (8 properties), AvatarUrls (4 properties), PageOfComments (4 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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