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Jira Issue Priorities API

Retrieve issue priority levels.

Jira Issue Priorities 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 Priorities. 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 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 1 schema. 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.

1 operations 1 paths 1 schemas 1 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
3
Base URL
https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/3
Authentication
HTTP Basic, OAuth 2.0, HTTP Bearer
Terms of Service
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 3

Jira Issue Priorities 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 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Issue Priorities 1

Retrieve issue priority levels.

GET
/priority
Jira Get Priorities
getPriorities → 200401

Schemas 1

The contract defines 1 schema that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is Priority (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

Priority
object
An issue priority.
6 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

jira-issue-priorities-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Jira publishes across the network.

Jira Cloud Platform REST API v2
Jira Service Management Operations REST API
Jira Align REST API
Jira Customer Service Management REST API
Jira Issue Comments API
Jira Issue Search API
Jira Issue Statuses API
Jira Issue Transitions API
Jira Issue Types API
Jira Issues API
Jira Projects API