Jira Issues API
Create, read, update, delete, and transition Jira issues.
Jira Issues 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 Issues. 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 4 operations across 2 paths, and defines 36 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 Issues 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 4
Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 1 DELETE, 1 GET, 1 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Create, read, update, delete, and transition Jira issues.
Schemas 36
The contract defines 36 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are IssueFields (27 properties), Worklog (10 properties), Version (10 properties), Comment (10 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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