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Jira Project templates API

This resource represents project templates. Use it to create a new project from a custom template.

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Jira Project templates API is one of 132 APIs that Jira publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Project Templates. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, and an API reference.

This API exposes 5 operations across 5 paths, and defines 65 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 1001.0.0-SNAPSHOT-82b018affa468e58f284fbe4df33536469d757df.

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

5 operations 5 paths 65 schemas 1 DELETE1 GET2 POST1 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.2.0
API Version
1001.0.0-SNAPSHOT-82b018affa468e58f284fbe4df33536469d757df
Base URL
https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2
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

Jira Project templates API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. It supports OAuth 2.0 (OAuth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 186 scopes. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth).

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

Paths & Operations 5

Across 5 paths, the API surfaces 5 operations — 1 DELETE, 1 GET, 2 POST, 1 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Project Templates 5

This resource represents project templates. Use it to create a new project from a custom template.

POST
/rest/api/3/project-template
Create custom project
createProjectWithCustomTemplate body → 303
PUT
/rest/api/3/project-template/edit-template
Edit a custom project template
editTemplate body → 200
GET
/rest/api/3/project-template/live-template
Gets a custom project template
liveTemplate 2 params → 200
DELETE
/rest/api/3/project-template/remove-template
Deletes a custom project template
removeTemplate 1 param → 200
POST
/rest/api/3/project-template/save-template
Save a custom project template
saveTemplate body → 200

Schemas 65

The contract defines 65 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are TransitionPayload (13 properties), BoardPayload (13 properties), CustomTemplatesProjectDetails (12 properties), CustomTemplateRequestDTO (11 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ProjectTemplateModel
object
9 properties
FieldLayoutConfiguration
object
Defines the payload for the field layout configuration. See https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-issue-field-configurations/\a…
3 properties
IssueTypeHierarchyPayload
objectnull
The payload for creating an issue type hierarchy
4 properties
PermissionPayloadDTO
objectnull
The payload to create a permission scheme
6 properties
FieldCapabilityPayload
objectnull
Defines the payload for the fields, screens, screen schemes, issue type screen schemes, field layouts, and field layout schemes
8 properties
IssueLayoutItemPayload
object
Defines the payload to configure the issue layout item for a project.
4 properties
WorkflowPayload
object
The payload for creating workflow, see https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-workflows/\api-rest-api-3-workflows-create-post
8 properties
ProjectCustomTemplateCreateRequestDTO
object
Request to create a project using a custom template
2 properties
FieldSchemePayload
objectnull
Defines the payload to configure the field scheme for a project. See [Field schemes](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-fiel…
5 properties
ProjectCreateResourceIdentifier
object
Every project-created entity has an ID that must be unique within the scope of the project creation. PCRI (Project Create Resource Identifier) is a standard fo…
6 properties
ScreenPayload
objectnull
Defines the payload for the field screens. See https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-screens/\api-rest-api-3-screens-post
4 properties
SecuritySchemePayload
objectnull
The payload for creating a security scheme. See https://support.atlassian.com/jira-cloud-administration/docs/configure-issue-security-schemes/
4 properties
BoardColumnPayload
object
The payload for creating a board column
4 properties
ProjectArchetype
object
3 properties
TabPayload
object
Defines the payload for the tabs of the screen. See https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-screen-tab-fields/\api-rest-api-3-scr…
2 properties
CardLayout
object
Card layout configuration.
1 property
SaveProjectTemplateRequest
object
The request details to generate template from a project
3 properties
ProjectTemplateKey
object
2 properties
EditTemplateRequest
object
Request to edit a custom template
4 properties
RulePayload
object
The payload for creating rules in a workflow
2 properties
NotificationSchemeEventIDPayload
object
The event ID to use for reference in the payload
1 property
BoardsPayload
objectnull
1 property
TransitionPayload
object
The payload for creating a transition in a workflow. Can be DIRECTED, GLOBAL, SELF-LOOPED, GLOBAL LOOPED
13 properties
WorkflowStatusPayload
object
The statuses to be used in the workflow
3 properties
PermissionGrantDTO
object
List of permission grants
8 properties
CustomFieldPayload
objectnull
Defines the payload for the custom field definitions. See https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-issue-fields/\api-rest-api-3-fi…
7 properties
NotificationSchemeNotificationDetailsPayload
object
The configuration for notification recipents
2 properties
FieldAssociationItemPayload
object
Defines the payload for the field association scheme.
6 properties
WorkflowStatusLayoutPayload
object
The layout of the workflow status.
2 properties
ConditionGroupPayload
object
The payload for creating a condition group in a workflow
3 properties
CustomTemplatesProjectDetails
object
Project Details
12 properties
FieldLayoutPayload
objectnull
Defines the payload for the field layouts. See https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-issue-field-configurations/\api-group-issu…
4 properties
SwimlanesPayload
object
The payload for customising a swimlanes on a board
3 properties
NotificationSchemePayload
objectnull
The payload for creating a notification scheme. The user has to supply the ID for the default notification scheme. For CMP this is provided in the project payl…
5 properties
IssueLayoutPayload
objectnull
Defines the payload to configure the issue layouts for a project.
4 properties
FieldLayoutSchemePayload
objectnull
Deprecated use [fieldAssociationScheme](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-field-schemes/api-group-field-schemes) instead De…
5 properties
SecurityLevelPayload
object
The payload for creating a security level. See https://support.atlassian.com/jira-cloud-administration/docs/configure-issue-security-schemes/
5 properties
QuickFilterPayload
object
The payload for defining quick filters
3 properties
WorkflowSchemePayload
object
The payload for creating a workflow scheme. See https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/guides/workflows/overview\what-is-a-jira-workflow-scheme
6 properties
CustomTemplateOptions
object
2 properties
BoardFeaturesPayload
objectnull
Configuration of features for one or more boards. Replaces the deprecated features field on BoardPayload
1 property
ScreenSchemePayload
objectnull
Defines the payload for the screen schemes. See https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-screen-schemes/\api-rest-api-3-screensche…
5 properties
NonWorkingDay
object
2 properties
NotificationSchemeEventPayload
object
The payload for creating a notification scheme event. Defines which notifications should be sent for a specific event
2 properties
CustomTemplateRequestDTO
object
The specific request object for creating a project with template.
11 properties
SwimlanePayload
object
The payload for custom swimlanes
3 properties
IssueTypeSchemePayload
object
The payload for creating issue type schemes
5 properties
BoardFeaturePayload
object
The payload for setting a board feature
2 properties
CardLayoutField
object
Card layout settings of the board
4 properties
SaveTemplateResponse
object
1 property
StatusPayload
object
The payload for creating a status
6 properties
IssueTypePayload
objectnull
The payload for creating an issue type
6 properties
BoardPayload
object
The payload for creating a board
13 properties
ToLayoutPayload
object
The payload for the layout details for the destination end of a transition
2 properties
WorkingDaysConfig
object
Working days configuration
10 properties
FromLayoutPayload
object
The payload for the layout details for the start end of a transition
3 properties
RolesCapabilityPayload
objectnull
2 properties
IssueTypeScreenSchemePayload
objectnull
Defines the payload for the issue type screen schemes. See https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-issue-type-screen-schemes/\api…
5 properties
SaveTemplateRequest
object
Request to save a custom template
3 properties
RolePayload
object
The payload used to create a project role. It is optional for CMP projects, as a default role actor will be provided. TMP will add new role actors to the table.
6 properties
WorkflowCapabilityPayload
objectnull
The payload for creating a workflows. See https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/guides/workflows/overview\what-is-a-jira-workflow
3 properties
ScopePayload
objectnull
The payload for creating a scope. Defines if a project is team-managed project or company-managed project
1 property
ProjectPayload
object
The payload for creating a project
9 properties
SecurityLevelMemberPayload
object
The payload for creating a security level member. See https://support.atlassian.com/jira-cloud-administration/docs/configure-issue-security-schemes/
2 properties
IssueTypeProjectCreatePayload
objectnull
The payload for creating issue types in a project
3 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

jira-project-templates-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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Docs
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