how to create an issue in jira via rest api?

Question

Is it possible to create an issue in jira using REST api? I didn\'t find this in the documentation (no POST for issues), but I suspect it\'s possible.

A wget or curl

Answer 1

To answer the question more direct, i.e. using cURL.

To use cURL to access JIRA REST API in creating a case, use

curl -D- -u : -X POST --data-binary "@"  -H "Content-Type: application/json" http:///rest/api/2/issue/

And save this in your < Filename> (please edit the field per your Jira case) and save in the folder you call the cURL command above.

{
    "fields": {
       "project":
       { 
           "key": ""
       },
       "summary": "REST EXAMPLE",
       "description": "Creating an issue via REST API",
       "issuetype": {
           "name": "Bug"
       }
   }
}

This should works. (note sometimes if it errors, possibly your content in the Filename is incorrect).