Atlassian Jira Issues API

Create, read, update and delete Jira issues.

Operations 4

GET /rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey} Get issue #
PUT /rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey} Edit issue #
DELETE /rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey} Delete issue #
POST /rest/api/3/issues Bulk create issues #

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OpenAPI Specification

atlassian-jira-issues-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Atlassian Jira Cloud Platform REST API v3 Fields Issues API
  description: 'Best-effort OpenAPI 3.1 description of the Atlassian Jira Cloud platform REST API

    (version 3). This spec covers a representative subset of issue, project, user,

    search, comment and workflow operations. Derived from the public developer

    documentation at https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/.

    '
  version: '3'
  contact:
    name: Atlassian Developer
    url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/
  x-provenance:
    method: derived
    derived-from: documentation
    note: >-
      This document was written from the Atlassian developer documentation, not harvested from
      Atlassian. It describes a representative subset of Jira operations. As of 2026-09-06 the
      repository also carries Atlassian's own published OpenAPI definitions
      (openapi/atlassian-jira-platform-openapi.json, -software-, -service-management-), which are
      authoritative and supersede this file for every purpose except the per-tag split.
    superseded-by: openapi/atlassian-jira-platform-openapi.json
    stamped: '2026-09-06'
servers:
- url: https://{your-domain}.atlassian.net
  description: Jira Cloud site
  variables:
    your-domain:
      default: example
      description: Your Atlassian site domain
security:
- basicAuth: []
- OAuth2: []
tags:
- name: Issues
  description: Create, read, update and delete Jira issues.
paths:
  /rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Issues
      summary: Get issue
      operationId: getIssue
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IssueIdOrKey'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Issue returned
    put:
      tags:
      - Issues
      summary: Edit issue
      operationId: editIssue
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IssueIdOrKey'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Issue updated
    delete:
      tags:
      - Issues
      summary: Delete issue
      operationId: deleteIssue
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/IssueIdOrKey'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Issue deleted
  /rest/api/3/issues:
    post:
      tags:
      - Issues
      summary: Bulk create issues
      operationId: createIssues
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Issues created
components:
  parameters:
    IssueIdOrKey:
      in: path
      name: issueIdOrKey
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
      description: Numeric ID or human key of the issue
  securitySchemes:
    basicAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: basic
      description: Email + API token via HTTP Basic auth.
    OAuth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: Atlassian OAuth 2.0 (3LO) for Jira Cloud.
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://auth.atlassian.com/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://auth.atlassian.com/oauth/token
          scopes:
            read:jira-work: Read Jira work
            write:jira-work: Write Jira work
            read:jira-user: Read Jira user
            manage:jira-project: Manage Jira projects