Jira

Atlassian Jira Issue Search API

Search issues using JQL.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 9

GET /search Jira Search for Issues Using Jql (get) #
POST /search Jira Search for Issues Using Jql (post) #
GET /rest/api/3/issue/picker Get issue picker suggestions #
POST /rest/api/3/jql/match Check issues against JQL #
GET /rest/api/3/search Currently being removed. Search for issues using JQL (GET) #
POST /rest/api/3/search Currently being removed. Search for issues using JQL (POST) #
POST /rest/api/3/search/approximate-count Count issues using JQL #
GET /rest/api/3/search/jql Search for issues using JQL enhanced search (GET) #
POST /rest/api/3/search/jql Search for issues using JQL enhanced search (POST) #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/
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Authentication
https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/#authentication
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Documentation
https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/software/rest/intro/
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Documentation
https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/service-desk/rest/intro/

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/jira/refs/heads/main/openapi/jira-issue-search-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

jira-issue-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Jira Issue Search API
  x-refined-note:
  - x-atlassian-api-version differs across the merged source definitions and was not carried
  version: '1.0'
  description: 'Operations tagged Issue Search across 2 of this provider''s published API definitions: jira-cloud-platform-rest-api-openapi.yml, jira-platform-openapi.json. Each path carries the servers of the definition it was published in.'
servers:
- url: https://{domain}.atlassian.net/rest/api/3
  description: Jira Cloud instance
  variables:
    domain:
      description: Your Jira Cloud site subdomain (e.g., your-company).
      default: your-domain
- url: https://your-domain.atlassian.net
tags:


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