# Atlassian Jira Issue Search API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/jira/atlassian-jira-issue-search-api/  
**Provider:** Jira — https://apis.io/providers/jira/  
**Base URL:** https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/3  
**Documentation:** https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/

Atlassian Jira Issue Search API is one of 132 APIs that [Jira](https://apis.io/providers/jira/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Issue Search. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and authentication docs.

Search issues using JQL.

## Operations (9)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| 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) |

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/jira/refs/heads/main/openapi/jira-issue-search-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/
- **Authentication** — https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/intro/#authentication
- **Documentation** — https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/software/rest/intro/
- **Documentation** — https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/service-desk/rest/intro/

## Other Jira APIs (12)

- [Jira Cloud Platform REST API v2](https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-cloud-platform-rest-api-v2/)
- [Jira Service Management Operations REST API](https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-service-management-operations-rest-api/)
- [Jira Align REST API](https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-align-rest-api/)
- [Jira Customer Service Management REST API](https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-customer-service-management-rest-api/)
- [Jira Issue Comments API](https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-issue-comments-api/)
- [Jira Issue Priorities API](https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-issue-priorities-api/)
- [Jira Issue Search API](https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-issue-search-api/)
- [Jira Issue Statuses API](https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-issue-statuses-api/)
- [Jira Issue Transitions API](https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-issue-transitions-api/)
- [Jira Issue Types API](https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-issue-types-api/)
- [Jira Issues API](https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-issues-api/)
- [Jira Projects API](https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-projects-api/)

## Tags

Issue Search

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/apis/jira/atlassian-jira-issue-search-api/). The API's provider profile, Kin Score and agent-readiness rating are at https://apis.io/providers/jira/.