Jira

Atlassian Jira Users API

Read user information.

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Operations 13

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

DELETE /rest/api/3/user Delete a user from Jira · Delete user #
Ask an LLM
“Can I remove someone from Jira without deleting their Atlassian account?”
“Who is allowed to delete a Jira user?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Delete user {accountId} from Jira.
Remove account {accountId} from the Jira user base.
GET /rest/api/3/user Get a user's profile · Get user #
Ask an LLM
“Can I look up a Jira user's details by account ID?”
“Why might a user's email address be missing from their profile?”
Tell an agent
Get the user with account ID {accountId}.
Show profile details and groups for user {accountId}.
POST /rest/api/3/user Create a user · Create user #
Ask an LLM
“How do I add a new user and give them access to Jira products?”
“What's required to create a user account through the API?”
Tell an agent
Create a user with email {emailAddress} for products {products}.
Add {emailAddress} as a new user named {displayName} with access to {products}.
GET /rest/api/3/user/bulk Get several users by account ID · Bulk get users #
Ask an LLM
“Can I fetch details for a batch of users in one request?”
“What's the fastest way to resolve a list of account IDs to names?”
Tell an agent
Get the users with account IDs {accountId}.
Look up display names for accounts {accountId} in bulk.
GET /rest/api/3/user/bulk/migration Map usernames or keys to account IDs · Get account IDs for users #
Ask an LLM
“How do I convert old usernames or user keys into account IDs?”
“Can I migrate a list of legacy user keys to Atlassian account IDs?”
Tell an agent
Get account IDs for usernames {username}.
Convert user keys {key} to account IDs.
DELETE /rest/api/3/user/columns Reset a user's issue columns to default · Reset user default columns #
Ask an LLM
“Can I put a user's issue table columns back to the system default?”
“Is there a way to undo custom column settings for someone?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Reset user {accountId}'s issue columns to the system default.
Restore my issue table columns to the defaults.
GET /rest/api/3/user/columns Get a user's default issue columns · Get user default columns #
Ask an LLM
“Which issue table columns does a user see by default?”
“Can I check my own default issue navigator columns?”
Tell an agent
Get the default issue table columns for user {accountId}.
Show my default issue columns.
PUT /rest/api/3/user/columns Set a user's default issue columns · Set user default columns #
Ask an LLM
“Can I change which columns a user sees in the issue table by default?”
“What happens if I send no columns when setting a user's defaults?”
Tell an agent
Set user {accountId}'s default issue columns to {columns}.
Make {columns} my default issue table columns.
GET /rest/api/3/user/email Get a user's email address · Get user email #
Ask an LLM
“Can an approved app read a user's email even if their profile hides it?”
“Which apps are allowed to fetch a user's email address?”
Tell an agent
Get the email address of user {accountId}.
Look up the email for account {accountId} regardless of profile visibility.
GET /rest/api/3/user/email/bulk Get emails for several users · Get user email bulk #
Ask an LLM
“Can I fetch email addresses for many account IDs at once?”
“Is there a bulk way to resolve users to their emails?”
Tell an agent
Get email addresses for accounts {accountId} in bulk.
Fetch the emails of all of these users: {accountId}.
GET /rest/api/3/user/groups List the groups a user belongs to · Get user groups #
Ask an LLM
“Which groups is a user a member of?”
“Can I check whether a user sits in the admins group?”
Tell an agent
List the groups user {accountId} belongs to.
Show group memberships for account {accountId}.
GET /rest/api/3/users List all users from /users · Get all users default #
Ask an LLM
“Can I get a list of every user, including inactive and deleted ones?”
“What does the plain /users listing return compared with the search path?”
Tell an agent
List all users, including inactive ones, using the /users endpoint.
Page through every Jira user from /users starting at {startAt}.
GET /rest/api/3/users/search List all users from /users/search · Get all users #
Ask an LLM
“Is there a /users/search listing that returns every account without a query string?”
“Can I page through all active, inactive and deleted users from the users search path?”
Tell an agent
List every user via the /users/search endpoint.
Fetch {maxResults} users at a time from /users/search.

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-users-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

jira-users-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  contact:
    email: ecosystem@atlassian.com
  description: Jira Cloud platform REST API documentation
  license:
    name: Apache 2.0
    url: http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
  termsOfService: https://developer.atlassian.com/platform/marketplace/atlassian-developer-terms/
  title: Jira Cloud platform REST Users API
  version: 1001.0.0-SNAPSHOT-82b018affa468e58f284fbe4df33536469d757df
servers:
- url: https://your-domain.atlassian.net
tags:


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