Jira

Jira Avatars API

This resource represents system and custom avatars. Use it to obtain the details of system or custom avatars, add and remove avatars from a project, issue type or priority and obtain avatar images.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 7

GET /rest/api/3/avatar/{type}/system Get system avatars by type #
GET /rest/api/3/universal_avatar/type/{type}/owner/{entityId} Get avatars #
POST /rest/api/3/universal_avatar/type/{type}/owner/{entityId} Load avatar #
DELETE /rest/api/3/universal_avatar/type/{type}/owner/{owningObjectId}/avatar/{id} Delete avatar #
GET /rest/api/3/universal_avatar/view/type/{type} Get avatar image by type #
GET /rest/api/3/universal_avatar/view/type/{type}/avatar/{id} Get avatar image by ID #
GET /rest/api/3/universal_avatar/view/type/{type}/owner/{entityId} Get avatar image by owner #

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/
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APIReference
https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-issues/

Specifications

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

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OpenAPI Specification

jira-avatars-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 Avatars API
  version: 1001.0.0-SNAPSHOT-82b018affa468e58f284fbe4df33536469d757df
servers:
- url: https://your-domain.atlassian.net
tags:


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