# Jira Avatars API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-avatars-api/  
**Provider:** Jira — https://apis.io/providers/jira/  
**Base URL:** https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2  
**Documentation:** https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v2/intro/

Jira Avatars 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 Avatars. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, and an API reference.

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.

## Operations (7)

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

## Machine-readable artifacts (6)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/jira/refs/heads/main/openapi/jira-avatars-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/
- **APIReference** — https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-issues/

## 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

Avatars

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