# Jira Issue watchers API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/jira/jira-issue-watchers-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 Issue watchers 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 Watchers. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, and an API reference.

This resource represents users watching an issue. Use it to get details of users watching an issue as well as start and stop a user watching an issue.

## Operations (4)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| POST | `/rest/api/3/issue/watching` | Get is watching issue bulk |
| DELETE | `/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/watchers` | Delete watcher |
| GET | `/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/watchers` | Get issue watchers |
| POST | `/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/watchers` | Add watcher |

## Machine-readable artifacts (6)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/jira/refs/heads/main/openapi/jira-issue-watchers-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

Issue Watchers

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