# SonarSource issues API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/sonarsource/sonarsource-issues-api/  
**Provider:** SonarSource — https://apis.io/providers/sonarsource/  
**Base URL:** https://sonarcloud.io/api  
**Documentation:** https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/advanced-setup/web-api/

SonarSource issues API is one of 33 APIs that [SonarSource](https://apis.io/providers/sonarsource/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Issues. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, an API reference, and API documentation.

Read and update issues.

## Operations (13)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| POST | `/api/issues/add_comment` | Add a comment. Requires authentication and the following permission: 'Browse' on the project of the specified issue. |
| POST | `/api/issues/assign` | Assign/Unassign an issue. Requires authentication and Browse permission on project |
| GET | `/api/issues/authors` | Search SCM accounts which match a given query. Requires authentication. |
| POST | `/api/issues/bulk_change` | Bulk change on issues. Requires authentication. |
| GET | `/api/issues/changelog` | Display changelog of an issue. Requires the 'Browse' permission on the project of the specified issue. |
| POST | `/api/issues/delete_comment` | Delete a comment. Requires authentication and the following permission: 'Browse' on the project of the specified issue. |
| POST | `/api/issues/do_transition` | Do workflow transition on an issue. Requires authentication and Browse permission on project. The transitions 'accept... |
| POST | `/api/issues/edit_comment` | Edit a comment. Requires authentication and the following permission: 'Browse' on the project of the specified issue. |
| GET | `/api/issues/search` | Search for issues. Requires the 'Browse' permission on the specified project(s). |
| POST | `/api/issues/set_severity` | Change severity. Requires the following permissions: 'Authentication' 'Browse' rights on project of the specified iss... |
| POST | `/api/issues/set_tags` | Set tags on an issue. Requires authentication and Browse permission on project |
| POST | `/api/issues/set_type` | Change type of issue, for instance from 'code smell' to 'bug'. Requires the following permissions: 'Authentication' '... |
| GET | `/api/issues/tags` | List tags matching a given query |

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/sonarsource/refs/heads/main/openapi/sonarsource-issues-api-openapi.yml
- **APIReference** — https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/advanced-setup/web-api/
- **Documentation** — https://docs.sonarsource.com/sonarqube-cloud/advanced-setup/web-api/
- **DataModel** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/sonarsource/refs/heads/main/data-model/sonarsource-data-model.yml

## Other SonarSource APIs (12)

- [SonarSource authentication API](https://apis.io/apis/sonarsource/sonarsource-authentication-api/)
- [SonarSource ce API](https://apis.io/apis/sonarsource/sonarsource-ce-api/)
- [SonarSource components API](https://apis.io/apis/sonarsource/sonarsource-components-api/)
- [SonarSource duplications API](https://apis.io/apis/sonarsource/sonarsource-duplications-api/)
- [SonarSource favorites API](https://apis.io/apis/sonarsource/sonarsource-favorites-api/)
- [SonarSource favourites API](https://apis.io/apis/sonarsource/sonarsource-favourites-api/)
- [SonarSource hotspots API](https://apis.io/apis/sonarsource/sonarsource-hotspots-api/)
- [SonarSource languages API](https://apis.io/apis/sonarsource/sonarsource-languages-api/)
- [SonarSource measures API](https://apis.io/apis/sonarsource/sonarsource-measures-api/)
- [SonarSource metrics API](https://apis.io/apis/sonarsource/sonarsource-metrics-api/)
- [SonarSource notifications API](https://apis.io/apis/sonarsource/sonarsource-notifications-api/)
- [SonarSource permissions API](https://apis.io/apis/sonarsource/sonarsource-permissions-api/)

## Tags

Issues

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