General information

All REST APIs for custom fields are ONLY available for Jira Administrators

Get all custom fields information

Method type: GET

URL: {JIRA_URL}/rest/extender/1.0/customField/all

Respons format: JSON

Example response:

{
   "customFields":[
      {
         "issuesWithValue": 0,
         "lastValueUpdate": "never", //String value when never updated
         "name":"Checkboxes",
         "id": 10000,
         "type":"Checkboxes",
         "key":"com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:multicheckboxes"
      },
      {
         "issuesWithValue": 900,
         "lastValueUpdate": 1234567890, //timestamp value
         "name":"Radio Buttons",
         "id": 10001,
         "type":"Radio Buttons",
         "key":"com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:radiobuttons"
      },
      {
         "issuesWithValue": 0,
         "lastValueUpdate": "never",
         "name":"Select List (cascading)",
         "id": 10004,
         "type":"Select List (cascading)",
         "key":"com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:cascadingselect"
      },
      {
         "issuesWithValue": 0,
         "lastValueUpdate": "never",
         "name":"Select List (multiple choices)",
         "id": 10003,
         "type":"Select List (multiple choices)",
         "key":"com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:multiselect"
      },
      {
         "issuesWithValue": 0,
         "lastValueUpdate": "never",
         "name":"Select List (single choice)",
         "id": 10002,
         "type":"Select List (single choice)",
         "key":"com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:select"
      }
   ],
   "startAt": 0,
   "total": 10,
   "maxResults": 100
}

Get configuration scheme for custom field

Method type - GET

URL: {JIRA_URL}/rest/extender/1.0/customField/configScheme/field/{customFieldId}

where {customFieldId} is custom field id

Example URL: {JIRA_URL}/rest/extender/1.0/customField/configScheme/field/10003

Respons format: JSON

Example response

{
   "customFieldSchemes":[
      {
         "name":"Default Configuration Scheme for Select List (multiple choices)",
         "description":"Example description",
         "id": 10104,
         "associatedProjects": [],
         "issueTypes": [
            {
               "name": "Global (all issues)",
               "id": "global"
            }
         ]
      },
      {
         "name":"Configuration Scheme for Select List",
         "description":"Example description",
         "id": 10105,
         "associatedProjects": [],
         "issueTypes": [
            {
               "name": "Epic",
               "id": "10000"
            },
            {
               "name": "Task",
               "id": "10002"
            }
         ]
      },
      {
         "name":"Another configuration scheme",,
         "description":"Example description",
         "id": 10106,
         "associatedProjects": [
            {
               "name": "PB",
               "id": 10001,
               "key": "PB"
            }
         ],
         "issueTypes": []
      }
   ],
   "startAt": 0,
   "total": 10,
   "maxResults": 100
}

Remove configuration scheme for custom field

Method type - DELETE

URL: {JIRA_URL}/rest/extender/1.0/customField/removeConfigScheme/{configSchemeId}

where {configSchemeId} is custom field configuration scheme

Example URL: {JIRA_URL}/rest/extender/1.0/customField/removeConfigScheme/10102

Response format - JSON

Example response

{
    "message": "config scheme '10102' deleted"
}

Get values for custom field configuration scheme

Method type - GET

URL: {JIRA_URL}/rest/extender/1.0/customField/configScheme/getValue/{configSchemeId}

where {configSchemeId} is custom field configuration scheme

Example URL: {JIRA_URL}/rest/extender/1.0/customField/configScheme/getValue/10104

Response format - JSON

Example response

Example for standard fields (Radio buttons, Select list (sings/multiple choices), Checkboxes

{
   "schemeOptions":[
      {
         "id": 10006,
         "name":"Select List (multiple choices) Value 1",
         "position": 1,
         "disabled": false
      },
      {
         "id": 10007,
         "name":"Select List (multiple choices) Value 2",
         "postion": 2,
         "disabled": true
      }
   ],
   "startAt": 0,
   "total": 10,
   "maxResults": 100
}

Example for cascading field (Select list (cascading))

{  
   "schemeOptions":[  
      {  
         "id": 10008,
         "name":"Select List (cascading) Parent Value 1",
         "postion": 1,
         "disabled": false,
         "childOptions":[  
            {  
               "parentId": 10008,
               "name":"Select List (cascading) Children Parent 1 Value 1",
               "postion": 1,
               "id": 10010,
               "disabled": false
            },
            {  
               "parentId": 10008,
               "name":"Select List (cascading) Children Parent 1 Value 2",
               "postion": 2,
               "id": 10011,
               "disabled": false
            },
            {  
               "parentId": 10008,
               "name":"Select List (cascading) Children Parent 1 Value 3",
               "postion": 3,
               "id": 10012,
               "disabled": false
            }
         ]
      },
      {  
         "id": 10009,
         "name":"Select List (cascading) Parent Value 2",
         "postion": 2,
         "disabled": true,
         "childOptions":[  
            {  
               "parentId": 10009,
               "name":"Select List (cascading) Children Parent 2 Value 1",
               "postion": 1,
               "id": 10013,
               "disabled": false
            },
            {  
               "parentId": 10009,
               "name":"Select List (cascading) Children Parent 2 Value 2",
               "postion": 2,
               "id": 10014,
               "disabled": false
            }
         ]
      }
   ],
   "startAt": 0,
   "total": 10,
   "maxResults": 100
}

Add values into custom field configuration scheme

Method type - POST

URL: {JIRA_URL}/rest/extender/1.0/customField/configScheme/addValue/{configSchemeId}

where {configSchemeId} is custom field configuration scheme

Request format - JSON

Example request

Example for one value (Single List fields)

{
    "optionName": ["New option"]
}

Example for several values (Single List fields)

{
    "optionName": ["New option 1", "New Option 2", "New Option 3"]
}

Example for one value (Cascading fields)

{
    "parentId": 10105,
    "optionName": ["New option 1"]
}

Example for several values (Cascading fields)

{
    "parentId": 10105,
    "optionName": ["New option 1", "New Option 2", "New Option 3"]
}

Response format - JSON

Example response

{
    "message": "values 'New value 1', 'New value 2' added to 10104 config scheme id",
    "status": "done"
}

{
    "message": "scheme config does not exist",
    "status": "done"
}

Change values in custom field configuration scheme

Method type - POST

URL: {JIRA_URL}/rest/extender/1.0/customField/configScheme/editValue/{configSchemeId}/option/{optionId}

where {configSchemeId} is custom field configuration scheme
where {optionId} is custom field value id to change

Request format - JSON

Example request

All parameters

{
    "parentId": 10303,
    "disabled" : true,
    "name": "New name",
    "position": 10
}

Disable value in field

{
    "disabled" : true
}

Rename value in Cascading field

{
    "parentId": 10105,
    "name": "New name - child"
}

Change value position

{
    "position": 14
}

parentId - optional - only used in cascading fields when you need to change the value in the second checkbox
disable - optional - (true/false) - disable or enable field value
name - optional - a new name for the value if you want to change it
position - optional - number <1, ∞) - field value position on list

Response format - JSON

Example response

{
    "message": "option '10307' changed (state: enabled, name: New name, position: 1)",
    "status": "done"
}

Remove values from custom field configuration scheme

Method type - POST

URL: {JIRA_URL}/rest/extender/1.0/customField/configScheme/removeValue

Request format - JSON

Example request

Example for one value

{
    "optionId": [10013]
}

Example for several values

{
    "optionId": [10013, 10014]
}

Response format - JSON

Example response

{
    "message": "all options deleted",
    "skipped": [],
    "deleted": [
        "10013",
        "10014"
    ]
}

{
    "message": "options deleted, some options skipped",
    "skipped": [
        "1001300000"
    ],
    "deleted": []
}

Sort custom field values alphabetically

Method type - POST

1) Sorting for the first level (e.g. for select lists, radio buttons, etc.)

URL:

{JIRA_URL}/rest/extender/1.0/customField/configScheme/sortValuesAlphabetically/{configSchemeId}

where {configSchemeId} is custom field configuration scheme

2) Sorting for the second level (e.g. for a cascading select list, etc.)

URL: {JIRA_URL}/rest/extender/1.0/customField/configScheme/sortValuesAlphabetically/{configSchemeId}/parentOptionId/{parentOptionId}

where {configSchemeId} is custom field configuration scheme
where {parentOptionId} is the identifier of the field value at the first level whose values at the second level should be changed

Example response

{
    "message": "done"
}

Add custom fields

Method type - PUT

URL: {JIRA_URL}/rest/extender/1.0/customField/addCustomField

Request format - JSON

Example request (all parameters)

{
	"fieldName": "FIELD NAME",
	"fieldDescription": "FIELD DESCRIPTION",
	"fieldTypeKey": "FIELD TYPE KEY",
	"schemeName": "FIELD CONFIG SCHEME NAME",
	"schemeDescription": "FIELD CONFIG SCHEME DESCRIPTION",
	"issueTypes": ["ISSUE_TYPE_NAME", "ISSUE_TYPE_ID"],
	"projects": ["PROJECT_KEY", "PROJECT_ID"],
	"optionNames": ["OPTION_A", "OPTION_B"]
}

fieldName - required
fieldDescription - required
fieldTypeKey - required - uniq field type key; you can get all keys from Get custom fields types
schemeName - optional - custom field configuration scheme name - default value ("Default Configuration Scheme for {CUSTOM_FIELD_NAME}")
schemeDescription - optional - custom field configuration scheme description - default value ("Default configuration scheme generated by Extender for JIRA")
issueTypes - optional - issue types for field context - default value ("Global (all issues)")
projects - optional - project for field context - default value (all projects)
optionNames - optional - adding options to the field if they are supported

Response format - JSON

Example response

{
    "customFieldId": "customfield_10008",
    "configSchemeId": 10109,
    "message": "custom field 'Field3' created"
}

Delete custom fields

Deleting several custom fields at once can take a long time or slow down the application

Method type - DELETE

URL: {JIRA_URL}/rest/extender/1.0/customField/deleteCustomField

Request format - JSON

Example request

Example for one custom field

{
    "customField": ["FELD_NAME"]
}

Example for several custom fields

{
	"customField": ["FELD_NAME", "FIELD_ID"];
}

Response format - JSON

{
    "message": "custom fields deleted",
    "skipped": [],
    "deleted": ["Field Number Two (customfield_10004)"]
}

{
    "message": "custom fields deleted, some custome fields skipped",
    "skipped": ["10001"],
    "deleted": ["Field Number One"]
}

Clear custom field schemes

API clears configurations of contexts that do not have any project mapping (global context is skipped).

Example context that will be removed:

Method type - DELETE

URL: {JIRA_URL}/rest/extender/1.0/customField/clearConfigSchemes/{customFieldId}

where {customFieldId} is custom field id
where {customFieldId} takes the value all for all custom fields

Example URL:

{JIRA_URL}/rest/extender/1.0/customField/clearConfigSchemes/10100
{JIRA_URL}/rest/extender/1.0/customField/clearConfigSchemes/all

Remember, in the case of executing the API for all custom fields, the execution time may be significantly longer

Response format - JSON

Example response

{
    "message": "custom field schemes cleared"
}

Add custom fields scheme

Method type - PUT

URL: {JIRA_URL}/rest/extender/1.0/customField/addConfigScheme/{customFieldId}

where {customFieldId} is custom field id

Request format - JSON

Example request

Example (all parameters)

{
	"schemeName": "FIELD CONFIG SCHEME NAME",
	"schemeDescription": "FIELD CONFIG SCHEME DESCRIPTION",
	"issueTypes": ["ISSUE_TYPE_NAME", "ISSUE_TYPE_ID"],
	"projects": ["PROJECT_KEY", "PROJECT_ID"]
}

schemeName - optional - custom field configuration scheme name - default value ("Default Configuration Scheme for {CUSTOM_FIELD_NAME}")
schemeDescription - optional - custom field configuration scheme description - default value ("Default configuration scheme generated by Extender for JIRA")
issueTypes - optional - issue types for field context - default value ("Global (all issues)")
projects - optional - project for field context - default value (all projects)

Response format - JSON

Example response

{
    "message": "config scheme id '10100' created for field '{CUTOME_FIELD_NAME}'",
    "configSchemeId": 10100
}

Add custom fields schemes in bulk

Method type - PUT

URL: {JIRA_URL}/rest/extender/1.0/customField/addConfigSchemes/{customFieldId}

where {customFieldId} is custom field id

Request format - JSON

Example request

Example (all parameters)

{
	"schemeName": "FIELD CONFIG SCHEME NAME",
	"schemeDescription": "FIELD CONFIG SCHEME DESCRIPTION",
	"issueTypes": [
		[],
		["ISSUE_TYPE_NAME", "ISSUE_TYPE_ID"]
	],
	"projects": [
		["PROJECT_KEY", "PROJECT_ID"],
		["PROJECT_KEY"]
	],
    "optionNames": [
        ["OPTION_NAME_A", "OPTION_NAME_B"],
        []
    ]
}

schemeName - optional - custom field configuration scheme name - default value ("Default Configuration Scheme for {CUSTOM_FIELD_NAME}")
schemeDescription - optional - custom field configuration scheme description - default value ("Default configuration scheme generated by Extender for JIRA")
issueTypes - required - array containing issue types configuration arrays for all contexts - default value for empty array ("Global (all issues)")
projects - required - array containing projects configuration arrays for all contexts - default value for empty array (all projects)
optionName - required - array containing arrays with option names for all contexts - leave array empty if field does not support options

Parameters issueTypes, projects and optionNames are a set of arrays in the array and their number must be equal in each parameter. If you do not want to set issue types, projects or options for a given context, insert an empty table in this place

Response format - JSON

Example response

{
    "message": "config schemes created for field '{CUTOME_FIELD_NAME}'",
}

Example API call:

Result:

Update custom fields schemes

Method type - PUT

URL: {JIRA_URL}/rest/extender/1.0/customField/updateConfigScheme/{configSchemeId}

URL: {JIRA_URL}/rest/extender/1.0/customField/updateConfigScheme/{configSchemeId}?keepExistingConfigurations=true

where {configSchemeId} is config scheme id

Request format - JSON

Example request

Example (all parameters)

{
	"schemeName": "FIELD CONFIG SCHEME NAME",
	"schemeDescription": "FIELD CONFIG SCHEME DESCRIPTION",
	"projects": ["PROJECT_KEY", "PROJECT_ID"],
	"issueTypes": ["ISSUETYPE_ID_1", "ISSUETYPE_ID_2"]
}

schemeName - optional - custom field configuration scheme name - default value ("Default Configuration Scheme for {CUSTOM_FIELD_NAME}")
schemeDescription - optional - custom field configuration scheme description - default value ("Default configuration scheme generated by Extender for JIRA")
projects - optional - project for field context
- Request without this parameter - API skips changes in project contexts
- Request with empty array - API clear project contexts (set global for all project)
- Request with non empty array and param keepExistingConfigurations - API will add the indicated projects to the existing configuration of project contexts
- Request with non empty array and without param keepExistingConfigurations - API will overwrite the configuration only with the selected projects
issueTypes - optional - project for field context
- Request without this parameter - API skips changes in issue type contexts
- Request with empty array - API clear issue type contexts (set global for all project)
- Request with non empty array and param keepExistingConfigurations - API will add the indicated issue types to the existing configuration of issue type contexts
- Request with non empty array and without param keepExistingConfigurations - API will overwrite the configuration only with the selected issue types

Response format - JSON

Example response

{
    "message": "config scheme id '10100' was changed"
}

Parameters

keepExistingConfigurations - optional - (true or empty) - sets the API working mode, whether new projects and request types are to be added to the current configuration or replaced

Update all custom fields schemes at once

Note, this api changes all contexts that are defined on the custom field, if you want to change only one particular we suggest using API Update custom fields schemes

Method type - PUT

URL: {JIRA_URL}/rest/extender/1.0/updateAllConfigSchemes/field/{customFieldId}

URL: {JIRA_URL}/rest/extender/1.0/updateAllConfigSchemes/field/{customFieldId}?keepExistingConfigurations=true

where {customFieldId} is custom field id

Request format - JSON

Example request

Example (all parameters)

{
	"schemeName": "FIELD CONFIG SCHEME NAME",
	"schemeDescription": "FIELD CONFIG SCHEME DESCRIPTION",
	"projects": ["PROJECT_KEY", "PROJECT_ID"],
	"issueTypes": ["ISSUETYPE_ID_1", "ISSUETYPE_ID_2"]
}

schemeName - optional - custom field configuration scheme name - default value ("Default Configuration Scheme for {CUSTOM_FIELD_NAME}")
schemeDescription - optional - custom field configuration scheme description - default value ("Default configuration scheme generated by Extender for JIRA")
projects - optional - project for field context
- Request without this parameter - API skips changes in project contexts
- Request with empty array - API clear project contexts (set global for all project)
- Request with non empty array and param keepExistingConfigurations - API will add the indicated projects to the existing configuration of project contexts
- Request with non empty array and without param keepExistingConfigurations - API will overwrite the configuration only with the selected projects
issueTypes - optional - project for field context
- Request without this parameter - API skips changes in issue type contexts
- Request with empty array - API clear issue type contexts (set global for all project)
- Request with non empty array and param keepExistingConfigurations - API will add the indicated issue types to the existing configuration of issue type contexts
- Request with non empty array and without param keepExistingConfigurations - API will overwrite the configuration only with the selected issue types

Response format - JSON

Example response

{
    "message": "config schemes with id 10000, 10001 have been changed"
}

Parameters

keepExistingConfigurations - optional - (true or empty) - sets the API working mode, whether new projects and request types are to be added to the current configuration or replaced

Get custom fields types

Method type - GET

URL: {JIRA_URL}/rest/extender/1.0/customField/customFieldTypes

Response format - JSON

Example response

{
    "customFieldTypes": [
      {
          "name": "Approvals",
          "description": "Provides search options for Jira Service Management approvals information. This custom field is created programmatically and required by Jira Service Management.",
          "descriptorKey": "sd-approvals",
          "key": "com.atlassian.servicedesk.approvals-plugin:sd-approvals",
      },
      {
         "name": "Bug Import Id",
          "description": "A read-only custom field that points back to the previously imported bug id.",
          "descriptorKey": "bug-importid",
          "key": "com.atlassian.jira.plugins.jira-importers-plugin:bug-importid",
      },
      {
          "name": "Checkboxes",
          "description": "Choose multiple values using checkboxes.",
          "descriptorKey": "multicheckboxes",
          "key": "com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.customfieldtypes:multicheckboxes",
      }
    ]
}

Get screens where a custom field appears

Method type - GET

URL: {JIRA_URL}/rest/extender/1.0/customField/screen/field/{customFieldId}

where {customFieldId} is custom field id

Example URL: {JIRA_URL}/rest/extender/1.0/customField/screen/field/10118

Respons format: JSON

Example response

{
   "screens": [
      {
         "tabId": 11407,
         "tabName": "Default",
         "name": "AANCSA: Jira Service Management: Problem Create Issue Screen",
         "description": "",
         "tabPosition": 0,
         "id": 11207
      },
      {
         "tabId": 11408,
         "tabName": "Default",
         "name": "AANCSA: Jira Service Management: Problem View/Edit Screen",
         "description": "",
         "tabPosition": 0,
         "id": 11208
      },
      {
         "tabId": 11920,
         "tabName": "Default",
         "name": "AAYTSA: Jira Service Management: Problem Create Issue Screen",
         "description": "",
         "tabPosition": 0,
         "id": 11720
      }
   ],
   "startAt": 0,
   "total": 3,
   "maxResults": 100
}

Pagination

This REST API uses pagination to improve performance for all Jira users. Pagination is enforced for methods that could return a large collection of items. When you make a request to a paged API, the response will wrap the returned array of values in a JSON object with paging metadata, for example:

{
    "startAt" : 0,
    "maxResults" : 10,
    "total": 200,
    "boards": [
        { /* result 0 */ },
        { /* result 1 */ },
        { /* result 2 */ }
    ]
}

Where:

startAt is the index of the first item returned in the page of results.
maxResults is the maximum number of items that can be returned per page. Each API endpoint may have a different limit for the number of items returned, and these limits may change without notice. (default value - 1000)
total is the total number of items contained in all pages. This number may change as the client requests the subsequent pages, therefore the client should always assume that the requested page can be empty.

Changes

Since v. 1.1.1

Get values for custom field configuration scheme - added flag “disabled” (true/false) for options

Since v. 1.5.0

New API - Delete custom fields

Since v. 1.6.0

New APIs - Add custom fields, Add custom fields schemes, Update custom fields schemes, Get custom fields types

Since v. 1.65.*

Get all custom fields informations - added “lastValueUpdate” and “issuesWithValue” value for Jira Data Center >= 8.16

Since v. 1.7.2

Get configuration scheme for custom field - added value “associatedProjects” and "issueTypes" for config scheme

Since v. 1.7.3

New API - Remove configuration scheme for custom field

Since v. 2.20.*

New API - Change values in custom field configuration scheme
Get values for custom field configuration scheme - added “position” value
Get all custom fields informations - added “description” value
Get configuration scheme for custom field - added “description” value
Get custom fields types - added “descriptorKey” value
Some fields in the JSON request / response in all APIs have been changed
- id (string) → id (integer)
- id for issue types Global (all issues) → global (string)
- parent_id (string) → parentId (integer)
- disabled (string) → disabled (boolean)
- parentOptionId (string) → parentId (integer)
- configSchemeId (string) → configSchemeId (integer)

Since v. 4.2.*

Update custom fields schemes - changes in the functioning of the API and minor extensions

Since v. 4.4.*

New API - Update all custom fields schemes at once

Since v. 4.8.*

New API - Clear custom field schemes
New API - Add custom fields schemes in bulk
Added support for a new parameter optionNames in the API - Add custom fields scheme

Since v. 4.17.*

Added pagination to all GET methods

Since v. 5.4.*

New API - Get screens where a custom field appears

Since v. 5.6.*

New API - Sort custom field values alphabetically

Custom fields

General information

Get all custom fields information

Get configuration scheme for custom field

Remove configuration scheme for custom field

Get values for custom field configuration scheme

Add values into custom field configuration scheme

Change values in custom field configuration scheme

Remove values from custom field configuration scheme

Sort custom field values alphabetically

Add custom fields

Delete custom fields

Clear custom field schemes

Add custom fields scheme

Add custom fields schemes in bulk

Update custom fields schemes

Parameters

Update all custom fields schemes at once

Parameters

Get custom fields types

Get screens where a custom field appears

Pagination

Changes