Attach File to an Issue #

POST /issue/{issue}/attachment #

Attach file to issue

POST /rest/issue/{issue}/attachment?{group}&{name}&{authorLogin}&{created}&{files}

Parameters:

Name	Type	Description
issue	issue id	Issue id to attach files to
group	string	Attachments visibility group
name	string	Preferred name for attach files
authorLogin	string	Attachment submitter login
created	instant	Attachment creation time
files	files	List of files to attach to an issue.

To define author and creation date 'Low-Level Administration' permission is required.

Files to attach are sent as request body using 'multipart/form-data' content type.

Sample #

Request

POST https://example.com/youtrack/rest/issue/CMN-1917/attachment?authorLogin=webster&created=1149678852000
Content-Length: 7839
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Type: multipart/form-data; boundary=---------------------------7d159c1302d0y0
Cookie: $Version=0; JSESSIONID=1eufd2pvosy59101uv1zr0bi1y; $Path=/; jetbrains.charisma.main.security.PRINCIPAL=NDgxMzQ5NGQxMzdlMTYzMWJiYTMwMWQ1YWNhYjZlN2JiN2FhNzRjZTExODVkNDU2NTY1ZWY1MWQ3Mzc2NzdiMjpyb290; $Path=/

-----------------------------7d159c1302d0y0
Content-Disposition: form-data; name="flag.png"; filename="flag.png"
Content-Type: image/png
Content-Transfer-Encoding: binary

<actual file content, not shown here>
-----------------------------7d159c1302d0y0--

Response

HTTP/1.1 201 Created
Content-Type: application/xml;charset=UTF-8
Location: https://example.com/youtrack/rest/issue/CMN-1917/attachment/_persistent/flag.png?file=45-50&v=0&c=true
Content-Length: 0

Last modified: 8 July 2019