Get an Issue

GET /issue/{issue}

Get issue by id

GET /rest/issue/{issue}?{wikifyDescription}

Request parameters:

Name	Type	Description
issue	issueById	ID of an issue to get.
wikifyDescription	boolean	Optional. If ' `true` ', then issue description in the response should be formatted ("wikified"). For example, the request URL with this parameter should look as follows: " `/rest/issue/jt-23?wikifyDescription=true` ". By default, this parameter is ' `false` ' and skipped in the URL.

Response parameters:

Name	Description
id	Issue id in database
jiraId	If issue was imported from JIRA, represents id, that it have in JIRA
projectShortName	Short name of the issue's project
numberInProject	Number of issue in project
summary	Summary of the issue
description	Description of the issue
created	Time when issue was created (the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT represented by this date).
updated	Time when issue was last updated (the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT represented by this date).
updaterName	Login of the user, that was the last, who updated the issue
resolved	If the issue is resolved, shows time, when resolved state was last set to the issue (the number of milliseconds since January 1, 1970, 00:00:00 GMT represented by this date).
reporterName	Login of user, who created the issue
voterName	Login of user, that voted for issue
commentsCount	Number of comments in issue
votes	Number of votes for issue
permittedGroup	User group, that has permission to read this issue; if group is not set, it means that any user has access to this issue
comment	Represents issue comment (see Get Comments of an Issue)
tag	Tags, accessible to logged in user
field	Represent any field of the issue including custom fields (depending on name attribute). Number and type of fields depends on project settings.

Samples

Sample 1

Request

GET http://localhost:8081/rest/issue/HBR-63
Cookie: $Version=0; JSESSIONID=mk665rg7fe03cd1ma539knqg; $Path=/; jetbrains.charisma.main.security.PRINCIPAL=MTVhMjY2OGUxMTUxMTI5MGMzNjhlZWM5NTJiNGJkNmIyNzc3NjdjZmM3YWU4MTVjYzQwYWE1MWZlYTkwNTcxNzphcHBfZXhjZXB0aW9u; $Path=/

Response

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/xml;charset=UTF-8
Content-Length: 1994
Server: Jetty(7.2.0.v20101020)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<issue id="HBR-63">
    <field name="attachments">
        <value url="/_persistent/uploadFile.html?file=45-46&amp;v=0&amp;c=true">uploadFile.html</value>
    </field>
    <comment id="42-306" author="root" issueId="HBR-63" deleted="false" text="comment 1!" shownForIssueAuthor="false"
             created="1267030230127">
        <replies/>
    </comment>
    <comment id="42-307" author="root" issueId="HBR-63" deleted="false" text="comment 2?" shownForIssueAuthor="false"
             created="1267030238721" updated="1267030230127">
        <replies/>
    </comment>
    <field name="Priority">
        <value>Normal</value>
    </field>
    <field name="Type">
        <value>Bug</value>
    </field>
    <field name="State">
        <value>Won't fix</value>
    </field>
    <field name="Assignee">
        <value>beto</value>
    </field>
    <field name="Subsystem">
        <value>Configuration</value>
    </field>
    <field name="Fix versions">
        <value>2.0</value>
        <value>2.0.5</value>
        <value>2.0.7</value>
    </field>
    <field name="cf">
        <value>0</value>
        <value>!</value>
    </field>
    <field name="scf">
        <value>1265835603000</value>
    </field>
    <field name="links">
        <value type="Depend" role="depends on">HBR-62</value>
        <value type="Duplicate" role="duplicates">HBR-57</value>
        <value type="Duplicate" role="is duplicated by">HBR-54</value>
        <value type="Relates" role="relates to">HBR-49</value>
        <value type="Relates" role="is related to">HBR-51</value>
        <value type="Depend" role="is required for">HBR-49</value>
    </field>
    <field name="projectShortName">
        <value>HBR</value>
    </field>
    <field name="numberInProject">
        <value>63</value>
    </field>
    <field name="summary">
        <value>summary</value>
    </field>
    <field name="description">
        <value>description</value>
    </field>
    <field name="created">
        <value>1262171005630</value>
    </field>
    <field name="updated">
        <value>1267630833573</value>
    </field>
    <field name="updaterName">
        <value>root</value>
    </field>
    <field name="resolved">
        <value>1267030108251</value>
    </field>
    <field name="reporterName">
        <value>root</value>
    </field>
    <field name="commentsCount">
        <value>2</value>
    </field>
    <field name="votes">
        <value>0</value>
    </field>
</issue>

Sample 2

Request

GET http://localhost:8081/rest/issue/HBR-650
Cookie: $Version=0; JSESSIONID=mk665rg7fe03cd1ma539knqg; $Path=/; jetbrains.charisma.main.security.PRINCIPAL=MTVhMjY2OGUxMTUxMTI5MGMzNjhlZWM5NTJiNGJkNmIyNzc3NjdjZmM3YWU4MTVjYzQwYWE1MWZlYTkwNTcxNzphcHBfZXhjZXB0aW9u; $Path=/

Response

HTTP/1.1 404 Not Found
Content-Type: application/xml;charset=UTF-8
Content-Length: 86
Server: Jetty(7.2.0.v20101020)

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><error>Issue not found.</error>

Last modified: 2 February 2017