Assign issue

PUT

/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/assignee

Assigns an issue to a user. Use this operation when the calling user does not have the Edit Issues permission but has the Assign issue permission for the project that the issue is in.

If name or accountId is set to:

"-1", the issue is assigned to the default assignee for the project.

null, the issue is set to unassigned.

This operation can be accessed anonymously.

Permissions required:

Browse Projects and Assign Issues project permission for the project that the issue is in.

If issue-level security is configured, issue-level security permission to view the issue.

Request Example

Shell

JavaScript

Java

Swift

PHP

Python

HTTP

Objective-C

Ruby

OCaml

curl --location --request PUT 'http://jira.local:8080/jira/rest//rest/api/3/issue//assignee' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data-raw '{
    "accountId": "5b10ac8d82e05b22cc7d4ef5"
}'

Response Example

204 - Example 1

null

Request

Path Params

issueIdOrKey

string

required

The ID or key of the issue to be assigned.

Body Params application/json

object {0}

Examples

Responses

🟢204Returned if the request is successful.

application/json

Body

No schema defined

🟠400Returned if: * the user is not found. * `name`, `key`, or `accountId` is missing. * more than one of `name`, `key`, and `accountId` are provided.

🟠403Returned if the user does not have the necessary permission.

🟠404Returned if the issue is not found.

Modified at about 2 years ago

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