POST /rest/api/2/field/{fieldId}/context/{contextId}/option

Creates options and, where the custom select field is of the type Select List (cascading), cascading options for a custom select field. The options are added to a context of the field.

The maximum number of options that can be created per request is 1000 and each field can have a maximum of 10000 options.

This operation works for custom field options created in Jira or the operations from this resource. To work with issue field select list options created for Connect apps use the Issue custom field options (apps) operations.

Permissions required: Administer Jira global permission.

Servers

Path parameters

Name Type Required Description
fieldId String Yes

The ID of the custom field.

contextId Integer Yes

The ID of the context.

Request headers

Name Type Required Description
Content-Type String Yes The media type of the request body.

Default value: "application/json"

Request body fields

Name Type Required Description
options[] Array No

Details of options to create.

options[].disabled Boolean No

Whether the option is disabled.

options[].value String Yes

The value of the custom field option.

options[].optionId String No

For cascading options, the ID of a parent option.

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