PUT /rest/api/2/field/{fieldKey}/option/{optionId}

Updates or creates an option for a select list issue field. This operation requires that the option ID is provided when creating an option, therefore, the option ID needs to be specified as a path and body parameter. The option ID provided in the path and body must be identical.

Note that this operation only works for issue field select list options added by Connect apps, it cannot be used with issue field select list options created in Jira or using operations from the Issue custom field options resource.

Permissions required: Administer Jira global permission. Jira permissions are not required for the app providing the field.

Servers

Path parameters

Name Type Required Description
fieldKey String Yes

The field key is specified in the following format: $(app-key)__$(field-key). For example, example-add-on__example-issue-field. To determine the fieldKey value, do one of the following:

  • open the app's plugin descriptor, then app-key is the key at the top and field-key is the key in the jiraIssueFields module. app-key can also be found in the app listing in the Atlassian Universal Plugin Manager.
  • run Get fields and in the field details the value is returned in key. For example, "key": "teams-add-on__team-issue-field"
optionId Integer Yes

The ID of the option to be updated.

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
id Integer Yes

The unique identifier for the option. This is only unique within the select field's set of options.

properties Object No

The properties of the object, as arbitrary key-value pairs. These properties can be searched using JQL, if the extractions (see Issue Field Option Property Index) are defined in the descriptor for the issue field module.

config Object No

Details of the projects the option is available in.

config.attributes[] Array No

DEPRECATED

value String Yes

The option's name, which is displayed in Jira.

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