POST /rest/api/2/field/{fieldKey}/option

Creates an option for a select list issue field.

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.

Each field can have a maximum of 10000 options, and each option can have a maximum of 10000 scopes.

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"

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
properties Object No

The properties of the option as arbitrary key-value pairs. These properties can be searched using JQL, if the extractions (see https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/modules/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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