POST /rest/api/2/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/comment

Adds a comment to an issue.

This operation can be accessed anonymously.

Permissions required:

Servers

Path parameters

Name Type Required Description
issueIdOrKey String Yes

The ID or key of the issue.

Request headers

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

Default value: "application/json"

Query parameters

Name Type Required Description
expand String No

Use expand to include additional information about comments in the response. This parameter accepts renderedBody, which returns the comment body rendered in HTML.

Request body fields

Name Type Required Description
id String No

The ID of the comment.

jsdAuthorCanSeeRequest Boolean No

Whether the comment was added from an email sent by a person who is not part of the issue. See Allow external emails to be added as comments on issuesfor information on setting up this feature.

created String No

The date and time at which the comment was created.

self String No

The URL of the comment.

properties[] Array No

A list of comment properties. Optional on create and update.

properties[].key String No

The key of the property. Required on create and update.

properties[].value No

The value of the property. Required on create and update.

updated String No

The date and time at which the comment was updated last.

jsdPublic Boolean No

Whether the comment is visible in Jira Service Desk. Defaults to true when comments are created in the Jira Cloud Platform. This includes when the site doesn't use Jira Service Desk or the project isn't a Jira Service Desk project and, therefore, there is no Jira Service Desk for the issue to be visible on. To create a comment with its visibility in Jira Service Desk set to false, use the Jira Service Desk REST API Create request comment operation.

body String No

The comment text.

renderedBody String No

The rendered version of the comment.

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