Finding the ID for Issue Types
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Problem
When configuring a mail handler to create issues from email, it is often useful to know the IDs of issue types.
Environment
Jira Server/Data Center, any version from 7.0.0. For Jira Cloud please go here.
Solution
Using Jira browser user interface:
Here is a Jira Administrator can find the ID of an issue type:
You will need to be a Jira Administrator in order to perform these steps. If you do not have Jira Administration privileges, you may contact your Jira Administrator for assistance.
- Navigate to the Administration > Issues > Issue Types page.
- On that page, hover your mouse cursor over the Edit operation link of an issue type.
Jira will display the issue type's ID appended to the URL shown in the browser's status bar. For example, the "id" in this link represents the id of the issue type:
http://<your-jira-server>/secure/admin/EditIssueType!default.jspa?id=<ISSUE_TYPE_ID>
Here is how a Project Administrator can find the ID of an issue type:
You will need to be a Project Administrator in order to perform these steps. If you do not have Project Administration privileges for the project, you may contact one of the Project's Administrators for assistance.
- Navigate to Project Settings > Issue Types
- On that page, hover your mouse cursor over the Issue Type in the left menu
Jira will display the issue type's ID appended to the URL shown in the browser's status bar:
http://<your-jira-server>/plugins/servlet/project-config/<PROJECT_KEY>/issuetypes/<ISSUE_TYPE_ID>
Using Jira REST API:
You will need to be a Jira Administrator (or Project Administrator) in order to perform these steps.
Access http://<your-jira-server>/rest/api/2/project/{projectIdOrKey} URL in browser or using your REST client (the examples below uses cURL and jq to parse returned JSON data):
curl -s -u {username}:{password} \
-X GET \
-H 'Accept: application/json' \
'http://<your-jira-server>/rest/api/2/project/{projectIdOrKey}' | jq '.issueTypes[] | {id, name}'
{
"id": "10002",
"name": "Task"
}
{
"id": "10003",
"name": "Sub-task"
}
{
"id": "10001",
"name": "Story"
}
{
"id": "10004",
"name": "Bug"
}
{
"id": "10000",
"name": "Epic"
}More details about project/{projectIdOrKey} endpoint could be found at Jira REST API documentation.
Querying data from Jira DB:
This method will not require Jira Administrator permissions, however you will need to have access to Jira database
In order to get list of issue type IDs, you will need to query 'issuetype' table:
jiradb=# select id, pname from issuetype;
id | pname
-------+--------------------------------
10001 | Story
10002 | Task
10003 | Sub-task
10004 | Bug
10100 | Initiative
10101 | Incident
10102 | Service Request
10103 | Service Request with Approvals
10104 | Change
10105 | Problem
10000 | Epic
10200 | New Feature
10201 | Support
(13 rows)