How to create custom fields in JIRA, and fetch the fields' data to external program?

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I want to create a custom text field in user stories of JIRA. Once the custom field is created, when someone inserts/updates the custom field, I want to fetch the data on custom field to an external program in any format (i.e. String, JSON, .doc, .xls, .csv etc.)

P.S. I'm not a JIRA Administrator.

Thanks in Advance.

N00b Pr0grammer · Accepted Answer · 2018-02-02 11:29:44Z

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This documentation from JIRA provides you simple steps on how to add a custom field on JIRA for your own project, but for this to happen - you have to be a JIRA Administrator. This can't be helped much, as this is a limitation from JIRA itself.

But having said that, if you get it sorted from a JIRA Administrator from your Organization - getting the details of the newly added custom field is not that difficult. JIRA REST APIs will come to rescue in that scenario.

You can simply fire the following REST GET API call to get the details that are intended to known by you!

curl -D- -u fred:fred -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" https://jira.fred.com/rest/api/2/issue/FRD-88651

The call will further provide you the necessary details! Hope this answers your query!

answered Feb 2, 2018 at 11:29

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Yash R. Over a year ago

Thank you very much. I'll try it once I contact the JIRA administrator.

Yash R. Over a year ago

Hi @N00b pr0grammer, do you have any idea how to fetch default values of user stories in JIRA ?

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