Atlassian Jira
Jira is a leading issue tracking and project management platform developed by Atlassian. It provides REST APIs for Jira Cloud Platform, Jira Software, and Jira Service Management enabling programmatic management of issues, projects, workflows, boards, sprints, users, and service desk requests with OAuth 2.0 authentication.
3 APIs
6 Features
AgileAtlassianBug TrackingIssue TrackingITSMKanbanProject ManagementScrumService Desk
The Jira Cloud platform REST API enables developers to interact with Jira issues, projects, workflows, users, and more.
REST API for Jira Software Cloud specific features including boards, sprints, and backlog management.
REST API for Jira Service Management features including request types, service desk queues, and customer portals.
Issue Management
Create, update, transition, and delete Jira issues with full support for custom fields, attachments, comments, and workflow transitions.
Project Management
Manage Jira projects including project categories, components, versions, and project-level configurations.
Board and Sprint Management
Create and manage Scrum boards, sprints, and Kanban boards for agile project planning and execution.
Service Desk
Manage service desk projects, request types, queues, and SLA data for IT service management workflows.
Workflow Configuration
Programmatically configure Jira workflows, statuses, transitions, and screen configurations.
Forge App Development
Build Jira apps using the Atlassian Forge platform with serverless functions and UI modules.
Issue Automation
Automate issue creation, assignment, and transitions from CI/CD pipelines, monitoring alerts, and external systems.
Project Reporting
Extract issue data, sprint velocity, and project metrics for custom reporting and analytics dashboards.
ITSM Integration
Integrate Jira Service Management with external monitoring, CMDB, and ITSM tools for incident and change management.
DevOps Pipeline Integration
Link Jira issues to commits, branches, builds, and deployments from GitHub, Bitbucket, and Jenkins.
Custom Field Automation
Synchronize custom field data between Jira and external systems for portfolio tracking and compliance reporting.
Confluence
Link Jira projects and issues to Confluence spaces and pages for integrated project documentation.
Bitbucket
Connect Bitbucket repositories to Jira for branch, commit, and pull request linking.
GitHub
Integrate GitHub with Jira via the GitHub for Jira app for development activity tracking.
Slack
Receive Jira issue notifications and create issues directly from Slack using the Jira for Slack app.
Jenkins
Connect Jenkins build and deployment events to Jira issues via the Atlassian Jenkins plugin.
PagerDuty
Create Jira issues automatically from PagerDuty incidents for integrated incident management.
Agile Project Management
Manage software development with Scrum and Kanban boards, sprint planning, and backlog management.
IT Service Management
Provide enterprise ITSM with service catalogs, SLAs, queues, and approval workflows via Jira Service Management.
Business Process Tracking
Track any business process or workflow using customizable Jira projects and issue types for non-software teams.
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name: Atlassian Jira
description: |
Jira is a leading issue tracking and project management platform developed by Atlassian. It provides REST APIs for Jira Cloud Platform, Jira Software, and Jira Service Management enabling programmatic management of issues, projects, workflows, boards, sprints, users, and service desk requests with OAuth 2.0 authentication.
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tags:
- Agile
- Atlassian
- Bug Tracking
- Issue Tracking
- ITSM
- Kanban
- Project Management
- Scrum
- Service Desk
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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/atlassian-jira/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2024-01-01'
modified: '2026-04-19'
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apis:
- aid: atlassian-jira:jira-cloud-platform-rest-api
name: Jira Cloud Platform REST API
description: >-
The Jira Cloud platform REST API enables developers to interact with
Jira issues, projects, workflows, users, and more.
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- type: Authentication
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- aid: atlassian-jira:jira-software-cloud-rest-api
name: Jira Software Cloud REST API
description: >-
REST API for Jira Software Cloud specific features including boards,
sprints, and backlog management.
humanURL: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/software/rest/intro/
baseURL: https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/agile/1.0
tags:
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- aid: atlassian-jira:jira-service-management-rest-api
name: Jira Service Management REST API
description: >-
REST API for Jira Service Management features including request types,
service desk queues, and customer portals.
humanURL: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/service-desk/rest/intro/
baseURL: https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/servicedeskapi
tags:
- Customer Support
- Itsm
- Service Desk
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- type: Website
url: https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
- type: Documentation
url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/
- type: Getting Started
url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/getting-started/
- type: Authentication
url: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/oauth-2-3lo-apps/
- type: Pricing
url: https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/pricing
- type: Status
url: https://status.atlassian.com/
- type: Support
url: https://support.atlassian.com/
- type: Community
url: https://community.developer.atlassian.com/
- type: Terms of Service
url: https://www.atlassian.com/legal/cloud-terms-of-service
- type: Privacy Policy
url: https://www.atlassian.com/legal/privacy-policy
- type: GitHub Organization
url: https://github.com/atlassian
- type: Blog
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- type: RateLimits
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description: Create, update, transition, and delete Jira issues with full support for custom fields, attachments, comments, and workflow transitions.
- name: Project Management
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- name: Board and Sprint Management
description: Create and manage Scrum boards, sprints, and Kanban boards for agile project planning and execution.
- name: Service Desk
description: Manage service desk projects, request types, queues, and SLA data for IT service management workflows.
- name: Workflow Configuration
description: Programmatically configure Jira workflows, statuses, transitions, and screen configurations.
- name: Forge App Development
description: Build Jira apps using the Atlassian Forge platform with serverless functions and UI modules.
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- name: ITSM Integration
description: Integrate Jira Service Management with external monitoring, CMDB, and ITSM tools for incident and change management.
- name: DevOps Pipeline Integration
description: Link Jira issues to commits, branches, builds, and deployments from GitHub, Bitbucket, and Jenkins.
- name: Custom Field Automation
description: Synchronize custom field data between Jira and external systems for portfolio tracking and compliance reporting.
- type: Integrations
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- name: Confluence
description: Link Jira projects and issues to Confluence spaces and pages for integrated project documentation.
- name: Bitbucket
description: Connect Bitbucket repositories to Jira for branch, commit, and pull request linking.
- name: GitHub
description: Integrate GitHub with Jira via the GitHub for Jira app for development activity tracking.
- name: Slack
description: Receive Jira issue notifications and create issues directly from Slack using the Jira for Slack app.
- name: Jenkins
description: Connect Jenkins build and deployment events to Jira issues via the Atlassian Jenkins plugin.
- name: PagerDuty
description: Create Jira issues automatically from PagerDuty incidents for integrated incident management.
- type: Solutions
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- name: Agile Project Management
description: Manage software development with Scrum and Kanban boards, sprint planning, and backlog management.
- name: IT Service Management
description: Provide enterprise ITSM with service catalogs, SLAs, queues, and approval workflows via Jira Service Management.
- name: Business Process Tracking
description: Track any business process or workflow using customizable Jira projects and issue types for non-software teams.
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
email: [email protected]