Multiple Subtasks for Jira

User Guide

REST API

This page explains how to use the REST API to create subtasks provided by Multiple Subtasks for Jira.

Please note: The REST API requires a minimum version 24.08.0 of Multiple Subtasks for Jira. Please make sure you have updates Multiple Subtasks for Jira to the latest version for full support of all endpoints.

Authentication

The REST API provided by Multiple Subtasks for Jira requires you to be authenticated as a valid and licensed user of Jira. Please see the documentation on Basic Authentication or Personal Access Tokens for different ways to identify as a valid user.

Create Subtasks POST /subtasks/{issueKey}

Request URL: /rest/multiple-subtasks/1.0/subtasks/{issueKey}
Request Method: POST
Content-Type: text/plain
Accept: application/json, text/plain

Create the subtasks from the payload for the given issueKey.

Status Codes

Code Status Reason and Payload
200 Success The request was successful and returns a list of created subtasks and all warnings in application/json.
400 Bad Request The request failed and returns an error message in text/plain.
401 Unauthorized The request failed because of missing authentication or authorization.

Example

This is an example for the payload in the request in order to create two subtasks:

- Hello World
  fixVersion: unknown
- Hello Moon
  label: rest-api-demo

The plugin successfully creates two subtasks and responds with the following JSON:

[
  {
    "issueKey": "YEAH-43",
    "issueSummary": "Hello World",
    "warnings": [
      "Invalid fixVersion: unknown"
    ]
  },
  {
    "issueKey": "YEAH-44",
    "issueSummary": "Hello Moon",
    "warnings": []
  }
]

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