Create Automation for Jira via API

[Mayki Gonçalves]

Hello, I wanted to know if it's possible to create an automation in Automation for Jira today by performing a POST/PUT on a Rest API.

If so, is this already documented? I couldn't find it in the documentation.

[Trudy Claspill · Accepted solution]

Hello @Mayki Gonçalves 

An article about the Automation Management API is published in the Forums here:

Automation Rule Management API is now Generally Available! 

According to that the documentation is found here:

https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/automation/rest/api-group-rule-management/#api-group-rule-management

And it does include an endpoint for creating a rule.

It supports management of Automation for both Jira and Confluence. Because of that it is necessary to identify the product and Cloud as part of the API calls:

https://api.atlassian.com/automation/public/{product}/{cloudid}/rest/v1/rule

You can find more information about getting those values here:

https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/automation/api/base-paths/

[Mayki Gonçalves]

thanks you very much @Trudy Claspill 

I saved the links here and as soon as possible I will study and take tests, I am immensely grateful for your help, it will be very important to me

[Aron Gombas _Midori_]

To extend what @Trudy Claspill suggested there is an interesting trick related to automation rules! We used it with great success in the past.

If something is not possible through the official API, have a look at the network traffic between your browser and the Automation GraphQL API while using automations. They have several end-points that are not publicly documented, yet you can send requests to those. It is usedful if the official API alone is insufficient.