REST API search return custom fields

[Robert Egan]

Is it possible to ask for custom fields by name, instead of "customfield_"?

[Tuncay Senturk · Accepted solution]

Hi @Robert Egan 

You can use search query parameter. Try this out please:

/rest/api/latest/customFields?search=cfbyname

[Robert Egan]

Yes, that will return the id: which can be massaged into customfield_id for the next call.

I'd like to know why Atlassian couldn't do that for /search. Because clearly the code is there.

[Tuncay Senturk]

Do you need a second call? Can't you get customfield details using aformentioned rest method?

[Robert Egan]

The /customFields end point only returns metadata about the custom fields. The /search end point is required to get issue values of those custom fields.

[Tuncay Senturk]

Oh, I see, that's correct.