What am I missing? Attempting to create workflow with transition rules.

[Antony Chea]

I am currently calling the JIRA workflow API to create a new workflow. The goal is the ability to fully configure JIRA for projects automatically.

"/rest/api/2/workflow"

 I am able to currently create the JIRA workflow with a post call and the following payload.

workflow_payload = json.dumps({
    "name": "api_workflow",
    "description": "This is a workflow created through API.",
    "statuses": [
        {
            "id": jf.get_workflow_status_id(url_base, headers, 'Open'),
            "properties": {
                "jira.issue.editable": "false"
            }
        },
        {
            "id": jf.get_workflow_status_id(url_base, headers, 'In Progress'),
        },
        {
            "id": jf.get_workflow_status_id(url_base, headers, 'Reopened'),
        },
        {
            "id": jf.get_workflow_status_id(url_base, headers, 'Resolved'),
        },
        {
            "id": jf.get_workflow_status_id(url_base, headers, 'Closed'),
        },
    ],
    "transitions": [
                {
                    "description": "",
                    "from": [],
                    "name": "Create Issue",
                    "to": "1",
                    "type": "initial"
                },
                {
                    "description": "",
                    "from": [
                        "1",
                        "3",
                        "4"
                    ],
                    "name": "Close Issue",
                    "rules": {
                        "conditions": []
                    },
                    "to": "6",
                    "type": "directed"
                },
                {
                    "description": "",
                    "from": [
                        "5",
                        "6"
                    ],
                    "name": "Reopen Issue",
                    "to": "4",
                    "type": "directed"
                },
                {
                    "description": "",
                    "from": [
                        "3"
                    ],
                    "name": "Stop Progress",
                    "to": "1",
                    "type": "directed"
                },
                {
                    "description": "",
                    "from": [
                        "1",
                        "4"
                    ],
                    "name": "Start Progress",
                    "to": "3",
                    "type": "directed"
                },
                {
                    "description": "",
                    "from": [
                        "1",
                        "3",
                        "4"
                    ],
                    "name": "Resolve Issue",
                    "to": "5",
                    "type": "directed"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Closing an issue indicates there is no more work to be done on it, and it has been verified as complete.",
                    "from": [
                        "5"
                    ],
                    "name": "Close Issue",
                    "to": "6",
                    "type": "directed"
                }
            ]
})

I had written function (jf.get_workflow_status_id(url_base, headers, 'In Progress')) so that users can provide status name and retrieve the ID. In the example above, user provides "In Progress" and in its ID will show up. I am able to create workflow with transitions from one status to the next. However when I attempt to add rules/conditions, etc I get thrown an error.

"rules": {
    "conditions": []
},

{"errorMessages":["Can not deserialize instance of com.atlassian.jira.workflow.bean.create.CreateWorkflowConditionBean out of START_ARRAY token\n at [Source: org.apache.catalina.connector.CoyoteInputStream@5c6936c; line: 1, column: 392]"]}

Can anyone explain what this means? What I need to change? I initially copied a condition from a workflow I created through the UI, but that didn't work, so I kept removing things inside the bracket to the point, even without anything in it, it throws that error.

I am able to create a workflow where I provide a blank validator.

"rules": {
    "validators": []
},

Let me know if any details is required. Shocking that following the example from "https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-workflows/#api-rest-api-3-workflow-post" didn't do anything or work.

[Alex Koxaras _Relational_]

Hi @Antony Chea and welcome to the community,

There is a new endpoint for creating workflow, Bulk Create Workflows. Can you try with this https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-workflows/#api-rest-api-3-workflows-create-post and let us know if that resolved the problem?