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Last updated Jul 16, 2025

Project

The Project object type represents a project entity in JIRA DC. atlassian:project should be used to ingest project-specific fields.

Additional required fields for Project:

  • displayName - Required
  • description - Required
  • createdBy - Required

Payload structure

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  objects {}
  ├─ schemaVersion (string) [Required]
  ├─ id (string) [Required]
  ├─ updateSequenceNumber (long) [Required]
  ├─ displayName (string) [Required]
  ├─ description (string) [Required]
  ├─ url (string) [Required]
  ├─ createdAt (Instant (ISO8601 / RFC3339)) [Required]
  └─ createdBy (userReference) [Required]
      ├─ accountId (string) [Optional]
      ├─ email (string) [Optional]
      └─ externalId (string) [Required]
  └─ lastUpdatedAt (Instant (ISO8601 / RFC3339)) [Required]
  └─ lastUpdatedBy (userReference) [Optional]
      ├─ accountId (string) [Optional]
      ├─ email (string) [Optional]
      └─ externalId (string) [Required]
  └─ permissions [] [Required]
      └─ accessControls
         └─ principals
            └─type
  └─ associations [] [Optional]
      ├─ associationType (string)
      └─ values []
      
  atlassian:project
  ├─ key (string) [Optional]
  ├─ dueDate (string) [Optional]
  ├─ priority (string) [Optional]
  ├─ assignee (userReference) [Optional]
      ├─ accountId (string) [Optional]
      ├─ email (string) [Optional]
      └─ externalId (string) [Required]
  ├─ status (string) [Required]
  ├─ statusCategory (string) [Optional]
  ├─ attachments (List<Attachment>) [Optional]
      ├─ url (string) [Optional]
      ├─ thumbnailUrl (string) [Optional]
      ├─ title (string) [Optional]
      ├─ mimeType (string) [Optional]
      ├─ byteSize (long) [Optional]
      └─ fileType (string) [Optional]
  ├─ labels (List<string>) [Optional]
  ├─ environment (string) [Optional]
  ├─ resolution (string) [Optional]
  ├─ votesCount (integer) [Optional]
  └─ watchersCount (integer) [Optional]

Common properties

PropertyTypeRequiredDescription
schemaVersion

string

YesThe schema version of the object.
id

string

YesThe ID of the object in the source system.
updateSequenceNumberlongYesA sequence number to compare when writing to the database. Objects are written following a last write wins strategy, therefore an object with a greater UpdateSequenceNumber is considered a more recently updated object.
displayNamestringYesThe display name of the object.
descriptionstringYesThe description of the object.
urlstringYesThe URL from the provider which the object is accessible from.
createdAtstringYes

The date the object was created.

Format: Instant (ISO8601 / RFC3339)

createdByuserReferenceYes

A reference to the user that created the object.

See userReference to learn more.

lastUpdatedAtstringYes

The date the object was last updated.

Format: Instant (ISO8601 / RFC3339)

lastUpdatedByuserReferenceNo

A reference to the user that last updated the object.

See userReference to learn more.

ownerslist<userReference>NoList of references of users that own the object.
thumbnailthumbnailNo

The thumbnail of the object.

See Thumbnail to learn more.

parentKeyentityKeyNo

The ID of the parent object. If null, it is a standalone object.

See Entity key to learn more.

containerKeyentityKeyNo

The container identifier that this object belongs to.

See Entity key to learn more.

permissionslist<Permissions>Yes

The permissions configuration of the object.

See Permissions to learn more.

associationsassociationNo

List of objects associated with the object. Generally used to link an external object to a Atlassian object.

See Association to learn more.

Project properties

PropertyTypeRequiredDescription
keystringNo

The key of the project.

Validation: max-length: 255

dueDatestringNo

The due date for the project.

Format: Instant (ISO8601 / RFC3339)

prioritystringNo

The priority level of the project.

assigneeuserReferenceNo

A reference to the user assigned to the project.

statusstringYes

The current status of the project.

statusCategorystringNo

The status category of the project.

Allowed values: pending, in_progress, completed

attachmentsList<Attachment>No

The attachments of the project.

Validation: max-length: 10

attachments.urlstringNo

The attachment URL.

Format: Valid URL

attachments.thumbnailUrlstringNo

The attachment thumbnail URL.

Format: Valid URL

attachments.titlestringNo

The attachment title.

Validation: max-length: 255

attachments.mimeTypestringNo

The attachment file MIME type.

Format: Valid MIME Type

attachments.byteSizelongNo

The size of the attachment in bytes.

Format: int64

attachments.fileTypestringNo

The file type of the attachment.

Allowed values: pdf, image, document, presentation, spreadsheet, video, audio, other

labelsList<string>No

The labels of the project.

Validation: max-length: 100

environmentstringNo

The environment of the project.

Validation: max-length: 255

resolutionstringNo

The resolution of the project.

Validation: max-length: 255

votesCountintegerNo

The votes count of the project.

Format: int64

watchersCountintegerNo

The watchers count of the project.

Format: int64

Example payload

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{
  "objects" : [ {
    "schemaVersion" : "2.0",
    "id" : "111212121",
    "updateSequenceNumber" : 1,
    "displayName" : "My project",
    "description" : "The project description",
    "url" : "https://www.example-project.com/share/projectId1",
    "createdAt" : "2024-04-16T09:31:32+00:00",
    "createdBy" : {
      "externalId" : "external-id-1"
    },
    "lastUpdatedAt" : "2024-07-09T14:27:37.000Z",
    "lastUpdatedBy" : {
      "externalId" : "external-id-1"
    },
    "permissions" : [ {
      "accessControls" : [ {
        "principals" : [ {
          "type" : "ATLASSIAN_WORKSPACE"
        } ]
      } ]
    } ],
    "atlassian:project" : {
      "key" : "projectKey1",
      "priority" : "high",
      "status" : "In Progress",
      "statusCategory" : "in_progress",
      "environment" : "production",
      "resolution" : "Unresolved",
      "votesCount" : 1,
      "watchersCount" : 1,
      "dueDate" : "2024-04-16T09:31:32+00:00",
      "assignee" : {
        "externalId" : "external-id-2"
      },
      "attachments" : [ {
        "url" : "https://example-project.com/files/img_4659.png",
        "mimeType" : "image/png",
        "title" : "title",
        "byteSize" : 140288,
        "fileType" : "image"
      } ],
      "labels" : [ "label1", "label2" ]
    }
  } ]
}

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