Create Component

Creates a component. Use components to provide containers for issues within a project.

This operation can be accessed anonymously.

Permissions required: Administer projects project permission for the project in which the component is created or Administer Jira global permission.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
Assignee Type	The nominal user type used to determine the assignee for issues created with this component. See realAssigneeType for details on how the type of the user, and hence the user, assigned to issues is determined. Can take the following values: PROJECT_LEAD the assignee to any issues created with this component is nominally the lead for the project the component is in. COMPONENT_LEAD the assignee to any issues created with this component is nominally the lead for the component. UNASSIGNED an assignee is not set for issues created with this component. PROJECT_DEFAULT the assignee to any issues created with this component is nominally the default assignee for the project that the component is in. Default value: PROJECT_DEFAULT. Optional when creating or updating a component.
Description	The description for the component. Optional when creating or updating a component.
Lead User Name	The user name of the component's lead user.
Name	The unique name for the component in the project. Required when creating a component.
Project	The key of the project the component is assigned to. Required when creating a component. Can't be updated.

Example Output

{
    "self": "http://www.example.com/jira/rest/api/2/component/10000",
    "id": "10000",
    "name": "Component 1",
    "description": "This is a Jira component",
    "lead": {
        "self": "http://www.example.com/jira/rest/api/2/user?username=fred",
        "key": "JIRAUSER10100",
        "name": "fred",
        "emailAddress": "fred@example.com",
        "avatarUrls": {
            "48x48": "http://www.example.com/jira/secure/useravatar?size=large&ownerId=fred",
            "24x24": "http://www.example.com/jira/secure/useravatar?size=small&ownerId=fred",
            "16x16": "http://www.example.com/jira/secure/useravatar?size=xsmall&ownerId=fred",
            "32x32": "http://www.example.com/jira/secure/useravatar?size=medium&ownerId=fred"
        },
        "displayName": "Fred F. User",
        "active": true,
        "deleted": false,
        "timeZone": "Australia/Sydney",
        "locale": "en_AU"
    },
    "assigneeType": "PROJECT_LEAD",
    "assignee": {
        "self": "http://www.example.com/jira/rest/api/2/user?username=fred",
        "key": "JIRAUSER10100",
        "name": "fred",
        "emailAddress": "fred@example.com",
        "avatarUrls": {
            "48x48": "http://www.example.com/jira/secure/useravatar?size=large&ownerId=fred",
            "24x24": "http://www.example.com/jira/secure/useravatar?size=small&ownerId=fred",
            "16x16": "http://www.example.com/jira/secure/useravatar?size=xsmall&ownerId=fred",
            "32x32": "http://www.example.com/jira/secure/useravatar?size=medium&ownerId=fred"
        },
        "displayName": "Fred F. User",
        "active": true,
        "deleted": false,
        "timeZone": "Australia/Sydney",
        "locale": "en_AU"
    },
    "realAssigneeType": "PROJECT_LEAD",
    "realAssignee": {
        "self": "http://www.example.com/jira/rest/api/2/user?username=fred",
        "key": "JIRAUSER10100",
        "name": "fred",
        "emailAddress": "fred@example.com",
        "avatarUrls": {
            "48x48": "http://www.example.com/jira/secure/useravatar?size=large&ownerId=fred",
            "24x24": "http://www.example.com/jira/secure/useravatar?size=small&ownerId=fred",
            "16x16": "http://www.example.com/jira/secure/useravatar?size=xsmall&ownerId=fred",
            "32x32": "http://www.example.com/jira/secure/useravatar?size=medium&ownerId=fred"
        },
        "displayName": "Fred F. User",
        "active": true,
        "deleted": false,
        "timeZone": "Australia/Sydney",
        "locale": "en_AU"
    },
    "isAssigneeTypeValid": false,
    "project": "HSP",
    "projectId": 10000
}

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