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.

External Documentation

To learn more, visit the Jira documentation.

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Parameters

ParameterDescription
Assignee TypeThe 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.
DescriptionThe description for the component. Optional when creating or updating a component.
Lead Account IDThe accountId of the component’s lead user.
The accountId uniquely identifies the user across all Atlassian products.
For example, 5b10ac8d82e05b22cc7d4ef5.
NameThe unique name for the component in the project. Required when creating a component. Optional when updating a component. The maximum length is 255 characters.
ProjectThe key of the project the component is assigned to. Required when creating a component. Can’t be updated.

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Example Output

{
	"self": "<string>",
	"id": "<string>",
	"name": "<string>",
	"assigneeType": "<string>",
	"realAssigneeType": "<string>",
	"isAssigneeTypeValid": false,
	"project": "<string>",
	"projectId": 6351
}

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Workflow Library Example

Create Component with Jira and Send Results Via Email

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