jira-python - how do you update the fixVersions field?

Question

I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong here, and am hoping someone else has the same problem. I don't get any error, and my json matches what should be correct both on Jira's docs and jira-python questions online. My versions are valid Jira versions. I also have no problem doing this directly through the API, but we are re-writing everything to go through jira-python for cleanliness/ease of use.

This just completely clears the fixVersions field in Jira.

issue=jira.issue("TKT-100")
issue.update(fields={'fixVersions':[{'add': {'name': 'add_me'}},{'remove': {'name': 'remove_me'}}]})

I can add a new version to fixVersions using issue.add_field_value(), but this won't work, because I need to add and remove in one request for the history of the ticket.

issue.add_field_value('fixVersions', {'name': 'add_me'})

Any ideas?

Answer 1

Here's a code example of how I got it working for anyone who comes across this later...

    fixVersions = []
    issue = jira.issue('issue_key')
    for version in issue.fields.fixVersions:
        if version.name != 'version_to_remove':
            fixVersions.append({'name': version.name})
    fixVersions.append({'name': 'version_to_add'})
    issue.update(fields={'fixVersions': fixVersions})

Answer 2

I did it other way:

1. Create version in the target project.

2. Update ticket.

   ver = jira.create_version(name='version_name', project='PROJECT_NAME')
   issue = jira.issue('ISSUE_NUM')
   i.update(fields={'fixVersions': [{'name': ver.name}]})}

In my case that worked.