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You can link a document or folder to a Jira issue by creating a remote link for that issue. This can be done via Jira REST API.

Request URL

The request URL takes the following form:
POST <ROOT>/rest/api/latest/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/remotelink

Replace "<ROOT>" with the base URL of your Jira server.

Parameters

You have to specify the following parameters:

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In this example, the document with the key (id) 519 is linked to an issue. To link a document or folder, just replace '519' with the key (id) of the document or folder than you want to link.

A successful response

An HTTP 200 status response indicates a successful request.

Error Response

If the REST call fails, the service returns one of the following HTTP statuses:

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