Issue attachments

Get attachment content

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Returns the contents of an attachment. A Range header can be set to define a range of bytes within the attachment to download. See the HTTP Range header standard for details.

To return a thumbnail of the attachment, use Get attachment thumbnail.

This operation can be accessed anonymously.

Permissions required: For the issue containing the attachment:

  • Browse projects project permission for the project that the issue is in.
  • If issue-level security is configured, issue-level security permission to view the issue.
  • If attachments are added in private comments, the comment-level restriction will be applied.
get/rest/api/3/attachment/content/{id}

Request

  • Base URL
    https://your-domain.atlassian.net
  • URL
    https://your-domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/attachment/content/{id}
  • Auth
    • HTTP basic
    • or OAuth 2
      Authorization code: https://auth.atlassian.com/authorize
      Token URL: https://auth.atlassian.com/oauth/token scopes: read:jira-work
    • or none

Path parameters

idstring required

The ID of the attachment.

Query parameters

redirectboolean

Whether a redirect is provided for the attachment download. Clients that do not automatically follow redirects can set this to false to avoid making multiple requests to download the attachment.

Response

Returned if the request is successful when redirect is set to false.

Changes