Get the ID of a Jira project from a web browser
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Summary
Retrieving the project id from the Jira Database (via the SQL query mentioned below) can be time-consuming, as it requires a Jira user to have access to the Database:
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select id from project where pkey = '<PROJECT_KEY>';Retrieve project ID using REST API
You can obtain the project ID via the REST API by accessing the following URL:
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<JIRA_BASE_URL>/rest/api/latest/project/<project_key>This will provide all of the metadata for the project(s), including the project ID value, as shown in the example of output below (the project id is 10000 in the example below):
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{
"expand": "description,lead,url,projectKeys",
"self": "<JIRA_BASE_URL>/rest/api/latest/project/10000",
"id": "10000",
"key": "SCRUM",
"description": "",
...ℹ️ If you do not provide the project_key then it will return all projects.
ℹ️ It can be helpful to paste the JSON output into a JSON beautifier to improve readability.
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