java.lang.NullPointerException when Creating Issue via REST API
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Summary
Problem
Creating an issue via REST API in a specific project doesn't work but manual issue creation (UI) works fine.
The following appears in the atlassian-jira.log
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2016-06-30 15:59:48,536 http-nio-8718-exec-3 ERROR admin 959x758x1 1prubon 0:0:0:0:0:0:0:1 /rest/api/2/issue/ [c.a.j.rest.exception.ExceptionInterceptor] Returning internal server error in response
java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:483)
at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.interceptor.impl.DispatchProviderHelper$ResponseOutInvoker$1.invoke(DispatchProviderHelper.java:192)
... 4 filtered
at com.atlassian.jira.rest.exception.ExceptionInterceptor.intercept(ExceptionInterceptor.java:55)
... 1 filtered
at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.scope.RequestScopeInterceptor.intercept(RequestScopeInterceptor.java:39)
... 14 filtered
at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.module.RestDelegatingServletFilter$JerseyOsgiServletContainer.doFilter(RestDelegatingServletFilter.java:154)
... 1 filtered
at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.module.RestDelegatingServletFilter.doFilter(RestDelegatingServletFilter.java:68)
... 86 filtered
at com.atlassian.jira.security.JiraSecurityFilter.doFilter(JiraSecurityFilter.java:70)
... 16 filtered
at com.atlassian.plugins.rest.module.servlet.RestSeraphFilter.doFilter(RestSeraphFilter.java:37)
... 73 filtered
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1142)
at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:617)
at org.apache.tomcat.util.threads.TaskThread$WrappingRunnable.run(TaskThread.java:61)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.AbstractMetaFieldBeanBuilder.getFieldMetaBean(AbstractMetaFieldBeanBuilder.java:123)
at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.AbstractMetaFieldBeanBuilder.build(AbstractMetaFieldBeanBuilder.java:94)
at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.CreateMetaFieldBeanBuilder.build(CreateMetaFieldBeanBuilder.java:61)
at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.IssueInputParametersAssembler$IssueInputParametersBuilder.getValidFieldsForCreate(IssueInputParametersAssembler.java:476)
at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.IssueInputParametersAssembler$IssueInputParametersBuilder.buildForCreate(IssueInputParametersAssembler.java:287)
at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.CreateIssueResource.createIssue(CreateIssueResource.java:49)
at com.atlassian.jira.rest.v2.issue.IssueResource.createIssue(IssueResource.java:596)
...Diagnosis
POSTMAN results to "Internal Server Error" and 500 error
Creating an issue via UI works fine
Syntax seems to be correct and creates an issue in other projects successfully.
Cause
Custom field created out of a third party plugin JIRA Misc Custom Fields is causing the issue
Solution
Resolution
Disabling the third party plugin JIRA Misc Custom Fields allows issue creation via REST API.
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