Defect Search - API

/rest/{version}/defects/search

Descriptor	Value
HTTP Method	POST
Description	Returns a filtered list of defects.
Required Permission	Read Access (Any Role)
Version Introduced	2.7.3

Request Header Parameters

Parameter	Value	Required	Description
Accept	String	Yes	A value of ‘application/json’ must be provided.
Authorization	APIKEY {apiKey}	Yes	API being used to execute API call.

Request POST Data Parameters

Parameter	Value Type	Req.	Description
paging	Integer	No	By default defects are displayed 10 to a page. Changing this value will allow user to display the next set of 10 defects and so on.
maxResults	Integer	No	Maximum number of defects to be returned. By default this method will only return up to 10 defects.
daysOld	Integer	No	Age in days of defect(s).
hoursOld	Integer	No	Age in hours of defect(s).
agingModifier	String	No	Applies modifier to either daysOld or hoursOld parameter. Accepted values are "less" and "more".
agingDateType	String	No	Entering "created" will apply the search to the defect created date. Entering "status" will apply the search to the defect status updated date.
startDate	Date	No	Lower bound on defect dates. Format: yyyy-MM-dd or Epoch time (in milliseconds).
endDate	Date	No	Upper bound on defect dates. Format: yyyy-MM-dd or Epoch time (in milliseconds).
statusUpdatedStartDate	Date	No	Lower bound on defect updated dates. Format: yyyy-MM-dd or Epoch time (in milliseconds).
statusUpdatedEndDate	Date	No	Upper bound on defect updated dates. Format: yyyy-MM-dd or Epoch time (in milliseconds).
defects	List	No	Serialized list of defects by id or nativeId. Example: defects[0].id=1 or defects[0].nativeId=THREAD-1983
applicationDefectTracker	List	No	Serialized list of application defect trackers by id, projectName or projectId. Example: applicationDefectTracker[0].id=1 or applicationDefectTracker[0].projectName=ThreadFix or applicationDefectTracker[0].projectId = 1
statuses	List	No	Serialized list of defects by status. Example: statuses[0].status=Open
showActive	Boolean	No	Flag to show only active defects.
showOpen	Boolean	No	Flag to show only open defects.
showClosed	Boolean	No	Flag to show only closed defects.

Sample Call:

curl -H 'Accept: application/json' -H 'Authorization: APIKEY {apiKey}' http://localhost:8080/threadfix/rest/latest/defects/search

Sample Output:

{
    "message": "",
    "success": true,
    "responseCode": -1,
    "object": [
        {
            "id": 40,
            "nativeId": "THREAD-18653",
            "status": "Open",
            "category": null,
            "defectURL": "https://threadfix.atlassian.net/browse/THREAD-18653",
            "defectTrackerName": "JIRA - ThreadFix",
            "opened": true
        },
        {
            "id": 41,
            "nativeId": "THREAD-18654",
            "status": "Open",
            "category": null,
            "defectURL": "https://threadfix.atlassian.net/browse/THREAD-18654",
            "defectTrackerName": "JIRA - ThreadFix",
            "opened": true
        },
        {
            "id": 42,
            "nativeId": "THREAD-18655",
            "status": "Open",
            "category": null,
            "defectURL": "https://threadfix.atlassian.net/browse/THREAD-18655",
            "defectTrackerName": "JIRA - ThreadFix",
            "opened": true
        },
        {
            "id": 43,
            "nativeId": "THREAD-18656",
            "status": "Open",
            "category": null,
            "defectURL": "https://threadfix.atlassian.net/browse/THREAD-18656",
            "defectTrackerName": "JIRA - ThreadFix",
            "opened": true
        },
        {
            "id": 44,
            "nativeId": "THREAD-18657",
            "status": "Open",
            "category": null,
            "defectURL": "https://threadfix.atlassian.net/browse/THREAD-18657",
            "defectTrackerName": "JIRA - ThreadFix",
            "opened": true
        },
        {
            "id": 45,
            "nativeId": "THREAD-18658",
            "status": "Open",
            "category": null,
            "defectURL": "https://threadfix.atlassian.net/browse/THREAD-18658",
            "defectTrackerName": "JIRA - ThreadFix",
            "opened": true
        },
        {
            "id": 46,
            "nativeId": "THREAD-18659",
            "status": "Open",
            "category": null,
            "defectURL": "https://threadfix.atlassian.net/browse/THREAD-18659",
            "defectTrackerName": "JIRA - ThreadFix",
            "opened": true
        },
        {
            "id": 47,
            "nativeId": "THREAD-18660",
            "status": "Open",
            "category": null,
            "defectURL": "https://threadfix.atlassian.net/browse/THREAD-18660",
            "defectTrackerName": "JIRA - ThreadFix",
            "opened": true
        },
        {
            "id": 48,
            "nativeId": "THREAD-18661",
            "status": "Open",
            "category": null,
            "defectURL": "https://threadfix.atlassian.net/browse/THREAD-18661",
            "defectTrackerName": "JIRA - ThreadFix",
            "opened": true
        },
        {
            "id": 49,
            "nativeId": "THREAD-18662",
            "status": "Open",
            "category": null,
            "defectURL": "https://threadfix.atlassian.net/browse/THREAD-18662",
            "defectTrackerName": "JIRA - ThreadFix",
            "opened": true
        }
    ]
}