Schedule Defect Status Updates - API

/rest/{version}/defectTrackers/scheduledUpdate/addUpdate

Descriptor	Value
HTTP Method	POST
Description	Adds scheduled update job for defect tracker.
Required Permission	Can Manage Defect Trackers
Version Introduced	2.7.9
Changes in 2.8	Added "checkDeletedDefects" parameter.
Changes in 2.8.3	Added "scheduledTimezone" parameter.

Request Header Parameters

Parameter	Value	Required	Description
Accept	String	Yes	A value of ‘application/json’ must be provided.

Request POST Data Parameters

Parameter	Value	Required	Description
scheduleType	String	Yes	Scheduling method being used. Accepted values are "select" or "cron".
frequency	String	Yes*	Frequency of when scheduled job will run. Required if scheduleType is set to "select". Accepted values are "daily" and "weekly".
hour	Number	Yes*	Hour (1-12) for scheduled job start. Required if scheduleType is set to "select".
minute	Number	Yes*	Minute (00, 15, 30, 45) for scheduled job start. Required if scheduleType is set to "select".
period	Strong	Yes*	Accepted values are "AM" or "PM". Required if scheduleType is set to "select".
cronExpression	String	Yes*	Valid cron value (e.g. "0 6 * * ?"). Required if scheduleType is set to "cron".
checkDeletedDefects	Boolean	No	Looks for deleted defects in the defect tracker and updates their status in ThreadFix to "Issue Not Found".
scheduledTimezone	String	No	Optional, if one is not provided it will default the to the server's timezone. Can be provided for both CRON and SELECT schedulingMethod. Available Server Timezone Options.

Sample Calls:

Daily Select Scheduling Sample Call

curl --insecure -H 'Accept: application/json' -H "Authorization: APIKEY {apikey}" -X POST --data "scheduleType=select&frequency=daily&hour=9&minute=30&period=AM" http://localhost:8080/threadfix/rest/latest/defectTrackers/scheduledUpdate/addUpdate

Weekly Select Scheduling Sample Call

curl --insecure -H 'Accept: application/json' -H "Authorization: APIKEY {apikey}" -X POST --data "scheduleType=select&frequency=weekly&hour=9&minute=30&period=AM&day=sunday" http://localhost:8080/threadfix/rest/latest/defectTrackers/scheduledUpdate/addUpdate

Cron Expression Scheduling Sample Call

curl --insecure -H 'Accept: application/json' -H "Authorization: APIKEY {apikey}" -X POST --data "scheduleType=cron&cronExpression=45 13 * * ?" http://localhost:8080/threadfix/rest/latest/defectTrackers/scheduledUpdate/addUpdate

Sample Output:

Values for modifiedDate are returned as Epoch time in milliseconds.