6.1.9. Bug Fields¶
The Bugzilla API for getting details about bug fields.
6.1.9.1. Fields¶
Get information about valid bug fields, including the lists of legal values for each field.
Request
To get information about all fields:
GET /rest/field/bug
To get information related to a single field:
GET /rest/field/bug/(id_or_name)
name | type | description |
---|---|---|
id_or_name | mixed | An integer field ID or string representing the field name. |
Response
{
"fields": [
{
"display_name": "Priority",
"name": "priority",
"type": 2,
"is_mandatory": false,
"value_field": null,
"values": [
{
"sortkey": 100,
"sort_key": 100,
"visibility_values": [],
"name": "P1"
},
{
"sort_key": 200,
"name": "P2",
"visibility_values": [],
"sortkey": 200
},
{
"sort_key": 300,
"visibility_values": [],
"name": "P3",
"sortkey": 300
},
{
"sort_key": 400,
"name": "P4",
"visibility_values": [],
"sortkey": 400
},
{
"name": "P5",
"visibility_values": [],
"sort_key": 500,
"sortkey": 500
}
],
"visibility_values": [],
"visibility_field": null,
"is_on_bug_entry": false,
"is_custom": false,
"id": 13
}
]
}
field
(array) Field objects each containing the following items:
name | type | description |
---|---|---|
id | int | An integer ID uniquely identifying this field in this installation only. |
type | int | The number of the fieldtype. The following values are defined:
|
is_custom | boolean | true when this is a custom field, false
otherwise. |
name | string | The internal name of this field. This is a unique identifier for this field. If this is not a custom field, then this name will be the same across all Bugzilla installations. |
display_name | string | The name of the field, as it is shown in the user interface. |
is_mandatory | boolean | true if the field must have a value when filing
new bugs. Also, mandatory fields cannot have their
value cleared when updating bugs. |
is_on_bug_entry | boolean | For custom fields, this is true if the field is
shown when you enter a new bug. For standard fields,
this is currently always false , even if the field
shows up when entering a bug. (To know whether or not
a standard field is valid on bug entry, see
Create Bug. |
visibility_field | string | The name of a field that controls the visibility of
this field in the user interface. This field only
appears in the user interface when the named field is
equal to one of the values is visibility_values .
Can be null. |
visibility_values | array | This field is only shown when visibility_field
matches one of these string values. When
visibility_field is null, then this is an empty
array. |
value_field | string | The name of the field that controls whether or not particular values of the field are shown in the user interface. Can be null. |
values | array | Objects representing the legal values for
select-type (drop-down and multiple-selection)
fields. This is also populated for the
component , version , target_milestone ,
and keywords fields, but not for the product
field (you must use get_accessible_products for
that). For fields that aren't select-type fields,
this will simply be an empty array. Each object
contains the items described in the Value object
below. |
Value object:
name | type | description |
---|---|---|
name | string | The actual value--this is what you would specify for
this field in create , etc. |
sort_key | int | Values, when displayed in a list, are sorted first by this integer and then secondly by their name. |
visibility_values | array | If value_field is defined for this field, then
this value is only shown if the value_field is
set to one of the values listed in this array. Note
that for per-product fields, value_field is set
to product and visibility_values will reflect
which product(s) this value appears in. |
is_active | boolean | This value is defined only for certain product-specific fields such as version, target_milestone or component. When true, the value is active; otherwise the value is not active. |
description | string | The description of the value. This item is only
included for the keywords field. |
is_open | boolean | For bug_status values, determines whether this
status specifies that the bug is "open" (true )
or "closed" (false ). This item is only included
for the bug_status field. |
can_change_to | array | For Each object contains the following items:
|
6.1.9.2. Legal Values¶
DEPRECATED Use ''Fields'' instead.
Tells you what values are allowed for a particular field.
Request
To get information on the values for a field based on field name:
GET /rest/field/bug/(field)/values
To get information based on field name and a specific product:
GET /rest/field/bug/(field)/(product_id)/values
name | type | description |
---|---|---|
field | string | The name of the field you want information about. This should be the same as the name you would use in Create Bug, below. |
product_id | int | If you're picking a product-specific field, you have to specify the ID of the product you want the values for. |
Resppnse
{
"values": [
"P1",
"P2",
"P3",
"P4",
"P5"
]
}
name | type | description |
---|---|---|
values | array | The legal values for this field. The values will be sorted as they normally would be in Bugzilla. |
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