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I'm trying to retrieve all tests from a Jira project. I tried retrieving the tests using the Jira API but I encountered a problem where the Jira API always returns ALL 9000 tests even if I set the max number of returned items to 200. However, the issue doesn't happen when I try to retrieve other issue types (epic, bugs, etc.). My questions are...

Is the Jira API the right api to retrieve Tests? Or do I need to use ZAPI?
Is there a setting where you can set the maximum number of returned tests for paging?
If I need to use ZAPI, then what endpoint do I need to use? I don't see any endpoint I could use.

Thanks,

Chev Balcora

bibekbehera · Answer

Hi&nbsp;kbalcora&nbsp;,
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You can use the api listed for the ZAPI from the below link.
https://getzephyr.docs.apiary.io/
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Please note that zapi is completely free and you are just a request away to validate if zapi is installed and the apis are working as expected.
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https://getzephyr.docs.apiary.io/#reference/licenseresource/get-license-status-information/get-license-status-information
Please note that for the recent versions of zapi it is not necessary to have zapi installed as the end points are already exposed.
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Regards,
Bibek

kbalcora · Answer

We already use ZAPI to retrieve the test executions. In fact we have another topic asking about test executions.

So our questions are

We used the Jira API to retrieve Tests (not Test Executions) and it returned ALL Tests even if we provided the maxRecords parameter which should have paged the results. Paging works when you try to retrieve all the other Jira types.
Is there a system setting, outside of the api, where you can set the default maximum number of items returned by the API?

jagadeshmadhura · Answer

Hi&nbsp;kbalcora&nbsp;
&nbsp;
Test issue type is one of the issuetype in jira like story, bug, epic etc. So to fetch the testcases you have to use the JIRA Api. I'm able to get the proper results from jira for "Test" issue type. There is no api from ZAPI to fetch the test cases, zephyr also uses jira api to fetch the test case details, since its stored at jira endAttached the sample request and response for your reference&nbsp;Note: if we keep changing the max results and startAt values, you can get proper resultsPlease refer jira documentation for more details:&nbsp;https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-issue-search/#api-rest-api-3-search-post
Thanks
Jagadeesh

tanyayatskovska · Answer

Thanks for the help, Jagadeesh, Bibek!
kbalcora, do the suggestions posted here help you resolve the issue? Please share with the Community the solution you decided to use.

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