JIRA attribute path resolves an attribute from the JSON response returned by JIRA Get Issue REST API e.g. host:port/jira/rest/api/2/issue/10509/. To understand how the path works, refer to the example below.

Example attribute path

Attribute Path Attribute Value
id 11120
fields.description description body
fields.summary summary content
fields.status.name To Do

Example JSON response from JIRA REST API

{
  "expand": "renderedFields,names,schema,transitions,operations,editmeta,changelog,versionedRepresentations",
  "id": "11120",
  "self": "http://localhost:2990/jira/rest/api/2/issue/11120",
  "key": "TEST-136",
  "fields": {
    ...
    "description": "description body",
    "summary": "summary content",
    ...
    "status": {
      "name": "To Do",
        ...
    }
  }
}