[SOLVED] How to update JIRA issue reporter from Python

How to update JIRA issue reporter from Python

I'm trying to update the reporter of an issue using the JIRA Python API (version 1.0.3).

I am signed in (using basic auth) as a user who has full permissions, and I am trying to do it for an issue which I myself have created. The issue is successfully created, however when I call the update command, it changes the assignee rather than the reporter.

Any ideas? I have tried searching, but to no avail.

Here's my full code:

jira = JIRA('http://jiraurl.com/', basic_auth=('user', 'pass'))

new_issue = jira.create_issue(project='ER', summary='summary', description='desc', issuetype={'name': 'Custom Issue Type'})

new_issue.update(reporter='new_user')

Solution

The right syntax should be new_issue.update(reporter={'name': 'new_user'})

The Jira documentation specify a similar example for the field assignee.