Since version 2.0

Who deleted my issues includes a REST API that you can use to recover your deleted issues data.

This API end-points need to be called with an user with Jira admin permissions.

End points

Get deleted issue info

GET rest/wdmi/1.0/deletedissues/find

Retrieves the issue deleted info, ordered by date (newest first).

Options

Parameter	Description	Default values

Parameter	Description	Default values
results	Number of issues retrieved by this request	Default: 1000
page	Used for data pagination	Default: 0
user	Retrieves the issues deleted by this username	Default: none - will retrieve issues deleted by any user.
key	Find deleted issues with this key	Default: none - will retrieve issues deleted with any key.
from	Find deleted issues from this date (format yyyy-MM-dd)	Default: none - will retrieve issues deleted from any date.
to	Find deleted issues up to this date (format yyyy-MM-dd)	Default: none - will retrieve issues deleted up to any date.

Example

/rest/wdmi/1.0/deletedissues/find?full=true&key=EP&from=2020-03-01

will retrieve all issues deleted since 2020 march 1st with a key that contains EP with all (full) data:

Results

202

{
    "size": 2,
    "deleted-issue": [
        {
            "issueType": "10002",
            "issueKey": "EP-1",
            "deletionUser": "admin",
            "summary": "Test",
            "date": 1590420726061,
            "csv": "Summary;Issue Type;Security Level;Priority;Due Date;Assignee;Reporter;Environment;Description;Time Tracking;Resolution;Linked Issues;Desarrollo;Custom field (Nombre de épica);Custom field (Clasificación);Custom field (Enlace de épica);Custom field (Estado de épica);Custom field (Color de épica);Custom field (Puntos de Historia);Custom field (Start Date);Custom field (End Date);Custom field (groovyFunction);Custom field (External issue ID);project;project name;project type;issue id;issue key\n\"Test\";\"Tarea\";\"\";\"Medium\";\"\";\"\";\"admin\";\"\";\"\";;\"\";;;\"\";\"0|i0000f:\";\"\";\"\";\"\";\"\";\"\";\"\";\"\";\"\";\"EP\";\"Elemental Particles\";\"software\";10300;\"EP-1\"",
            "bulkDeleted": false
        },
        {
            "issueType": "10002",
            "issueKey": "EP-1",
            "deletionUser": "admin",
            "summary": "Test",
            "date": 1590146564820,
            "csv": "Summary;Issue Type;Security Level;Priority;Due Date;Assignee;Reporter;Environment;Description;Time Tracking;Resolution;Linked Issues;Desarrollo;Nombre de épica;Clasificación;Enlace de épica;Estado de épica;Color de épica;Puntos de Historia;Start Date;End Date;groovyFunction;project;issue id;issue key\n\"Test\";\"Tarea\";\"\";\"Medium\";\"\";\"\";\"admin\";\"\";\"\";;\"\";;;\"\";\"0|i0000n:\";\"\";\"\";\"\";\"\";\"\";\"\";\"\";\"EP\";10200;\"EP-1\"",
            "bulkDeleted": false
        }
    ]
}

Accept formats

You can use the header “Accept” with value “application/json” in order to retrieve the data in JSON format or use “Accept” with value “application/xml” to retrieve the data in XML format.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
<deleted-issues>
    <size>2</size>
    <deleted-issue>
        <issueType>10002</issueType>
        <issueKey>EP-1</issueKey>
        <deletionUser>admin</deletionUser>
        <summary>Test</summary>
        <date>2020-05-25T17:32:06.061+02:00</date>
        <csv>Summary;Issue Type;Security Level;Priority;Due Date;Assignee;Reporter;Environment;Description;Time Tracking;Resolution;Linked Issues;Desarrollo;Custom field (Nombre de épica);Custom field (Clasificación);Custom field (Enlace de épica);Custom field (Estado de épica);Custom field (Color de épica);Custom field (Puntos de Historia);Custom field (Start Date);Custom field (End Date);Custom field (groovyFunction);Custom field (External issue ID);project;project name;project type;issue id;issue key
"Test";"Tarea";"";"Medium";"";"";"admin";"";"";;"";;;"";"0|i0000f:";"";"";"";"";"";"";"";"";"EP";"Elemental Particles";"software";10300;"EP-1"</csv>
        <bulkDeleted>false</bulkDeleted>
    </deleted-issue>
    <deleted-issue>
        <issueType>10002</issueType>
        <issueKey>EP-1</issueKey>
        <deletionUser>admin</deletionUser>
        <summary>Test</summary>
        <date>2020-05-22T13:22:44.820+02:00</date>
        <csv>Summary;Issue Type;Security Level;Priority;Due Date;Assignee;Reporter;Environment;Description;Time Tracking;Resolution;Linked Issues;Desarrollo;Nombre de épica;Clasificación;Enlace de épica;Estado de épica;Color de épica;Puntos de Historia;Start Date;End Date;groovyFunction;project;issue id;issue key
"Test";"Tarea";"";"Medium";"";"";"admin";"";"";;"";;;"";"0|i0000n:";"";"";"";"";"";"";"";"EP";10200;"EP-1"</csv>
        <bulkDeleted>false</bulkDeleted>
    </deleted-issue>
</deleted-issues>