# Execute an issue action by api

**URL:** <https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/execute-an-issue-action-by-api/70650>\
**Category:** Jira Cloud\
**Tags:** rest-api\
**Created:** [June 25, 2023, 11:16am UTC](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/execute-an-issue-action-by-api/70650 "2023-06-25T11:16:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![jpspringall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/6de8d8/32.png) [@jpspringall](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/u/jpspringall)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 11:16am UTC](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/execute-an-issue-action-by-api/70650/1 "2023-06-25T11:16:59Z")

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Hi,

I’m wondering if it’s possible to to execute an issue action via the JIRA API

I’ve had a look through the reference documents and i couldn’t see anything, but hoping I missed something.

Below is a screenshot of what i mean, in the screenshot, I would like to know if it is possible to execute the action Story

Many Thanks

James

 ![Screenshot 2023-06-24 120223](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/atlassiandeveloper/original/3X/0/f/0f1dfa7c2717eacb24db81dcd95e93517f1d69e9.png)

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**Author:** ![anon96974232](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ba0ec/32.png) [@anon96974232](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/u/anon96974232)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2023, 11:29am UTC](https://community.developer.atlassian.com/t/execute-an-issue-action-by-api/70650/2 "2023-06-25T11:29:40Z")

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Hello @jpspringall

You can’t trigger automation actions directly via the REST API, but you could use an incoming webhook as the trigger, then make a call to the webhook REST API to pass through a particular issue ID so that the automation knows which issue to run against.