JIRA Rest API- don't create subtask if already exists

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I’m using curl command to create subtasks, but is it possible not to duplicate subtask if it already exists ?

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How do you know if its duplicate? Just check and see if it already exists in a query.

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Well - it depends on how you define a duplicate subtask? Is it just the summary text, combination of summary text & issue type, summary text & issue type & assignee (I can go on for a bit here).

Since everyone’s definition of a duplicate will be different - the best way would be to check the current subtasks on an issue. Take a look at JIRA 7.6.1 . ( I would give you the Jira Cloud Rest reference - but I can’t handle the navigating through that api - but the cloud url should be the same).

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