Return Application version release notes

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Hello,
I’m trying to grab the version release notes for every new version that appears on the release notes page, for example: Jira Software release notes | Atlassian Support | Atlassian Documentation

I see that there’s a marketplace API that has a version call, but doesn’t include release notes: https://developer.atlassian.com/platform/marketplace/rest/#api-applications-applicationKey-versions-name-name-get

Anyone have any ideas on how to approach this? Thanks.

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You can use https://my.atlassian.com/download/feeds/archived/jira.json
This includes a link to the release notes!

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Thank you for the response! But this only includes 6.4.14 and below. I’d need the most recent one. Also, is there a REST API for my.atlassian.com?

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Oh sorry, they split it up after 6.4.14.

Jira Core
https://my.atlassian.com/download/feeds/current/jira-core.json
https://my.atlassian.com/download/feeds/archived/jira-core.json

Jira Software
https://my.atlassian.com/download/feeds/current/jira-software.json
https://my.atlassian.com/download/feeds/archived/jira-software.json

Jira Service Desk
https://my.atlassian.com/download/feeds/current/jira-servicedesk.json
https://my.atlassian.com/download/feeds/archived/jira-servicedesk.json

There is no Rest API, but these JSON files will give you everything your need in terms of released versions, downloads, release notes, etc.

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Got it. May I ask how you knew these json files existed? Is there any documentation on them or possibly other files as well?

Thank you so much by the way.

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Well… I was working on iapetus.fyi and needed a source for the current versions. I started looking at the downloads page on atlassian.com (for instance https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira/core/download) and noticed that they populate the list from these JSON files, which are just publicly available. They are not documented, as I don’t think these are supported resources. But it works :man_shrugging: