Update Assignee when Jira ticket is created using Azure logic app - azure

Question

I have task for automating ticket assignee on Jira using Azure logic app. When new ticket is created Azure logic app will trigger it and assign ticket to a user.
I tried using the HTTP connector to update the ticket assignee but I got Bad Request
URL:
https://company.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/{issue_Key}
Body:
"fields": {
"assignee": {
"name": "employee name"
}
}
}

Answer 1

I don't know how it is done via the API.
I used JSM automations to solve the problem.
I created an automation within JSM which will update the ticket when it is moved to active and also syncs the assignee.
Maybe you can try something like that :)

Answer 2

After reproducing from my end, I could get this work only after including the accountId along with emailAddress in the request body. Below is the complete request body in my logic app flow.
{
"fields": {
"assignee": {
"accountId": "63f32c...",
"emailAddress": "<YOUR_EMAIL_ADDRESS>"
}
}
}
Results:
In Logic App run:
In Jira dashboard:
Below is the complete code of my logic app
{
"definition": {
"$schema": "https://schema.management.azure.com/providers/Microsoft.Logic/schemas/2016-06-01/workflowdefinition.json#",
"actions": {
"HTTP": {
"inputs": {
"authentication": {
"password": "yyy",
"type": "Basic",
"username": "yyy"
},
"body": {
"fields": {
"assignee": {
"accountId": "63f32c...",
"emailAddress": "yyy"
}
}
},
"method": "PUT",
"uri": "https://yyy.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/issue/10004"
},
"runAfter": {},
"type": "Http"
}
},
"contentVersion": "1.0.0.0",
"outputs": {},
"parameters": {},
"triggers": {
"manual": {
"inputs": {
"schema": {}
},
"kind": "Http",
"type": "Request"
}
}
},
"parameters": {}
}