How to mark JIRA attachments by using JIRA Python API

Question

I want to mark attachments that have already been downloaded to differentiate them with the one attached later on. Is it possible to set something like metadata of the attached files? Or any other ways? PS: I should use JIRA python API

Answer 1

There is no way to modify the meta data from the JIRA REST API.

A solution would be to store the downloaded attachments ID's locally and then when downloading later exclude the attachments that are already present in your local list.

However if you wish to get into JIRA Plugin development you could look to create a plugin that creates a REST API that could modify the Attachments Meta Data and adds a downloaded property on the Attachment object. (Not 100% sure it is possible but could be)