How do I use REST to actually *start* the sprint?

[Lee Correll]

The REST API browser says to use a put with greenhopper/1.0/sprint/{sprintId}/start?sprintId=[fill in sprint ID here], but that gives me a 500 Internal Server Error.

I have the sprint created and populated...I just can't start it.

How do you do this programmatically?

[Ravi]

I also faced this problem, I have used following API

'https://xxx.xxx.xxx/rest/agile/1.0/sprint/31'

u'{"status-code":500,"stack-trace":"java.lang.NullPointerException\\n\\tat com.atlassian.greenhopper.api.rest.bean.SprintBeanTransformer.fromBeanForUpdate(SprintBeanTransformer.java:18)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.greenhopper.api.rest.SprintResource.lambda$updateSprint$9(SprintResource.java:438)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.greenhopper.api.rest.SprintResource.executeWithSprint(SprintResource.java:463)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.greenhopper.api.rest.SprintResource.updateSprint(SprintResource.java:437)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.greenhopper.api.rest.SprintResource.updateSprint(SprintResource.java:207)\\n\\tat sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)\\n\\tat sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)\\n\\tat sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)\\n\\tat java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.interceptor.impl.DispatchProviderHelper$ResponseOutInvoker$1.invoke(DispatchProviderHelper.java:192)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.interceptor.impl.DispatchProviderHelper$1.intercept(DispatchProviderHelper.java:83)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.interceptor.impl.DefaultMethodInvocation.invoke(DefaultMethodInvocation.java:53)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.expand.interceptor.ExpandInterceptor.intercept(ExpandInterceptor.java:41)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.interceptor.impl.DefaultMethodInvocation.invoke(DefaultMethodInvocation.java:53)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.interceptor.impl.DispatchProviderHelper.invokeMethodWithInterceptors(DispatchProviderHelper.java:110)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugins.rest.common.interceptor.impl.DispatchProviderHelper$ResponseOutInvoker._dispatch(DispatchProviderHelper.java:190)\\n\\tat com.sun.jersey.server.impl.model.method.dispatch.ResourceJavaMethodDispatcher.dispatch(ResourceJavaMethodDispatcher.java:75)\\n\\tat com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.HttpMethodRule.accept(HttpMethodRule.java:302)\\n\\tat com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.RightHandPathRule.accept(RightHandPathRule.java:147)\\n\\tat com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.ResourceClassRule.accept(ResourceClassRule.java:108)\\n\\tat com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.RightHandPathRule.accept(RightHandPathRule.java:147)\\n\\tat com.sun.jersey.server.impl.uri.rules.RootResourceClassesRule.accept(RootResourceClassesRule.java:84)\\n\\tat com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl._handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1542)\\n\\tat com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl._handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1473)\\n\\tat com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl.handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1419)\\n\\tat com.sun.jersey.server.impl.application.WebApplicationImpl.handleRequest(WebApplicationImpl.java:1409)\\n\\tat com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.WebComponent.service(WebComponent.java:409)\\n\\tat com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer.service(ServletContainer.java:558)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugins.rest.module.RestDelegatingServletFilter$JerseyOsgiServletContainer.doFilter(RestDelegatingServletFilter.java:159)\\n\\tat com.sun.jersey.spi.container.servlet.ServletContainer.doFilter(ServletContainer.java:829)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugins.rest.module.RestDelegatingServletFilter.doFilter(RestDelegatingServletFilter.java:69)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:70)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.doFilter(ServletFilterModuleContainerFilter.java:58)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugins.landlord.servlet.TenantHeaderFilter.doFilter(TenantHeaderFilter.java:70)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.servicedesk.internal.web.ExternalCustomerLockoutFilter.doFilter(ExternalCustomerLockoutFilter.java:56)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:32)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.mywork.client.filter.ServingRequestsFilter.doFilter(ServingRequestsFilter.java:41)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:32)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.analytics.client.filter.UniversalAnalyticsFilter.doFilter(UniversalAnalyticsFilter.java:85)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.analytics.client.filter.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:39)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.jira.web.filters.mau.AbstractMauRequestTaggingFilter.doFilter(AbstractMauRequestTaggingFilter.java:34)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:32)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.web.servlet.plugin.request.RedirectInterceptingFilter.doFilter(RedirectInterceptingFilter.java:21)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.core.filters.AbstractHttpFilter.doFilter(AbstractHttpFilter.java:32)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.prettyurls.filter.PrettyUrlsSiteMeshFixupFilter.doFilter(PrettyUrlsSiteMeshFixupFilter.java:32)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.prettyurls.filter.PrettyUrlsDispatcherFilter.doFilter(PrettyUrlsDispatcherFilter.java:55)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:64)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.IteratingFilterChain.doFilter(IteratingFilterChain.java:37)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.plugin.servlet.filter.DelegatingPluginFilter$1.doFilter(DelegatingPluginFilter.java:58)\\n\\tat com.atlassian.prettyurls.filter.PrettyUrlsSiteMeshFilter.doFilter(PrettyUrlsSiteMeshFilter.java:79)\\

[Bharadwaj Jannu]

Hi Lee, Do you get any solution for this? I faced the same problem. If you get this resolved, may I know how you done this.. Thanks!!