# POST /rest/api/3/search is deprecated

Jira and Confluence Cloud REST APIs deprecated POST /rest/api/3/search without giving a shutdown date yet.

- API: Jira and Confluence Cloud REST APIs (*.atlassian.net)
- Kind: Endpoint removal
- Announced: October 31, 2024
- Takes effect: no date given yet
- Calls after that day: fail
- Calls it hits: `POST /rest/api/3/search`
- Source: [Announcement](https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-issue-search/)
- Page: https://www.okapi.bot/providers/jira-and-confluence-cloud-rest-apis/breaking-changes/post-rest-api-3-search-is-deprecated/

## What to use instead

Call POST /rest/api/3/search/jql: it pages with nextPageToken instead of startAt and returns only ids unless fields are requested.

## Jira and Confluence Cloud REST APIs's words

> Endpoint is currently being removed.