---
title: "Add vote"
method: POST
path: "/rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/votes"
tags: ["Issue votes"]
---

# Add vote

`POST /rest/api/3/issue/{issueIdOrKey}/votes`

Adds the user's vote to an issue. This is the equivalent of the user clicking *Vote* on an issue in Jira.

This operation requires the **Allow users to vote on issues** option to be *ON*. This option is set in General configuration for Jira. See [Configuring Jira application options](https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/uYXKM) for details.

**[Permissions](#permissions) required:**

 *  *Browse projects* [project permission](https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/yodKLg) for the project that the issue is in.
 *  If [issue-level security](https://confluence.atlassian.com/x/J4lKLg) is configured, issue-level security permission to view the issue.

## Path parameters

- `issueIdOrKey` string, required

## Response `204`

Returned if the request is successful.

- unknown

## Other responses

- `400` — Returned if the request is invalid.
- `401` — Returned if the authentication credentials are incorrect or missing.
- `404` — Returned if: * voting is disabled. * the issue is not found.

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[API](https://skmtc.net/atlassian/apis/the-jira-cloud-platform-rest-api-2.md) · [All operations](https://skmtc.net/atlassian/apis/the-jira-cloud-platform-rest-api-2/llms.txt) · [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc-service-staging.skmtc.workers.dev/v1/apis/atlassian/the-jira-cloud-platform-rest-api-2/versions/5a51740d7ab3/schema)