python - Jira API Created New fixVerisons value -

trying use jira api set/add fixversions field i'm running error if fixversions value has not been created. i've tried set , add following error response. note able create new fixversions via ui via api.

{"errormessages":[],"errors":{"fixversions":"version name '1.0.0.1' not valid"}}

here sample python working if fixversion exists.

   import requests    import json     header = {'content-type': 'application/json','charset':'utf-8'}    # add works if fixversion exists    #payload = {"update":{"fixversions":[{"add":{"name":"1.0.0.0"}}]}}     payload = {"update": {"fixversions" : [{"set":[{"name":"1.0.0.1"}]}]}}     url = 'https://domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/latest/issue/blah-1111'     r = requests.put(url,headers=header,json=payload,auth=('user', 'pass'))     print r.status_code    print r.reason    print r.text 

found api adding versions under /rest/api/2/version

import requests import json  header = {'content-type': 'application/json','charset':'utf-8'}  payload = {"description": "1.0.0.1 version",     "name": "1.0.0.1",     "archived": false,     "released": false,     "releasedate": "2016-01-29",     "project": "blah",     "projectid": 100     }  url = 'https://domain.atlassian.net/rest/api/2/version'  r = requests.post(url,json=payload,headers=header,auth=('user', 'pass'))  print r.status_code print r.reason print r.text