Cannot set project custom field default values

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Nick
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I'm having problems working out how to set project customfield default values using the new rest api. We setup projects through the API from templates. The templates contain a list of customfields. I want to be able to set the default value for 2 of the fields before any issues are created so they will automatically inherit those default values.

I think I have the Post URL correct but I'm not sure about the body.  I've tried a number of different body values and now I am receiving a java.lang.InstantiationException" error.  I'm using the following POST URL
https://xxxx.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/api/admin/projects/nn-nnn/customFields/mm-mmmm
where nn-nnn and mm-mmmm are the project and custom field ids I used to GET the data.  The body I am using is the following:
{    "field": {
        "id": "yy-yy"
    },
    "defaultValues": [ {
        "name": "my default value",
        "id": "zz-zzz"
    } ]
}
where yy-yy and zz-zzz are the id's returned in the GET.

I just can't seem to get the correct body content for the POST to work

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Alisa Kasyanova
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Hello Nick,

You need to specify the value's and field's type in the request body as well, the endpoint and the request body should look like this:

POST https://example.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/api/admin/projects/{project_id}/customFields/{field_id}

{
"defaultValues": 
    [
    {
    "id": "{value_id}",
    "$type": "EnumBundleElement"
    }
    ],
    "$type": "EnumProjectCustomField"
}
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