I'm trying to get stories that are just in progress, using userName but it lists all the stories which were assigned to the user.
GET request : URL - https://jira.com/rest/api/2/search?jql=assignee=spruthvi&fields=id,key,status
Is there any possible way to get the stories that are in progress when we search with userName
The below rest api query will give the issues that are in - "In Progress" and assigned to a specific user. This is tested on Jira Data centre V8.13.x
https://<jira-url>/rest/api/2/search?jql=assignee=<assigneeID>+AND+status=%22In%20Progress%22+order+by+duedate&fields=id,key
For more details refer Atlassian Example
You can execute this jql in issue navigator first to check whether you get the expected results. Then you can try with REST client.
assignee== OR reporter == AND status == 'In Progress'
In Jira the user is involved in the issue in the form of an assignee or a reporter or a watcher or through any other custom field.