Create a actual task item in ticket description via API

[Leoš MAREK]

Hi,

Im looking for a way how can I add an Actual Task (checkbox item) in the ticket description via API (using Ansible module)

I know for URL the syntax is [title|url] and this results in having a clickable link in the description.

Any ideas?

Thanks

[Leoš MAREK · Accepted solution]

Cant be done via API

[Viktoriia Golovtseva _TitanApps_]

Hi @Leoš MAREK You can absolutely inject those little GUI-style checkboxes via the REST API by editing the issue’s description field in Jira’s Atlassian Document Format (ADF). Please check this documentation for details. I think that field input format as checkbox custom field should help.

When you might want more than DIY checklists

If you ever need to:

• Enforce mandatory items before transitions

• Reuse the same list via global templates

• Report on checklist progress in sprints or dashboards

• Automate checklist insertion based on issue type or workflow

As a representative of the company I can suggest you to check Forge-powered Smart Checklist for Jira app that might help (runs entirely on Atlassian’s infrastructure). With it you can:

• Build, save and share rich checklist templates across projects

• Automatically inject a “Definition of Done” or Onboarding list on issue creation

• Prevent tickets from moving forward until all required items are ticked

• Tag teammates, add per-item notes or links, and track completion on your board

[Natalya Ozhigova]

Hi Leoš MAREK 

Could you try "[] " these symbols? Like "[] some text"

Best regards

Natalya

[Aaron Williams]

I've tried trigger this via API and unfortunately it just copies everything as plain text. 

I think I needs to be triggered in a certain way which the API doesn't allow. 

[Leoš MAREK]

I have the same result. Guess the only formatting available via API is the rich text things and tables mentioned in the docu (similar to markdown language).

thanks for trying

[Aaron Williams]

Hey @Leoš MAREK 

Do you mean you wish to take the result of a check box and add it to a ticket description as a line of text?

Say you have checkbox 1, checkbox 2 and checkbox 3

And checkbox 2 was selected. Via API you'd like a ticket that has "checkbox 2" in the description. 

Is that correct? 

Thanks

Aaron. 

[Leoš MAREK]

Hi,

no not really.

I would like to make one ticket and in that ticket Description, instead of for example having a list

- item 1

- item 2

I would like to have

checkbox 1

checkbox 2

So that the person who grabs the ticket, can check those boxes when done with the step. A sort of a checklist, but dont really want to create sub-tasks for it, as those are 3 simple steps only.

Thx

[Aaron Williams]

Ah ok. 

You won't be able to add checkboxes into the ticket description, it only accepts rich text. The native Jira solution is subtasks, although you've mentioned you'd prefer not to use them. 

To achieve what you need you would need to look at the checklist market place app, but there is a cost associated with this. 

Thanks

Aaron. 

[Leoš MAREK]

Not sure if we fully understand each other.

It is possible to add checkbox in the ticket description via GUI 

Im asking whether this is possible via API.