Jira API How to Populate automatically Description field when new issue gets created for a project

[Jordan Marcio]

Using Jira API and python I want to Populate automatically the Description field with a template like the one below, every time a new issue is created for an specific project:

Some Bold Text: Some Bold Text

Some Bold Text: Some Text

Some Italic text

[Christopher Skoropada _Appsvio_]

Hi @Jordan Marcio 

If you prefer to have the templates feature working on the native 'Create Issue' then Issue Templates Agent might be a solution for you. 

It's a free app developed by my team at Appsvio. 

Cheers, 

[Aleksandra Bosacka _Deviniti_]

Hi @Jordan Marcio 

It’s Aleksandra from Deviniti - the vendor of the Issue Templates for Jira  app.

If you’re open to using a plugin, you could use our app to create different kinds of templates (e.g. for bug reports or feature requests) and then apply them when creating new issues in your projects.

This way, you could easily manage the content of the description and set up field values directly in a template.

For more details about the templates repository, I encourage you to see our official documentation available here 

Hopefully, you will find it useful!

Cheers,
Aleksandra

[Prince Nyeche]

Have you given automation for Jira a try?

[Evgenii]

Hi, @Jordan Marcio 

Do you fave ScriptRunner plugin? It has Behaviors, functionality, that can populate fields on issue creation.

If Jira is in condition "out-of-the-box", I'm affraid you can't do this without additional instruments.

[Trudy Claspill]

Hello @Jordan Marcio 

Welcome to the Atlassian community!

Are you wanting that text to display when a user clicks the Create Issue button, or are you wanting the text to be changed to your template after the issue has actually been created/saved in Jira?