Trying to add a checkbox item in description via the API

[Sofiane Az.]

$description = array(

        "type" => "doc",

        "version" => 1,

        "content" => array(

            array(

                "type" => "paragraph",

                "content" => array(

                    array(

                        "type" => "text",

                        "text" => "hello \n - {todo} {task} {} [open] to do"

                    ),

                )

            )

        )

    );

    $dataUser = array(

        "fields" => array(

            "description" => $description  

        )

    );

Every kind of markdown isnot interpreted by the description field, the one I am tring to add is the task item which makes a checkbox. 

[Darryl Lee]

Hi - it looks like you're talking about the new Action Items in Jira.

You are correct that markdown is not supported for adding checkboxes ("action items") via the API, Automation, etc.

I haven't tried using the API to add tasks, but looking at the API v3 Get issue endpoint you can see how Action Items (checklist) data is stored in the Description field, with a new content type, taskList that contains and array of taskItems. Example here.

@Sunny Ape found that you don't need to specify a valid localId parameter, so you should be able to start with his example here.

[Angela Thomas_Seibert Group]

EDITED: If you review the comments on the original post, you'll notice that other users like yourself have highlighted limitations after the Jira action items roll-out.

[Darryl Lee]

@Angela Thomas_Seibert Group while I appreciate that you want to sell your plug-in, the original question was about "Trying to add a checkbox item in description via the API".

The example code that @Sofiane Az. indicates he's using the API, not Automation, and as I've mentioned and @Sunny Ape has TESTED, adding/creating action items via API does work.

I guess you could argue that it is "not supported" because Atlassian has not provided documentation, etc.

But that feels a little disingenuous.

[Angela Thomas_Seibert Group]

@Darryl Lee  Thank you for sharing your insights and fact-checking the details! I truly appreciate it. That's what makes this community so great—collaborating and learning from each other. 😊 I'll update the answer and guide accordingly.