add new issue with formatted decription through rest api and add smart checklist

[Simon Jespersen]

Hi, 

Im a developer and dont have permission to create customefields etc. 

Actually original i wanted to add a smart checklist automatically to my new issues created through rest-api But that doesn't seems to be possible as smart Checklist is an addon not implemented api. 

So instead i wanted to create a user story with my todo list in bullets in description but i keep getting an error when trying to post multiple lines in description. 

The body i send through postman 

{
"fields": {
"project": {
"key": "DWH"
},
"issuetype": {
"name": "Story"
},

"summary": "auto created datatask2",

"description": ["Pro:<fil pro and activity number provided>.",
"Tablename:<fill table name>.",
"Table view:<fill table view name>.",
"endpoint:<fill knudepunkt>.",
"Task to do.",
"*Copy attached document to metadata/new folder.",
"* Run job to create the table.", 
"* Test the data in Production when ready.",
"* Create extra userstory"],


"assignee": {
"key": "bdmdwhdata",
"name": "bdmdwhdata",
"emailAddress": "dwhdata@bankdata.dk"
},
"labels": ["DATA"]


} 
}

The response i get 

{    "errorMessages": [], 

   "errors": {        "description": "Operation value must be a string"    }}

 

It works with a single textline in description 

So my questions is, 

1. can i create formatted descriptions in my jira ussues 

2. is it possible to add a smart checklist to an existing issue as it does not seem 

to be possible during creation. 

any suggestions. 

[Adria Alonso]

Hello, 

first of all I dont know about that addon, try quoting the desc before the [ and before the la ,

so:

"description": "['Pro:<fil pro and activity number provided>.',
'Tablename:<fill table name>.',
'Table view:<fill table view name>.',
'endpoint:<fill knudepunkt>.',
'Task to do.',
'*Copy attached document to metadata/new folder.',
'* Run job to create the table.', 
'* Test the data in Production when ready.',
'* Create extra userstory']",

 I'm pretty sure you have tested it but just in case..

I hope it helps

[Simon Jespersen]

i did manage to figure it out 

"description": "h2. Add table description to Erwin \n * tablename:_tabelnavn_ \n * tableview:tabelviewnavn_ \n get document from metadatafolder" ,

[Adria Alonso]

Glad to hear so, thanks for sharing.

Great job