Can we change description field data type in jira cloud

[Amruta Sunil Harale]

Hello Team,

When I am trying to call JIRA API in postman for for getting issue details in respose I get all information but in description field I getting information in next array/content so when I am trying get whole paragraph( whiout line breaking) I get whole data in single content as in JIRA.

So this issue is beacause of paragraph data type for Description field or anthing else. If yes can I change description data type in text.

Please support. 

Thanks in advanced.

Regards,

Amruta Harale

[Sam · Accepted solution]

Hey @Amruta Sunil Harale In Jira Cloud, the Description field always uses a rich text format called Atlassian Document Format (ADF), which means that when we fetch issue details via the API, the description is returned as a structured JSON object rather than plain text. This is why the content appears as an array or nested objects, and not as a simple string. Unfortunately, we cannot change the data type of the built-in Description field to plain text. To get the description as plain text (without line breaks or formatting), we need to parse the ADF JSON and extract the text content programmatically. Let me know if anyone needs help with a script or example for this!