Creating a sub-task using python: "description" field and error 400

[Andrea]

Hi all,

I have the following code that works perfectly:

# Answers inputs
def call_Jira_api(JIRA_USERNAME, JIRA_API_TOKEN, parent_issue_key, subtask_summary, JIRA_API_URL):
    # Set the headers for the request
    headers = {
        "Accept": "application/json",
        "Content-Type": "application/json"
    }

    # Authentication headers
    auth_headers = (JIRA_USERNAME, JIRA_API_TOKEN)

    # Define the JSON payload for creating the subtask
    subtask_data = {
        "fields": {
            "project": {
                "key": "ATDC"  # Replace with the appropriate project key
            },
            "parent": {
                "key": parent_issue_key  # Replace with the appropriate parent issue key
            },
            "summary": subtask_summary,
            "issuetype": {
                "name": "Sub-task",  # You can specify the appropriate subtask type
            },
        }
    }


    # Send the POST request to create the subtask
    response = requests.post(f"{JIRA_API_URL}/issue", headers=headers, auth=auth_headers, json=subtask_data)

    # Check the response status
    if response.status_code == 201:
        subtask_info = response.json()
        return (f"Subtask created with key: https://lightchainventures.atlassian.net/browse/{subtask_info['key']}")
    else:
        return(f"Failed to create subtask. Status code: {response.status_code}")

However, if I try to add the field "description" to subtask_data

subtask_data = {
"fields": {
"project": {
"key": "ATDC" # Replace with the appropriate project key
},
"parent": {
"key": parent_issue_key # Replace with the appropriate parent issue key
},
"summary": subtask_summary,

"description": "Test",
"issuetype": {
"name": "Sub-task", # You can specify the appropriate subtask type
},
}
}

I get an error 400.

I am rather confused. Does anyone know why this is happening?

[Andrea]

This is the solution:

subtask_data = {
    "fields": {
        "project": {
            "key": "ATDC"  # Replace with the appropriate project key
        },
        "parent": {
            "key": parent_issue_key  # Replace with the appropriate parent issue key
        },
        "summary": subtask_title,
        "issuetype": {
            "name": "Sub-task",  # You can specify the appropriate subtask type
        },
        "description": {
            "type": "doc",
            "version": 1,
            "content": [
                {
                    "type": "paragraph",
                    "content": [
                        {
                        "type": "text",
                        "text": "Test",
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        }
    }
}