JIRA Markdown format not working with JIRA v3 REST API

Sai Avinash Duddupudi

REST API URL -  https://company.atlassian.net/rest/api/3/issue

 

payload = {
       'fields': {
        'summary': 'something...',
         'issuetype': {
          'id': '1'
        },
'description': {
           'type': 'doc',
            'version': 1,
            'content': [{
                       'type': 'paragraph',
                'content': [{
                    'text': '*testing*', // BOLD FORMAT NOT WORKING <----------
                 'type': 'text'
                         }]
                       }]
},
'project': {
'id': '342'
},
'reporter': {
'id': '00be30d9f5e00c32d8b89a62'
},
'assignee': {
'id': '00be30d9f5e00c32d8b89a62'
},
'labels': ['']
}
}

When I raised the issue via JIRA rest API v3 version with *testing* as my description, the same is being reflected in the jira board without converting to markdown format as show in the below image



Please suggest workaround how i can show markdown format using the rest api.
Thanks

Bill Sheboy

Hi @Sai Avinash Duddupudi 

To be honest, I have not done this type of formatting with the REST API...and...

I recall another question about formatting text from REST API calls, and it noted using the Atlassian Document Format (ADF) to solve this: https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/apis/document/structure/

Of note also, there is an open defect that if you have ADF errors with a REST API call, it only provides a generic rather than a specific error message: https://jira.atlassian.com/browse/JRACLOUD-75909

Kind regards,
Bill