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Available resources (Text format examples)

Get issue checklist

GET /rest/api/2/issue/{issueIdOrKey} (reference)

Returns the details of an issue, including its checklist.

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Create or update issue checklist

PUT /rest/api/2/issue/{issueIdOrKey} (reference)

Updates the issue including its checklist.

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Available resources (YAML format examples)  

Get issue checklist

GET /rest/api/2/issue/{issueIdOrKey} (reference)

Returns the details of an issue, including its checklist.

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Create or update issue checklist

PUT /rest/api/2/issue/{issueIdOrKey} (reference)

Updates the issue including its checklist.

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• download current representation of the issue via GET /rest/api/2/issue/{issueIdOrKey}
• knowing Checklist Content YAML (or Checklist Text) field id, extract and parse checklist value: representation → fields → customfield_xxxxx 
  
  • for Checklist Content YAML field use YAML processing library of your choice
  • for Checklist Text parse items by new line characters
• modify parsed checklist according to your needs, i.e.:
  • set items checked property to true (Checklist Content YAML)
  • add preceding '[x] ' to each item (Checklist Text)
• upload modified value back to the issue via PUT /rest/api/2/issue/{issueIdOrKey}

Add checklist to the issue (cURL)

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