REST API - Create issue description from HTML

[Joep Oomens]

I want to create an issue with the API, but I want to (for example) include an image in the description. I'm new to using the API, so the description object is a little weird to me in the first place.

When I retrieve an issue from Jira, the description contains one of more "parts", but how do I get the correct description structure when doing the opposite (HTML / my own content to Jira)? I couldn't find some method in the documentation, so I'm wondering if someone can help me out.

FYI: I'm using PHP and cURL.

[Bill Sheboy]

Hi @Joep Oomens -- Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Here is a similar post where someone was trying to add an image to a comment using the REST API.  There appear to be 2 steps: upload the attachment, and then update the markup to use the image.

How can I add an image in a comment?

https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Jira-questions/How-can-I-add-an-image-in-a-comment/qaq-p/952016

Best regards,

Bill

[David_Bakkers]

As Bills says and per the other article, you have to attach the image to the issue first and know what its ID is before you can refer to it.