Last updated Apr 23, 2024

Field input formats

Summary - A system field that is a single line of text.

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"summary": "A summary is one line of text"

Description - A system field that is multiple lines of text.

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"description": "A description is multiples lines of text\n separated by\n line feeds",

Components - A system field that is multiple values addressed by 'name'.

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"components" : [ { "name": "Active Directory"} , { "name": "Network Switch" } ]

Due date - A system field that is a date in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format.

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"duedate" : "2015-11-18"

Labels - A system field that is an array of string values.

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"labels" : ["examplelabelnumber1", "examplelabelnumber2"]

Checkbox custom field - A custom field that allows you to select a multiple values from a defined list of values. You can address them by 'value' or by 'id'.

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"customfield_11440" : [{ "value" : "option1"}, {"value" : "option2"}]

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"customfield_11440" : [{ "id" : 10112}, {"id" : 10115}]

Date picker custom field - A custom field that is a date in 'YYYY-MM-DD' format.

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"customfield_11441" : "2015-11-18"

Date time picker custom field - A custom field that is a datetime in ISO 8601 'YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss.sTZD' format.

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"customfield_11442" : "2015-11-18T14:39:00.000+1100"

Labels custom field - A custom field that is an array of strings.

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"customfield_11443" : [ "rest_label1", "rest_label2" ]

Number custom field - A custom field that contains a number.

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"customfield_11444" : 666

Radio button custom field - A custom field that allows you to select a single value from a defined list of values. You can address them by 'value' or by 'id'.

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"customfield_11445" : { "value": "option2" }

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"customfield_11445" : { "id": 10112 }

Cascading select custom field - A custom field that allows you to select a single parent value and then a related child value. You can address them by 'value' or by 'id'.

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"customfield_11447" : { "value": "parent_option1", "child": { "value" : "p1_child1"} }

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"customfield_11447" : { "id": 10112, "child": { "id" : 10115 } }

Multi-select custom field - A custom field that allows you to select a multiple values from a defined list of values. You can address them by 'value' or by 'id'.

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"customfield_11448" : [ { "value": "option1" }, { "value": "option2" } ]

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"customfield_11448" : [ { "id": 10112 }, { "id": 10115 } ]

Single-select custom field - A custom field that allows you to select a single value from a defined list of values. You can address them by 'value' or by 'id'.

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"customfield_11449" : { "value": "option3" }

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"customfield_11449" : { "id": 10112 }

Multi-line text custom field - A custom field that allows multiple lines of text.

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"customfield_11450": "Multiples lines of text\n separated by\n line feeds"

Text custom field - A custom field that allows a single line of text.

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"customfield_11450": "a single line of text"

URL custom field - A custom field that allows a URL to be entered.

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"customfield_11452" : "http://www.atlassian.com",

Single-user picker custom field - A custom field that allows a single user to be selected.

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"customfield_11453" : { "name":"tommytomtomahawk" },

Multi-user picker custom field - A custom field that allows multiple users to be selected.

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"customfield_11458" : [ { "name":"inigomontoya" }, { "name":"tommytomtomahawk" }]

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