Purpose

When sending data to the Jira REST API, the new line character must be escaped. This KB instructs in how to do this.

Solution

1. Insert '\n' into the appropriate field.  For the example below the description field will have a two line description, splitting after the word 'issue' and before 'using':

       "fields": {
          "project":
          {
             "key": "TEST"
          },
          "summary": "REST ye merry gentlemen.",
          "description": "Creating of an issue\nusing project keys and issue type names using the REST API",
          "issuetype": {
             "name": "Bug"
          }
      }

2. This can be tested with the cURL command as normal:

   curl -D- -u <user>:<pass> -X POST --data @<Example File> -H "Content-Type: application/json" https://<instance>/rest/api/2/issue/