How to retrieve custom field types using the Jira Cloud API or Jira Service Desk API

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Using the Jira Service Desk REST API, you can retrieve the fields of a request as shown below.

    "requestFieldValues": [
        {
            "fieldId": "summary",
            "label": "Summary",
            "value": "Value"
        },
        {
            "fieldId": "customfield_10000",
            "label": "label",
            "value": [
                {
                    "self": "https://{yoursite}/rest/api/2/customFieldOption/{id}",
                    "value": "value",
                    "id": "id"
                }
            ]
        }

At this time, I want to know the types of these fields (e.g., Date Time Picker, Checkboxes, Select List (single choice), etc.). Is there an API that can easily accomplish this? Please advise, brother.

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Hi @ko-shindo
The easiest way I know:

  1. Get all the available fields from ‘/rest/api/3/field’ (https://developer.atlassian.com/cloud/jira/platform/rest/v3/api-group-issue-fields/#api-rest-api-3-field-get).
  2. Find the field description by ‘fieldId’/‘id’.
  3. Use the ‘schema’ property to identify checkbox, time picker, or other types.
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@AndreiPisklenov
Oh, that’s exactly what I was looking for. This will be a great help to me.
Thank you, brother.