REST API: HTML tags stripped out of ticket Description on creation

REST API: HTML tags stripped out of ticket Description on creation

I am having an issue with the REST API where anchor tags are stripped of their attributes when creating a ticket via the REST API.

JSON body:
data:{"operation": {"details": {"description": "<a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\">TEST<\/a>","requester": "Example User","site": "Example Site","subject": "Title of the request.","account": "Example Account"}}}

Results in 

  1. {
  2.   "operation": {
  3.     "result": {
  4.       "status": "Success",
  5.       "message": "Request updated successfully"
  6.     },
  7.     "details": {
  8.       "workorderid": "130297",
  9.       "requester": "Example User",
  10.       "createdby": "AutomationAccount",
  11.       "createdtime": "1493760455355",
  12.       "duebytime": "-1",
  13.       "responseduebytime": "-1",
  14.       "fr_duetime": "-1",
  15.       "respondedtime": "0",
  16.       "resolvedtime": "0",
  17.       "completedtime": "0",
  18.       "shortdescription": "TEST",
  19.       "timespentonreq": "0hrs 0min",
  20.       "subject": "Title of the request.",
  21.       "requesttemplate": "Default Request",
  22.       "mode": "",
  23.       "sla": "",
  24.       "asset": "",
  25.       "department": "General",
  26.       "editorid": "null",
  27.       "editing_status": "0",
  28.       "is_catalog_template": "false",
  29.       "site": "Main Site",
  30.       "account": "Example Site",
  31.       "isvipuser": "No",
  32.       "category": "",
  33.       "subcategory": "",
  34.       "item": "",
  35.       "technician": "",
  36.       "technician_loginname": "-",
  37.       "status": "Open",
  38.       "priority": "",
  39.       "approval_status": "",
  40.       "closurecode": "",
  41.       "closurecomments": "",
  42.       "fcr": "false",
  43.       "yettoreplycount": "",
  44.       "group": "",
  45.       "description": "<a>TEST</a>"
  46.     }
  47.   }
  48. }

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