API: create issues from template

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Problem to solve

GitLab supports setting issue descriptions to a template.

In GitLab's web interface, one can pre-select an issue description template: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/issues/create_issues.html#using-a-url-with-prefilled-values (issuable_template)

However, the API doesn't: https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/api/issues.html#new-issue

As templates cannot be applied using a quick action either, the lack of this feature makes it impossible to create issues according to a template using the API.

Other users have reported the same need before:

• https://forum.gitlab.com/t/create-issues-from-issue-templates-via-python-api/83034
• https://forum.gitlab.com/t/create-a-new-issue-via-api-using-issuable-template/90861

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