Organizations

This resource lets you work with organizations in YouTrack.

Resource	/api/admin/organizations
Returned entity	Organization. For the description of the entity attributes, see Supported Fields section.
Supported methods	`GET`: Read a List of Organizations. `POST`: Add a New Organization.

Organization attributes

Represents an organization in YouTrack.

Attributes

This table describes attributes of the Organization entity.

To receive an attribute in the response from the server, specify it explicitly in the fields request parameter.
To update an attribute, provide it in the body of a POST request.

Field	Type	Description
id	String	The database ID of the organization. `Read-only`.
key	String	The unique key of the organization.
name	String	The name of the organization.
description	String	The description of the organization. `Can be null`.
iconUrl	String	The URL of the organization's icon. `Read-only`. `Can be null`.
projects	Array of Projects	The list of projects that belong to the organization.

Read a List of Organizations

Get the list of all organizations in YouTrack.

Request syntax

GET /api/admin/organizations?{fields}&{$top}&{$skip}

null	The database ID of Organization

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

fields

String

A list of Organization attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified, only the entityID is returned.

$skip

Int

Optional. Lets you set a number of returned entities to skip before returning the first one.

$top

Int

Optional. Lets you specify the maximum number of entries that are returned in the response. If you don't set the $top value, the server limits the maximum number of returned entries.

The server returns a maximum of 42 entries for most resources that return collections. For more information, see Pagination.

Sample

Sample request

                    https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/admin/organizations?fields=id,key,name,projects(id,name,shortName)
                

Sample response body

                    [
                      {
                        "id": "120-1",
                        "key": "92da6595-c398-481d-9071-c821ff49772b",
                        "name": "JetBrains",
                        "projects": [
                          {
                            "id": "0-0",
                            "name": "Sample Project",
                            "shortName": "SP",
                            "$type": "Project"
                          }
                        ],
                        "$type": "Organization"
                      },
                      {
                        "id": "120-2",
                        "key": "V2x9UNmH_L-5PHQ71qd0S",
                        "name": "Acme Corp",
                        "projects": [],
                        "$type": "Organization"
                      }
                    ]
                

Add a New Organization

Create a new organization in YouTrack.

Required fields: name.

Request syntax

POST /api/admin/organizations?{fields}

null	The database ID of Organization

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fields	String	A list of Organization attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified, only the `entityID` is returned.

Sample

Sample request

                    https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/admin/organizations?fields=id,key,name,projects(id,name,shortName)
                

Sample request body

                    {
                      "name": "Acme Corp",
                      "key": "acme"
                    }
                

Sample response body

                    {
                      "id": "120-2",
                      "key": "acme",
                      "name": "Acme Corp",
                      "projects": [],
                      "$type": "Organization"
                    }
                

24 March 2026