Commands

This resource lets you apply commands to issues.

Resource	/api/commands
Returned entity	CommandList. For the description of the entity attributes, see Supported Fields section.
Supported methods	`POST`: Commands.

CommandList attributes

Represents list of command and related comment in YouTrack. Can be used to either apply a command or get command suggestions.

Related Resources

Below you can find the list of resources that let you work with this entity.

Attributes

This table describes attributes of the CommandList 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 ID of the command list. `Read-only`.
comment	String	A comment to add to an issue. `Can be null`.
visibility	CommandVisibility	Stores visibility settings for a comment added with the command.
query	String	Stores a command to apply. `Can be null`.
caret	Int	Current caret position. End of current command by default.
silent	Boolean	If true, the command is applied without notification. The default value is false.
runAs	String	Login for a user on whose behalf the command is executed. To use the runAs parameter, you must have the Low-level Administration permission. `Can be null`.
commands	Array of ParsedCommands	Stores a collection of commands parsed from the provided query. `Read-only`.
issues	Array of Issues	Stores a collection of issues to which the current command applies.
suggestions	Array of Suggestions	Stores a collection of possible command suggestions. `Read-only`.

Execute a Command

Applies a command to the specified issues.

Required fields: query - the command to apply, issues (id or idReadable of at least one issue that the command will be applied to).

Request syntax

POST /api/commands?{fields}&{muteUpdateNotifications}

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fields	String	A list of CommandList attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified, only the `entityID` is returned.
muteUpdateNotifications	Boolean	Set this parameter to `true` if no notifications should be sent on changes made by this request. This doesn't mute notifications sent by any workflow rules. Using this parameter requires Apply Commands Silently permission in all projects affected by the request. Available since 2021.3.

Sample 1

A minimal request for a command requires you to send in the request body a query - the command to apply, and a collection of issues that should be represented at least by their IDs. For this sample minimal request without the fields parameter, the server sends a response with the 200 OK status and an empty body.

Sample request

https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/commands

Sample request body

{
  "query": "Fixed",
  "issues": [
    {
      "idReadable": "SP-17"
    }
  ]
}
            

Sample 2

The following request assigns the specific issue to the current user and adds a new comment with restricted visibility. The command is applied silently, without sending notifications.

Sample request

https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/commands?fields=issues(id,idReadable),query,visibility(permittedGroups(id,name),permittedUsers(id,login))
            

Sample request body

{
  "query": "for me ",
  "issues": [
    {
      "idReadable": "SP-16"
    }
  ],
  "silent": true,
  "comment": "Still cannot reproduce.",
  "visibility": {
    "$type": "CommandLimitedVisibility",
    "permittedGroups": [
      {
        "id": "3-2"
      }
    ]
  }
}
            

Sample response body

{
  "query": "for me ",
  "issues": [
    {
      "idReadable": "SP-16",
      "id": "2-15",
      "$type": "Issue"
    }
  ],
  "visibility": {
    "permittedGroups": [
      {
        "id": "3-2"
      }
    ],
    "$type": "CommandLimitedVisibility"
  }
}
            

Last modified: 19 April 2024