Tags - Help | Developer Portal for YouTrack and Hub

Tag attributes

Represents a tag.

Related Resources

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

Attributes

This table describes attributes of the Tag 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 tag. `Read-only`.
issues	Array of Issues	The collection of issues that this tag is added to.
color	FieldStyle	The color settings of the tag.
untagOnResolve	Boolean	If `true`, this tag will be automatically removed from an issue when the issue is resolved.
visibleFor	UserGroup	Deprecated. Use the `readSharingSettings` attribute instead. Group of users that can see this tag. If the tag is visible only to its owner, this property is `null`. `Can be null`.
updateableBy	UserGroup	Deprecated. Use the `updateSharingSettings` attribute instead. Group of users that can update this tag. If only the tag's owner can update it, this property is `null`. `Can be null`.
readSharingSettings	WatchFolderSharingSettings	Users and groups that can see this tag. If the tag is visible only to its owner, this property contains an empty array. `Read-only`.
tagSharingSettings	TagSharingSettings	Users and groups that can use this tag. These users can add the tag to or remove the tag from the issues that they also have permission to view and update. If the tag can be used only by its owner, this property contains an empty array. `Read-only`.
updateSharingSettings	WatchFolderSharingSettings	Users and groups that can update this tag. If only the tag's owner can update it, this property contains an empty array. `Read-only`.
owner	User	The user who created the watch folder. `Read-only`. `Can be null`.
name	String	The name of the issue folder. `Can be null`.

Read a List of Tags

Get all tags added to the issue that are visible to the current user.

Request syntax

GET /api/issues/{issueID}/tags?{fields}&{$top}&{$skip}

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

fields

String

A list of Tag 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/issues/NP-12/tags?fields=name,owner(login,name),visibleFor(name,id)
            

Sample response body

                [
                  {
                    "owner": {
                      "login": "john.smith",
                      "name": "John Smith",
                      "$type": "User"
                    },
                    "visibleFor": {
                      "name": "All Users",
                      "id": "23-0",
                      "$type": "UserGroup"
                    },
                    "name": "Blocked by dependency",
                    "$type": "Tag"
                  },
                  {
                    "owner": {
                      "login": "jane.doe",
                      "name": "Jane Doe",
                      "$type": "User"
                    },
                    "visibleFor": {
                      "name": "Developers",
                      "id": "23-38",
                      "$type": "UserGroup"
                    },
                    "name": "overdue",
                    "$type": "Tag"
                  }
                ]
            

Add a Tag to the Issue

Tag the issue with an existing tag.

Required fields: id - the database ID of the tag.

Required permissions

Requires permissions: Read Issue

The user must be either the tag owner or be a part of the user group that can use the tag.

Request syntax

POST /api/issues/{issueID}/tags?{fields}

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fields	String	A list of Tag 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/issues/NP-12/tags?fields=id,name,owner(login,name),visibleFor(name,id)
            

Sample request body

{ "id": "146-25" }

Sample response body

                {
                  "owner": {
                    "login": "jane.doe",
                    "name": "Jane Doe",
                    "$type": "User"
                  },
                  "visibleFor": {
                    "name": "All Users",
                    "id": "23-0",
                    "$type": "UserGroup"
                  },
                  "name": "productivity",
                  "id": "146-25",
                  "$type": "Tag"
                }
            

Resource	/api/issues/{issueID}/tags
Returned entity	Tag. For the description of the entity attributes, see Supported Fields section.
Supported methods	`GET`: Read a List of Tags. `POST`: Add a New Tag.