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Issue Work Items

Resource that provides access to work items.

Resource

/api/workItems

Returned entity

IssueWorkItem. For the description of the entity attributes, see Supported Fields section.

Supported methods

IssueWorkItem attributes

Represents a work item in an issue.

Related Resources

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

Extends BaseWorkItem

Attributes

This table describes attributes of the IssueWorkItem 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 issue work item. Read-only.

author

User

The user to whom the work is attributed in the work item. Can be null.

creator

User

The user who added the work item to the issue. Read-only. Can be null.

text

String

The work item description. Can be null.

textPreview

String

Parsed preview of the description. Read-only.

type

WorkItemType

The work item type. Can be null.

created

Long

The timestamp in milliseconds indicating the moment when the work item was created. Stored as a unix timestamp at UTC. Can be null.

updated

Long

The timestamp in milliseconds indicating the last update of the work item. Stored as a unix timestamp at UTC. Can be null.

duration

DurationValue

The duration of the work item.

date

Long

The timestamp in milliseconds indicating the date and time of the work item. Stored as a Unix timestamp in UTC. The time part is set to midnight for the current date.

issue

Issue

Stores attributes of the issue to which the work item is attached. Read-only.

attributes

Array of WorkItemAttributes

The list of attributes of the work item. Read-only.

Read a List of IssueWorkItems

Get all work items that belong to issues that match a search query. If the query is not provided, all work items from all issues are returned.

Request syntax

GET /api/workItems?{fields}&{$top}&{$skip}&{query}&{startDate}&{endDate}&{start}&{end}&{createdStart}&{createdEnd}&{updatedStart}&{updatedEnd}&{author}&{creator}

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

fields

String

A list of IssueWorkItem 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.

query

String

Issue search query. Read more about the search syntax here: Search Query Reference

startDate

Date

The start date of the time interval where the work item dates belong. Accepts a date in a string format: YYYY-MM-DD.

endDate

Date

The end date of the time interval where the work item dates belong. Accepts a date in a string format: YYYY-MM-DD.

start

Long

A timestamp in milliseconds indicating the start of the interval where the work item dates belong.

end

Long

A timestamp in milliseconds indicating the end of the interval where the work item dates belong.

createdStart

Long

A timestamp in milliseconds indicating the start of the interval during which work items were created.

createdEnd

Long

A timestamp in milliseconds indicating the end of the interval during which work items were created.

updatedStart

Long

A timestamp in milliseconds indicating the start of the interval during which work items were updated.

updatedEnd

Long

A timestamp in milliseconds indicating the end of the interval during which work items were updated.

author

String

Lets you filter work items by their author.

Possible values:

  • Database ID of the user.

  • Login of the user.

  • ringId value, or the ID of the user in Hub.

  • me value for the currently logged in user.

Include a separate author parameter in your request URI for each author value that you want to see in the response.

creator

String

Lets you filter work items by their creator.

Possible values:

  • Database ID of the user.

  • Login of the user.

  • ringId value, or the ID of the user in Hub.

  • me value for the currently logged in user.

Include a separate creator parameter in your request URI for each creator value that you want to see in the response.

Sample

Sample request

https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/workItems?$top=3&fields=created,duration(presentation,minutes),author(name),creator(name),date,id&author=john.smith&author=minnie.terry

Sample response body

[ { "date": 1471996800000, "created": 1472199143298, "duration": { "minutes": 480, "presentation": "8h", "$type": "DurationValue" }, "creator": { "name": "John Smith", "$type": "User" }, "author": { "name": "John Smith", "$type": "User" }, "id": "124-0", "$type": "IssueWorkItem" }, { "date": 1471910400000, "created": 1472199212097, "duration": { "minutes": 480, "presentation": "8h", "$type": "DurationValue" }, "creator": { "name": "Minnie Terry", "$type": "User" }, "author": { "name": "Minnie Terry", "$type": "User" }, "id": "124-2", "$type": "IssueWorkItem" }, { "date": 1473811200000, "created": 1473863404279, "duration": { "minutes": 480, "presentation": "8h", "$type": "DurationValue" }, "creator": { "name": "Minnie Terry", "$type": "User" }, "author": { "name": "Minnie Terry", "$type": "User" }, "id": "124-4", "$type": "IssueWorkItem" } ]
Last modified: 18 April 2024