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.

This table describes attributes of the CommandList entity.

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

Field	Type	Description
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.
usesMarkdown	Boolean	When true, a comment added with the command is parsed as Markdown formatted. Otherwise, the comment is parsed as YouTrack Wiki formatted.
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 command to the specified issues. The query and at least one issue must be specified in the payload of the request.

Request syntax

POST /api/commands?{fields}

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

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.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/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.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/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: 30 March 2021