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	`GET`: Read a List of IssueWorkItems.

IssueWorkItem attributes

Represents a work item in an issue.

This table describes attributes of the IssueWorkItem 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
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 date when the work item was created. `Can be null`.
updated	Long	The date when the work item was last updated. `Can be null`.
duration	DurationValue	The duration of the work item.
date	Long	The date and time that is assigned to 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`.
usesMarkdown	Boolean	Stores the format of the comment text. When `true`, the comment is processed as Markdown formatted text. Otherwise, the comment is processed as YouTrack Wiki formatted.

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.
query	String	Issues search query. Read more about search syntax here: Search-and-Command-Attributes
startDate	Date	The start date of the interval for work items date.
endDate	Date	The end date of the interval for work items date.
start	Integer	The start timestamp of the interval for work items date.
end	Integer	The end timestamp of the interval for work items date.
createdStart	Integer	The start timestamp of the interval for work items created date.
createdEnd	Integer	The end timestamp of the interval for work items created date.
updatedStart	Integer	The start timestamp of the interval for work items updated date.
updatedEnd	Integer	The end timestamp of the interval for work items updated date.
author	String	Parameter to filter work items by there author. Could specify few values of database id or login or Hub id or 'me' for current logged in user
creator	String	Parameter to filter work items by there creator. Could specify few values of database id or login or Hub id or 'me' for current logged in user

Sample

Sample request

https://example.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/api/workItems?$top=3&fields=created,duration(presentation,minutes),author(name),creator(name),date,id
            

Sample response body

[
  {
    "duration": {
      "minutes": 300,
      "presentation": "5h",
      "$type": "DurationValue"
    },
    "date": 1536278400000,
    "created": 1536278263415,
    "creator": {
      "name": "John Smith",
      "$type": "User"
    },
    "author": {
      "name": "John Smith",
      "$type": "User"
    },
    "id": "115-0",
    "$type": "IssueWorkItem"
  },
  {
    "duration": {
      "minutes": 60,
      "presentation": "1h",
      "$type": "DurationValue"
    },
    "date": 1538956800000,
    "created": 1539088817836,
    "creator": {
      "name": "John Doe",
      "$type": "User"
    },
    "author": {
      "name": "Jane Doe",
      "$type": "User"
    },
    "id": "115-2",
    "$type": "IssueWorkItem"
  },
  {
    "duration": {
      "minutes": 120,
      "presentation": "2h",
      "$type": "DurationValue"
    },
    "date": 1538956800000,
    "created": 1539089914788,
    "creator": {
      "name": "John Doe",
      "$type": "User"
    },
    "author": {
      "name": "John Doe",
      "$type": "User"
    },
    "id": "115-5",
    "$type": "IssueWorkItem"
  }
]
            

Last modified: 30 March 2021