WorkItemTrackingRestClient class

Reference

Package:: azure-devops-extension-api

Base class that should be used (derived from) to make requests to VSS REST apis

Extends: RestClientBase

Constructors

WorkItemTrackingRestClient(IVssRestClientOptions)

Properties

RESOURCE_AREA_ID

Methods

createAttachment(any, string, string, string, string)	Uploads an attachment.
createField(WorkItemField, string)	Create a new field.
createOrUpdateClassificationNode(WorkItemClassificationNode, string, TreeStructureGroup, string)	Create new or update an existing classification node.
createQuery(QueryHierarchyItem, string, string, boolean)	Creates a query, or moves a query.
createTemplate(WorkItemTemplate, string, string)	Creates a template
createWorkItem(JsonPatchDocument, string, string, boolean, boolean, boolean, WorkItemExpand)	Creates a single work item.
deleteClassificationNode(string, TreeStructureGroup, string, number)	Delete an existing classification node.
deleteField(string, string)	Deletes the field. To undelete a filed, see "Update Field" API.
deleteQuery(string, string)	Delete a query or a folder. This deletes any permission change on the deleted query or folder and any of its descendants if it is a folder. It is important to note that the deleted permission changes cannot be recovered upon undeleting the query or folder.
deleteTemplate(string, string, string)	Deletes the template with given id
deleteWorkItem(number, string, boolean)	Deletes the specified work item and sends it to the Recycle Bin, so that it can be restored back, if required. Optionally, if the destroy parameter has been set to true, it destroys the work item permanently. WARNING: If the destroy parameter is set to true, work items deleted by this command will NOT go to recycle-bin and there is no way to restore/recover them after deletion. It is recommended NOT to use this parameter. If you do, please use this parameter with extreme caution.
destroyWorkItem(number, string)	Destroys the specified work item permanently from the Recycle Bin. This action can not be undone.
exportWorkItemTypeDefinition(string, string, boolean)	Export work item type
getAccountMyWorkData(QueryOption)	INTERNAL ONLY: USED BY ACCOUNT MY WORK PAGE. This returns Doing, Done, Follows and activity work items details.
getAttachmentContent(string, string, string, boolean)	Downloads an attachment.
getAttachmentZip(string, string, string, boolean)	Downloads an attachment.
getClassificationNode(string, TreeStructureGroup, string, number)	Gets the classification node for a given node path.
getClassificationNodes(string, number[], number, ClassificationNodesErrorPolicy)	Gets root classification nodes or list of classification nodes for a given list of nodes ids, for a given project. In case ids parameter is supplied you will get list of classification nodes for those ids. Otherwise you will get root classification nodes for this project.
getComment(number, number, string)	Gets a comment for a work item at the specified revision.
getComments(number, string, number, number, CommentSortOrder)	Gets the specified number of comments for a work item from the specified revision.
getDeletedWorkItem(number, string)	Gets a deleted work item from Recycle Bin.
getDeletedWorkItems(number[], string)	Gets the work items from the recycle bin, whose IDs have been specified in the parameters
getDeletedWorkItemShallowReferences(string)	Gets a list of the IDs and the URLs of the deleted the work items in the Recycle Bin.
getField(string, string)	Gets information on a specific field.
getFields(string, GetFieldsExpand)	Returns information for all fields. The project ID/name parameter is optional.
getQueries(string, QueryExpand, number, boolean)	Gets the root queries and their children
getQueriesBatch(QueryBatchGetRequest, string)	Gets a list of queries by ids (Maximum 1000)
getQuery(string, string, QueryExpand, number, boolean, boolean)	Retrieves an individual query and its children
getQueryResultCount(string, string, string, boolean, number)	Gets the results of the query given the query ID.
getRecentActivityData()	Gets recent work item activities
getRecentMentions()	INTERNAL ONLY: USED BY ACCOUNT MY WORK PAGE.
getRelationType(string)	Gets the work item relation type definition.
getRelationTypes()	Gets the work item relation types.
getReportingLinksByLinkType(string, string[], string[], string, Date)	Get a batch of work item links
getRevision(number, number, string, WorkItemExpand)	Returns a fully hydrated work item for the requested revision
getRevisions(number, string, number, number, WorkItemExpand)	Returns the list of fully hydrated work item revisions, paged.
getRootNodes(string, number)	Gets root classification nodes under the project.
getTemplate(string, string, string)	Gets the template with specified id
getTemplates(string, string, string)	Gets template
getUpdate(number, number, string)	Returns a single update for a work item
getUpdates(number, string, number, number)	Returns the deltas between work item revisions
getWorkArtifactLinkTypes()	Get the list of work item tracking outbound artifact link types.
getWorkItem(number, string, string[], Date, WorkItemExpand)	Returns a single work item.
getWorkItemIconJson(string, string, number)	Get a work item icon given the friendly name and icon color.
getWorkItemIcons()	Get a list of all work item icons.
getWorkItemIconSvg(string, string, number)	Get a work item icon given the friendly name and icon color.
getWorkItemIconXaml(string, string, number)	Get a work item icon given the friendly name and icon color.
getWorkItemNextStatesOnCheckinAction(number[], string)	Returns the next state on the given work item IDs.
getWorkItems(number[], string, string[], Date, WorkItemExpand, WorkItemErrorPolicy)	Returns a list of work items (Maximum 200)
getWorkItemsBatch(WorkItemBatchGetRequest, string)	Gets work items for a list of work item ids (Maximum 200)
getWorkItemStateColors(string[])	INTERNAL ONLY: It will be used for My account work experience. Get the work item type state color for multiple projects
getWorkItemTemplate(string, string, string, Date, WorkItemExpand)	Returns a single work item from a template.
getWorkItemType(string, string)	Returns a work item type definition.
getWorkItemTypeCategories(string)	Get all work item type categories.
getWorkItemTypeCategory(string, string)	Get specific work item type category by name.
getWorkItemTypeColorAndIcons(string[])	INTERNAL ONLY: It is used for color and icon providers. Get the wit type color for multiple projects
getWorkItemTypeColors(string[])	INTERNAL ONLY: It will be used for My account work experience. Get the wit type color for multiple projects
getWorkItemTypeFieldsWithReferences(string, string, WorkItemTypeFieldsExpandLevel)	Get a list of fields for a work item type with detailed references.
getWorkItemTypeFieldWithReferences(string, string, string, WorkItemTypeFieldsExpandLevel)	Get a field for a work item type with detailed references.
getWorkItemTypes(string)	Returns the list of work item types
getWorkItemTypeStates(string, string)	Returns the state names and colors for a work item type.
queryById(string, string, string, boolean, number)	Gets the results of the query given the query ID.
queryByWiql(Wiql, string, string, boolean, number)	Gets the results of the query given its WIQL.
queryWorkItemsForArtifactUris(ArtifactUriQuery, string)	Queries work items linked to a given list of artifact URI.
readReportingRevisionsGet(string, string[], string[], string, Date, boolean, boolean, boolean, boolean, ReportingRevisionsExpand, boolean, number)	Get a batch of work item revisions with the option of including deleted items
readReportingRevisionsPost(ReportingWorkItemRevisionsFilter, string, string, Date, ReportingRevisionsExpand)	Get a batch of work item revisions. This request may be used if your list of fields is large enough that it may run the URL over the length limit.
replaceTemplate(WorkItemTemplate, string, string, string)	Replace template contents
restoreWorkItem(WorkItemDeleteUpdate, number, string)	Restores the deleted work item from Recycle Bin.
searchQueries(string, string, number, QueryExpand, boolean)	Searches all queries the user has access to in the current project
sendMail(SendMailBody, string)	RESTful method to send mail for selected/queried work items.
updateClassificationNode(WorkItemClassificationNode, string, TreeStructureGroup, string)	Update an existing classification node.
updateField(UpdateWorkItemField, string, string)	Update a field.
updateQuery(QueryHierarchyItem, string, string, boolean)	Update a query or a folder. This allows you to update, rename and move queries and folders.
updateWorkItem(JsonPatchDocument, number, string, boolean, boolean, boolean, WorkItemExpand)	Updates a single work item.
updateWorkItemTypeDefinition(WorkItemTypeTemplateUpdateModel, string)	Add/updates a work item type

Constructor Details

WorkItemTrackingRestClient(IVssRestClientOptions)

new WorkItemTrackingRestClient(options: IVssRestClientOptions)

Parameters

options: IVssRestClientOptions

Property Details

RESOURCE_AREA_ID

static RESOURCE_AREA_ID: string

Property Value

string

Method Details

createAttachment(any, string, string, string, string)

Uploads an attachment.

function createAttachment(content: any, project?: string, fileName?: string, uploadType?: string, areaPath?: string): Promise<AttachmentReference>

Parameters

content: any

Content to upload

project: string

Project ID or project name

fileName: string

The name of the file

uploadType: string

Attachment upload type: Simple or Chunked

areaPath: string

Target project Area Path

Returns

Promise<AttachmentReference>

createField(WorkItemField, string)

Create a new field.

function createField(workItemField: WorkItemField, project?: string): Promise<WorkItemField>

Parameters

workItemField: WorkItemField

New field definition

project: string

Project ID or project name

Returns

Promise<WorkItemField>

createOrUpdateClassificationNode(WorkItemClassificationNode, string, TreeStructureGroup, string)

Create new or update an existing classification node.

function createOrUpdateClassificationNode(postedNode: WorkItemClassificationNode, project: string, structureGroup: TreeStructureGroup, path?: string): Promise<WorkItemClassificationNode>

Parameters

postedNode: WorkItemClassificationNode

Node to create or update.

project: string

Project ID or project name

structureGroup: TreeStructureGroup

Structure group of the classification node, area or iteration.

path: string

Path of the classification node.

Returns

Promise<WorkItemClassificationNode>

createQuery(QueryHierarchyItem, string, string, boolean)

Creates a query, or moves a query.

function createQuery(postedQuery: QueryHierarchyItem, project: string, query: string, validateWiqlOnly?: boolean): Promise<QueryHierarchyItem>

Parameters

postedQuery: QueryHierarchyItem

The query to create.

project: string

Project ID or project name

query: string

The parent id or path under which the query is to be created.

validateWiqlOnly: boolean

If you only want to validate your WIQL query without actually creating one, set it to true. Default is false.

Returns

Promise<QueryHierarchyItem>

createTemplate(WorkItemTemplate, string, string)

Creates a template

function createTemplate(template: WorkItemTemplate, project: string, team: string): Promise<WorkItemTemplate>

Parameters

template: WorkItemTemplate

Template contents

project: string

Project ID or project name

team: string

Team ID or team name

Returns

Promise<WorkItemTemplate>

createWorkItem(JsonPatchDocument, string, string, boolean, boolean, boolean, WorkItemExpand)

Creates a single work item.

function createWorkItem(document: JsonPatchDocument, project: string, type: string, validateOnly?: boolean, bypassRules?: boolean, suppressNotifications?: boolean, expand?: WorkItemExpand): Promise<WorkItem>

Parameters

document: JsonPatchDocument

The JSON Patch document representing the work item

project: string

Project ID or project name

type: string

The work item type of the work item to create

validateOnly: boolean

Indicate if you only want to validate the changes without saving the work item

bypassRules: boolean

Do not enforce the work item type rules on this update

suppressNotifications: boolean

Do not fire any notifications for this change

expand: WorkItemExpand

The expand parameters for work item attributes. Possible options are { None, Relations, Fields, Links, All }.

Returns

Promise<WorkItem>

deleteClassificationNode(string, TreeStructureGroup, string, number)

Delete an existing classification node.

function deleteClassificationNode(project: string, structureGroup: TreeStructureGroup, path?: string, reclassifyId?: number): Promise<void>

Parameters

project: string

Project ID or project name

structureGroup: TreeStructureGroup

Structure group of the classification node, area or iteration.

path: string

Path of the classification node.

reclassifyId: number

Id of the target classification node for reclassification.

Returns

Promise<void>

deleteField(string, string)

Deletes the field. To undelete a filed, see "Update Field" API.

function deleteField(fieldNameOrRefName: string, project?: string): Promise<void>

Parameters

fieldNameOrRefName: string

Field simple name or reference name

project: string

Project ID or project name

Returns

Promise<void>

deleteQuery(string, string)

Delete a query or a folder. This deletes any permission change on the deleted query or folder and any of its descendants if it is a folder. It is important to note that the deleted permission changes cannot be recovered upon undeleting the query or folder.

function deleteQuery(project: string, query: string): Promise<void>

Parameters

project: string

Project ID or project name

query: string

ID or path of the query or folder to delete.

Returns

Promise<void>

deleteTemplate(string, string, string)

Deletes the template with given id

function deleteTemplate(project: string, team: string, templateId: string): Promise<void>

Parameters

project: string

Project ID or project name

team: string

Team ID or team name

templateId: string

Template id

Returns

Promise<void>

deleteWorkItem(number, string, boolean)

Deletes the specified work item and sends it to the Recycle Bin, so that it can be restored back, if required. Optionally, if the destroy parameter has been set to true, it destroys the work item permanently. WARNING: If the destroy parameter is set to true, work items deleted by this command will NOT go to recycle-bin and there is no way to restore/recover them after deletion. It is recommended NOT to use this parameter. If you do, please use this parameter with extreme caution.

function deleteWorkItem(id: number, project?: string, destroy?: boolean): Promise<WorkItemDelete>

Parameters

id: number

ID of the work item to be deleted

project: string

Project ID or project name

destroy: boolean

Optional parameter, if set to true, the work item is deleted permanently. Please note: the destroy action is PERMANENT and cannot be undone.

Returns

Promise<WorkItemDelete>

destroyWorkItem(number, string)

Destroys the specified work item permanently from the Recycle Bin. This action can not be undone.

function destroyWorkItem(id: number, project?: string): Promise<void>

Parameters

id: number

ID of the work item to be destroyed permanently

project: string

Project ID or project name

Returns

Promise<void>

exportWorkItemTypeDefinition(string, string, boolean)

Export work item type

function exportWorkItemTypeDefinition(project?: string, type?: string, exportGlobalLists?: boolean): Promise<WorkItemTypeTemplate>

Parameters

project: string

Project ID or project name

type: string

exportGlobalLists: boolean

Returns

Promise<WorkItemTypeTemplate>

getAccountMyWorkData(QueryOption)

INTERNAL ONLY: USED BY ACCOUNT MY WORK PAGE. This returns Doing, Done, Follows and activity work items details.

function getAccountMyWorkData(queryOption?: QueryOption): Promise<AccountMyWorkResult>

Parameters

queryOption: QueryOption

Returns

Promise<AccountMyWorkResult>

getAttachmentContent(string, string, string, boolean)

Downloads an attachment.

function getAttachmentContent(id: string, project?: string, fileName?: string, download?: boolean): Promise<ArrayBuffer>

Parameters

id: string

Attachment ID

project: string

Project ID or project name

fileName: string

Name of the file

download: boolean

If set to <c>true</c> always download attachment

Returns

Promise<ArrayBuffer>

getAttachmentZip(string, string, string, boolean)

Downloads an attachment.

function getAttachmentZip(id: string, project?: string, fileName?: string, download?: boolean): Promise<ArrayBuffer>

Parameters

id: string

Attachment ID

project: string

Project ID or project name

fileName: string

Name of the file

download: boolean

If set to <c>true</c> always download attachment

Returns

Promise<ArrayBuffer>

getClassificationNode(string, TreeStructureGroup, string, number)

Gets the classification node for a given node path.

function getClassificationNode(project: string, structureGroup: TreeStructureGroup, path?: string, depth?: number): Promise<WorkItemClassificationNode>

Parameters

project: string

Project ID or project name

structureGroup: TreeStructureGroup

Structure group of the classification node, area or iteration.

path: string

Path of the classification node.

depth: number

Depth of children to fetch.

Returns

Promise<WorkItemClassificationNode>

getClassificationNodes(string, number[], number, ClassificationNodesErrorPolicy)

Gets root classification nodes or list of classification nodes for a given list of nodes ids, for a given project. In case ids parameter is supplied you will get list of classification nodes for those ids. Otherwise you will get root classification nodes for this project.

function getClassificationNodes(project: string, ids: number[], depth?: number, errorPolicy?: ClassificationNodesErrorPolicy): Promise<WorkItemClassificationNode[]>

Parameters

project: string

Project ID or project name

ids: number[]

Comma separated integer classification nodes ids. It's not required, if you want root nodes.

depth: number

Depth of children to fetch.

errorPolicy: ClassificationNodesErrorPolicy

Flag to handle errors in getting some nodes. Possible options are Fail and Omit.

Returns

Promise<WorkItemClassificationNode[]>

getComment(number, number, string)

Gets a comment for a work item at the specified revision.

function getComment(id: number, revision: number, project?: string): Promise<WorkItemComment>

Parameters

id: number

Work item id

revision: number

Revision for which the comment need to be fetched

project: string

Project ID or project name

Returns

Promise<WorkItemComment>

getComments(number, string, number, number, CommentSortOrder)

Gets the specified number of comments for a work item from the specified revision.

function getComments(id: number, project?: string, fromRevision?: number, top?: number, order?: CommentSortOrder): Promise<WorkItemComments>

Parameters

id: number

Work item id

project: string

Project ID or project name

fromRevision: number

Revision from which comments are to be fetched (default is 1)

top: number

The number of comments to return (default is 200)

order: CommentSortOrder

Ascending or descending by revision id (default is ascending)

Returns

Promise<WorkItemComments>

getDeletedWorkItem(number, string)

Gets a deleted work item from Recycle Bin.

function getDeletedWorkItem(id: number, project?: string): Promise<WorkItemDelete>

Parameters

id: number

ID of the work item to be returned

project: string

Project ID or project name

Returns

Promise<WorkItemDelete>

getDeletedWorkItems(number[], string)

Gets the work items from the recycle bin, whose IDs have been specified in the parameters

function getDeletedWorkItems(ids: number[], project?: string): Promise<WorkItemDeleteReference[]>

Parameters

ids: number[]

Comma separated list of IDs of the deleted work items to be returned

project: string

Project ID or project name

Returns

Promise<WorkItemDeleteReference[]>

getDeletedWorkItemShallowReferences(string)

Gets a list of the IDs and the URLs of the deleted the work items in the Recycle Bin.

function getDeletedWorkItemShallowReferences(project?: string): Promise<WorkItemDeleteShallowReference[]>

Parameters

project: string

Project ID or project name

Returns

Promise<WorkItemDeleteShallowReference[]>

getField(string, string)

Gets information on a specific field.

function getField(fieldNameOrRefName: string, project?: string): Promise<WorkItemField>

Parameters

fieldNameOrRefName: string

Field simple name or reference name

project: string

Project ID or project name

Returns

Promise<WorkItemField>

getFields(string, GetFieldsExpand)

Returns information for all fields. The project ID/name parameter is optional.

function getFields(project?: string, expand?: GetFieldsExpand): Promise<WorkItemField[]>

Parameters

project: string

Project ID or project name

expand: GetFieldsExpand

Use ExtensionFields to include extension fields, otherwise exclude them. Unless the feature flag for this parameter is enabled, extension fields are always included.

Returns

Promise<WorkItemField[]>

getQueries(string, QueryExpand, number, boolean)

Gets the root queries and their children

function getQueries(project: string, expand?: QueryExpand, depth?: number, includeDeleted?: boolean): Promise<QueryHierarchyItem[]>

Parameters

project: string

Project ID or project name

expand: QueryExpand

Include the query string (wiql), clauses, query result columns, and sort options in the results.

depth: number

In the folder of queries, return child queries and folders to this depth.

includeDeleted: boolean

Include deleted queries and folders

Returns

Promise<QueryHierarchyItem[]>

getQueriesBatch(QueryBatchGetRequest, string)

Gets a list of queries by ids (Maximum 1000)

function getQueriesBatch(queryGetRequest: QueryBatchGetRequest, project: string): Promise<QueryHierarchyItem[]>

Parameters

queryGetRequest: QueryBatchGetRequest

project: string

Project ID or project name

Returns

Promise<QueryHierarchyItem[]>

getQuery(string, string, QueryExpand, number, boolean, boolean)

Retrieves an individual query and its children

function getQuery(project: string, query: string, expand?: QueryExpand, depth?: number, includeDeleted?: boolean, useIsoDateFormat?: boolean): Promise<QueryHierarchyItem>

Parameters

project: string

Project ID or project name

query: string

ID or path of the query.

expand: QueryExpand

Include the query string (wiql), clauses, query result columns, and sort options in the results.

depth: number

In the folder of queries, return child queries and folders to this depth.

includeDeleted: boolean

Include deleted queries and folders

useIsoDateFormat: boolean

DateTime query clauses will be formatted using a ISO 8601 compliant format

Returns

Promise<QueryHierarchyItem>

getQueryResultCount(string, string, string, boolean, number)

Gets the results of the query given the query ID.

function getQueryResultCount(id: string, project?: string, team?: string, timePrecision?: boolean, top?: number): Promise<number>

Parameters

id: string

The query ID.

project: string

Project ID or project name

team: string

Team ID or team name

timePrecision: boolean

Whether or not to use time precision.

top: number

The max number of results to return.

Returns

Promise<number>

getRecentActivityData()

Gets recent work item activities

function getRecentActivityData(): Promise<AccountRecentActivityWorkItemModel2[]>

Returns

Promise<AccountRecentActivityWorkItemModel2[]>

getRecentMentions()

INTERNAL ONLY: USED BY ACCOUNT MY WORK PAGE.

function getRecentMentions(): Promise<AccountRecentMentionWorkItemModel[]>

Returns

Promise<AccountRecentMentionWorkItemModel[]>

getRelationType(string)

Gets the work item relation type definition.

function getRelationType(relation: string): Promise<WorkItemRelationType>

Parameters

relation: string

The relation name

Returns

Promise<WorkItemRelationType>

getRelationTypes()

Gets the work item relation types.

function getRelationTypes(): Promise<WorkItemRelationType[]>

Returns

Promise<WorkItemRelationType[]>

getReportingLinksByLinkType(string, string[], string[], string, Date)

Get a batch of work item links

function getReportingLinksByLinkType(project?: string, linkTypes?: string[], types?: string[], continuationToken?: string, startDateTime?: Date): Promise<ReportingWorkItemLinksBatch>

Parameters

project: string

Project ID or project name

linkTypes: string[]

A list of types to filter the results to specific link types. Omit this parameter to get work item links of all link types.

types: string[]

A list of types to filter the results to specific work item types. Omit this parameter to get work item links of all work item types.

continuationToken: string

Specifies the continuationToken to start the batch from. Omit this parameter to get the first batch of links.

startDateTime: Date

Date/time to use as a starting point for link changes. Only link changes that occurred after that date/time will be returned. Cannot be used in conjunction with 'watermark' parameter.

Returns

Promise<ReportingWorkItemLinksBatch>

getRevision(number, number, string, WorkItemExpand)

Returns a fully hydrated work item for the requested revision

function getRevision(id: number, revisionNumber: number, project?: string, expand?: WorkItemExpand): Promise<WorkItem>

Parameters

id: number

revisionNumber: number

project: string

Project ID or project name

expand: WorkItemExpand

Returns

Promise<WorkItem>

getRevisions(number, string, number, number, WorkItemExpand)

Returns the list of fully hydrated work item revisions, paged.

function getRevisions(id: number, project?: string, top?: number, skip?: number, expand?: WorkItemExpand): Promise<WorkItem[]>

Parameters

id: number

project: string

Project ID or project name

top: number

skip: number

expand: WorkItemExpand

Returns

Promise<WorkItem[]>

getRootNodes(string, number)

Gets root classification nodes under the project.

function getRootNodes(project: string, depth?: number): Promise<WorkItemClassificationNode[]>

Parameters

project: string

Project ID or project name

depth: number

Depth of children to fetch.

Returns

Promise<WorkItemClassificationNode[]>

getTemplate(string, string, string)

Gets the template with specified id

function getTemplate(project: string, team: string, templateId: string): Promise<WorkItemTemplate>

Parameters

project: string

Project ID or project name

team: string

Team ID or team name

templateId: string

Template Id

Returns

Promise<WorkItemTemplate>

getTemplates(string, string, string)

Gets template

function getTemplates(project: string, team: string, workitemtypename?: string): Promise<WorkItemTemplateReference[]>

Parameters

project: string

Project ID or project name

team: string

Team ID or team name

workitemtypename: string

Optional, When specified returns templates for given Work item type.

Returns

Promise<WorkItemTemplateReference[]>

getUpdate(number, number, string)

Returns a single update for a work item

function getUpdate(id: number, updateNumber: number, project?: string): Promise<WorkItemUpdate>

Parameters

id: number

updateNumber: number

project: string

Project ID or project name

Returns

Promise<WorkItemUpdate>

getUpdates(number, string, number, number)

Returns the deltas between work item revisions

function getUpdates(id: number, project?: string, top?: number, skip?: number): Promise<WorkItemUpdate[]>

Parameters

id: number

project: string

Project ID or project name

top: number

skip: number

Returns

Promise<WorkItemUpdate[]>

getWorkArtifactLinkTypes()

Get the list of work item tracking outbound artifact link types.

function getWorkArtifactLinkTypes(): Promise<WorkArtifactLink[]>

Returns

Promise<WorkArtifactLink[]>

getWorkItem(number, string, string[], Date, WorkItemExpand)

Returns a single work item.

function getWorkItem(id: number, project?: string, fields?: string[], asOf?: Date, expand?: WorkItemExpand): Promise<WorkItem>

Parameters

id: number

The work item id

project: string

Project ID or project name

fields: string[]

Comma-separated list of requested fields

asOf: Date

AsOf UTC date time string

expand: WorkItemExpand

The expand parameters for work item attributes. Possible options are { None, Relations, Fields, Links, All }.

Returns

Promise<WorkItem>

getWorkItemIconJson(string, string, number)

Get a work item icon given the friendly name and icon color.

function getWorkItemIconJson(icon: string, color?: string, v?: number): Promise<WorkItemIcon>

Parameters

icon: string

The name of the icon

color: string

The 6-digit hex color for the icon

v: number

The version of the icon (used only for cache invalidation)

Returns

Promise<WorkItemIcon>

getWorkItemIcons()

Get a list of all work item icons.

function getWorkItemIcons(): Promise<WorkItemIcon[]>

Returns

Promise<WorkItemIcon[]>

getWorkItemIconSvg(string, string, number)

Get a work item icon given the friendly name and icon color.

function getWorkItemIconSvg(icon: string, color?: string, v?: number): Promise<any>

Parameters

icon: string

The name of the icon

color: string

The 6-digit hex color for the icon

v: number

The version of the icon (used only for cache invalidation)

Returns

Promise<any>

getWorkItemIconXaml(string, string, number)

Get a work item icon given the friendly name and icon color.

function getWorkItemIconXaml(icon: string, color?: string, v?: number): Promise<any>

Parameters

icon: string

The name of the icon

color: string

The 6-digit hex color for the icon

v: number

The version of the icon (used only for cache invalidation)

Returns

Promise<any>

getWorkItemNextStatesOnCheckinAction(number[], string)

Returns the next state on the given work item IDs.

function getWorkItemNextStatesOnCheckinAction(ids: number[], action?: string): Promise<WorkItemNextStateOnTransition[]>

Parameters

ids: number[]

list of work item ids

action: string

possible actions. Currently only supports checkin

Returns

Promise<WorkItemNextStateOnTransition[]>

getWorkItems(number[], string, string[], Date, WorkItemExpand, WorkItemErrorPolicy)

Returns a list of work items (Maximum 200)

function getWorkItems(ids: number[], project?: string, fields?: string[], asOf?: Date, expand?: WorkItemExpand, errorPolicy?: WorkItemErrorPolicy): Promise<WorkItem[]>

Parameters

ids: number[]

The comma-separated list of requested work item ids. (Maximum 200 ids allowed).

project: string

Project ID or project name

fields: string[]

Comma-separated list of requested fields

asOf: Date

AsOf UTC date time string

expand: WorkItemExpand

The expand parameters for work item attributes. Possible options are { None, Relations, Fields, Links, All }.

errorPolicy: WorkItemErrorPolicy

The flag to control error policy in a bulk get work items request. Possible options are {Fail, Omit}.

Returns

Promise<WorkItem[]>

getWorkItemsBatch(WorkItemBatchGetRequest, string)

Gets work items for a list of work item ids (Maximum 200)

function getWorkItemsBatch(workItemGetRequest: WorkItemBatchGetRequest, project?: string): Promise<WorkItem[]>

Parameters

workItemGetRequest: WorkItemBatchGetRequest

project: string

Project ID or project name

Returns

Promise<WorkItem[]>

getWorkItemStateColors(string[])

INTERNAL ONLY: It will be used for My account work experience. Get the work item type state color for multiple projects

function getWorkItemStateColors(projectNames: string[]): Promise<ProjectWorkItemStateColors[]>

Parameters

projectNames: string[]

Returns

Promise<ProjectWorkItemStateColors[]>

getWorkItemTemplate(string, string, string, Date, WorkItemExpand)

Returns a single work item from a template.

function getWorkItemTemplate(project: string, type: string, fields?: string, asOf?: Date, expand?: WorkItemExpand): Promise<WorkItem>

Parameters

project: string

Project ID or project name

type: string

The work item type name

fields: string

Comma-separated list of requested fields

asOf: Date

AsOf UTC date time string

expand: WorkItemExpand

The expand parameters for work item attributes. Possible options are { None, Relations, Fields, Links, All }.

Returns

Promise<WorkItem>

getWorkItemType(string, string)

Returns a work item type definition.

function getWorkItemType(project: string, type: string): Promise<WorkItemType>

Parameters

project: string

Project ID or project name

type: string

Work item type name

Returns

Promise<WorkItemType>

getWorkItemTypeCategories(string)

Get all work item type categories.

function getWorkItemTypeCategories(project: string): Promise<WorkItemTypeCategory[]>

Parameters

project: string

Project ID or project name

Returns

Promise<WorkItemTypeCategory[]>

getWorkItemTypeCategory(string, string)

Get specific work item type category by name.

function getWorkItemTypeCategory(project: string, category: string): Promise<WorkItemTypeCategory>

Parameters

project: string

Project ID or project name

category: string

The category name

Returns

Promise<WorkItemTypeCategory>

getWorkItemTypeColorAndIcons(string[])

INTERNAL ONLY: It is used for color and icon providers. Get the wit type color for multiple projects

function getWorkItemTypeColorAndIcons(projectNames: string[]): Promise<{ key: string, value: WorkItemTypeColorAndIcon[] }[]>

Parameters

projectNames: string[]

Returns

Promise<{ key: string, value: WorkItemTypeColorAndIcon[] }[]>

getWorkItemTypeColors(string[])

INTERNAL ONLY: It will be used for My account work experience. Get the wit type color for multiple projects

function getWorkItemTypeColors(projectNames: string[]): Promise<{ key: string, value: WorkItemTypeColor[] }[]>

Parameters

projectNames: string[]

Returns

Promise<{ key: string, value: WorkItemTypeColor[] }[]>

getWorkItemTypeFieldsWithReferences(string, string, WorkItemTypeFieldsExpandLevel)

Get a list of fields for a work item type with detailed references.

function getWorkItemTypeFieldsWithReferences(project: string, type: string, expand?: WorkItemTypeFieldsExpandLevel): Promise<WorkItemTypeFieldWithReferences[]>

Parameters

project: string

Project ID or project name

type: string

Work item type.

expand: WorkItemTypeFieldsExpandLevel

Expand level for the API response. Properties: to include allowedvalues, default value, isRequired etc. as a part of response; None: to skip these properties.

Returns

Promise<WorkItemTypeFieldWithReferences[]>

getWorkItemTypeFieldWithReferences(string, string, string, WorkItemTypeFieldsExpandLevel)

Get a field for a work item type with detailed references.

function getWorkItemTypeFieldWithReferences(project: string, type: string, field: string, expand?: WorkItemTypeFieldsExpandLevel): Promise<WorkItemTypeFieldWithReferences>

Parameters

project: string

Project ID or project name

type: string

Work item type.

field: string

expand: WorkItemTypeFieldsExpandLevel

Expand level for the API response. Properties: to include allowedvalues, default value, isRequired etc. as a part of response; None: to skip these properties.

Returns

Promise<WorkItemTypeFieldWithReferences>

getWorkItemTypes(string)

Returns the list of work item types

function getWorkItemTypes(project: string): Promise<WorkItemType[]>

Parameters

project: string

Project ID or project name

Returns

Promise<WorkItemType[]>

getWorkItemTypeStates(string, string)

Returns the state names and colors for a work item type.

function getWorkItemTypeStates(project: string, type: string): Promise<WorkItemStateColor[]>

Parameters

project: string

Project ID or project name

type: string

The state name

Returns

Promise<WorkItemStateColor[]>

queryById(string, string, string, boolean, number)

Gets the results of the query given the query ID.

function queryById(id: string, project?: string, team?: string, timePrecision?: boolean, top?: number): Promise<WorkItemQueryResult>

Parameters

id: string

The query ID.

project: string

Project ID or project name

team: string

Team ID or team name

timePrecision: boolean

Whether or not to use time precision.

top: number

The max number of results to return.

Returns

Promise<WorkItemQueryResult>

queryByWiql(Wiql, string, string, boolean, number)

Gets the results of the query given its WIQL.

function queryByWiql(wiql: Wiql, project?: string, team?: string, timePrecision?: boolean, top?: number): Promise<WorkItemQueryResult>

Parameters

wiql: Wiql

The query containing the WIQL.

project: string

Project ID or project name

team: string

Team ID or team name

timePrecision: boolean

Whether or not to use time precision.

top: number

The max number of results to return.

Returns

Promise<WorkItemQueryResult>

queryWorkItemsForArtifactUris(ArtifactUriQuery, string)

Queries work items linked to a given list of artifact URI.

function queryWorkItemsForArtifactUris(artifactUriQuery: ArtifactUriQuery, project?: string): Promise<ArtifactUriQueryResult>

Parameters

artifactUriQuery: ArtifactUriQuery

Defines a list of artifact URI for querying work items.

project: string

Project ID or project name

Returns

Promise<ArtifactUriQueryResult>

readReportingRevisionsGet(string, string[], string[], string, Date, boolean, boolean, boolean, boolean, ReportingRevisionsExpand, boolean, number)

Get a batch of work item revisions with the option of including deleted items

function readReportingRevisionsGet(project?: string, fields?: string[], types?: string[], continuationToken?: string, startDateTime?: Date, includeIdentityRef?: boolean, includeDeleted?: boolean, includeTagRef?: boolean, includeLatestOnly?: boolean, expand?: ReportingRevisionsExpand, includeDiscussionChangesOnly?: boolean, maxPageSize?: number): Promise<ReportingWorkItemRevisionsBatch>

Parameters

project: string

Project ID or project name

fields: string[]

A list of fields to return in work item revisions. Omit this parameter to get all reportable fields.

types: string[]

A list of types to filter the results to specific work item types. Omit this parameter to get work item revisions of all work item types.

continuationToken: string

Specifies the watermark to start the batch from. Omit this parameter to get the first batch of revisions.

startDateTime: Date

Date/time to use as a starting point for revisions, all revisions will occur after this date/time. Cannot be used in conjunction with 'watermark' parameter.

includeIdentityRef: boolean

Return an identity reference instead of a string value for identity fields.

includeDeleted: boolean

Specify if the deleted item should be returned.

includeTagRef: boolean

Specify if the tag objects should be returned for System.Tags field.

includeLatestOnly: boolean

Return only the latest revisions of work items, skipping all historical revisions

expand: ReportingRevisionsExpand

Return all the fields in work item revisions, including long text fields which are not returned by default

includeDiscussionChangesOnly: boolean

Return only the those revisions of work items, where only history field was changed

maxPageSize: number

The maximum number of results to return in this batch

Returns

Promise<ReportingWorkItemRevisionsBatch>

readReportingRevisionsPost(ReportingWorkItemRevisionsFilter, string, string, Date, ReportingRevisionsExpand)

Get a batch of work item revisions. This request may be used if your list of fields is large enough that it may run the URL over the length limit.

function readReportingRevisionsPost(filter: ReportingWorkItemRevisionsFilter, project?: string, continuationToken?: string, startDateTime?: Date, expand?: ReportingRevisionsExpand): Promise<ReportingWorkItemRevisionsBatch>

Parameters

filter: ReportingWorkItemRevisionsFilter

An object that contains request settings: field filter, type filter, identity format

project: string

Project ID or project name

continuationToken: string

Specifies the watermark to start the batch from. Omit this parameter to get the first batch of revisions.

startDateTime: Date

Date/time to use as a starting point for revisions, all revisions will occur after this date/time. Cannot be used in conjunction with 'watermark' parameter.

expand: ReportingRevisionsExpand

Returns

Promise<ReportingWorkItemRevisionsBatch>

replaceTemplate(WorkItemTemplate, string, string, string)

Replace template contents

function replaceTemplate(templateContent: WorkItemTemplate, project: string, team: string, templateId: string): Promise<WorkItemTemplate>

Parameters

templateContent: WorkItemTemplate

Template contents to replace with

project: string

Project ID or project name

team: string

Team ID or team name

templateId: string

Template id

Returns

Promise<WorkItemTemplate>

restoreWorkItem(WorkItemDeleteUpdate, number, string)

Restores the deleted work item from Recycle Bin.

function restoreWorkItem(payload: WorkItemDeleteUpdate, id: number, project?: string): Promise<WorkItemDelete>

Parameters

payload: WorkItemDeleteUpdate

Paylod with instructions to update the IsDeleted flag to false

id: number

ID of the work item to be restored

project: string

Project ID or project name

Returns

Promise<WorkItemDelete>

searchQueries(string, string, number, QueryExpand, boolean)

Searches all queries the user has access to in the current project

function searchQueries(project: string, filter: string, top?: number, expand?: QueryExpand, includeDeleted?: boolean): Promise<QueryHierarchyItemsResult>

Parameters

project: string

Project ID or project name

filter: string

The text to filter the queries with.

top: number

The number of queries to return (Default is 50 and maximum is 200).

expand: QueryExpand

includeDeleted: boolean

Include deleted queries and folders

Returns

Promise<QueryHierarchyItemsResult>

sendMail(SendMailBody, string)

RESTful method to send mail for selected/queried work items.

function sendMail(body: SendMailBody, project?: string): Promise<void>

Parameters

body: SendMailBody

project: string

Project ID or project name

Returns

Promise<void>

updateClassificationNode(WorkItemClassificationNode, string, TreeStructureGroup, string)

Update an existing classification node.

function updateClassificationNode(postedNode: WorkItemClassificationNode, project: string, structureGroup: TreeStructureGroup, path?: string): Promise<WorkItemClassificationNode>

Parameters

postedNode: WorkItemClassificationNode

Node to create or update.

project: string

Project ID or project name

structureGroup: TreeStructureGroup

Structure group of the classification node, area or iteration.

path: string

Path of the classification node.

Returns

Promise<WorkItemClassificationNode>

updateField(UpdateWorkItemField, string, string)

Update a field.

function updateField(payload: UpdateWorkItemField, fieldNameOrRefName: string, project?: string): Promise<WorkItemField>

Parameters

payload: UpdateWorkItemField

Payload contains desired value of the field's properties

fieldNameOrRefName: string

Name/reference name of the field to be updated

project: string

Project ID or project name

Returns

Promise<WorkItemField>

updateQuery(QueryHierarchyItem, string, string, boolean)

Update a query or a folder. This allows you to update, rename and move queries and folders.

function updateQuery(queryUpdate: QueryHierarchyItem, project: string, query: string, undeleteDescendants?: boolean): Promise<QueryHierarchyItem>

Parameters

queryUpdate: QueryHierarchyItem

The query to update.

project: string

Project ID or project name

query: string

The ID or path for the query to update.

undeleteDescendants: boolean

Undelete the children of this folder. It is important to note that this will not bring back the permission changes that were previously applied to the descendants.

Returns

Promise<QueryHierarchyItem>

updateWorkItem(JsonPatchDocument, number, string, boolean, boolean, boolean, WorkItemExpand)

Updates a single work item.

function updateWorkItem(document: JsonPatchDocument, id: number, project?: string, validateOnly?: boolean, bypassRules?: boolean, suppressNotifications?: boolean, expand?: WorkItemExpand): Promise<WorkItem>

Parameters

document: JsonPatchDocument

The JSON Patch document representing the update

id: number

The id of the work item to update

project: string

Project ID or project name

validateOnly: boolean

Indicate if you only want to validate the changes without saving the work item

bypassRules: boolean

Do not enforce the work item type rules on this update

suppressNotifications: boolean

Do not fire any notifications for this change

expand: WorkItemExpand

The expand parameters for work item attributes. Possible options are { None, Relations, Fields, Links, All }.

Returns

Promise<WorkItem>

updateWorkItemTypeDefinition(WorkItemTypeTemplateUpdateModel, string)

Add/updates a work item type

function updateWorkItemTypeDefinition(updateModel: WorkItemTypeTemplateUpdateModel, project?: string): Promise<ProvisioningResult>

Parameters

updateModel: WorkItemTypeTemplateUpdateModel

project: string

Project ID or project name

Returns

Promise<ProvisioningResult>

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WorkItemTrackingRestClient class

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Methods

Constructor Details

WorkItemTrackingRestClient(IVssRestClientOptions)

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RESOURCE_AREA_ID

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Method Details

createAttachment(any, string, string, string, string)

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createField(WorkItemField, string)

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createOrUpdateClassificationNode(WorkItemClassificationNode, string, TreeStructureGroup, string)

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createQuery(QueryHierarchyItem, string, string, boolean)

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createTemplate(WorkItemTemplate, string, string)

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createWorkItem(JsonPatchDocument, string, string, boolean, boolean, boolean, WorkItemExpand)

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deleteClassificationNode(string, TreeStructureGroup, string, number)

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deleteField(string, string)

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deleteQuery(string, string)

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deleteTemplate(string, string, string)

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deleteWorkItem(number, string, boolean)

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destroyWorkItem(number, string)

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exportWorkItemTypeDefinition(string, string, boolean)

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getAccountMyWorkData(QueryOption)

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getAttachmentContent(string, string, string, boolean)

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getAttachmentZip(string, string, string, boolean)

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getClassificationNode(string, TreeStructureGroup, string, number)

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getClassificationNodes(string, number[], number, ClassificationNodesErrorPolicy)

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getComment(number, number, string)

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getComments(number, string, number, number, CommentSortOrder)

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getDeletedWorkItem(number, string)

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getDeletedWorkItems(number[], string)

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getDeletedWorkItemShallowReferences(string)

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