Approvals - Update

Service:

Release

API Version:

7.1

Update status of an approval

PATCH https://vsrm.dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/release/approvals/{approvalId}?api-version=7.1

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
approvalId	path	True	integer int32	Id of the approval.
organization	path	True	string	The name of the Azure DevOps organization.
project	path	True	string	Project ID or project name
api-version	query	True	string	Version of the API to use. This should be set to '7.1' to use this version of the api.

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
approvalType	ApprovalType	Gets or sets the type of approval.
approvedBy	IdentityRef	Gets the identity who approved.
approver	IdentityRef	Gets or sets the identity who should approve.
attempt	integer	Gets or sets attempt which specifies as which deployment attempt it belongs.
comments	string	Gets or sets comments for approval.
createdOn	string	Gets date on which it got created.
history	ReleaseApprovalHistory[]	Gets history which specifies all approvals associated with this approval.
id	integer	Gets the unique identifier of this field.
isAutomated	boolean	Gets or sets as approval is automated or not.
modifiedOn	string	Gets date on which it got modified.
rank	integer	Gets or sets rank which specifies the order of the approval. e.g. Same rank denotes parallel approval.
release	ReleaseShallowReference	Gets releaseReference which specifies the reference of the release to which this approval is associated.
releaseDefinition	ReleaseDefinitionShallowReference	Gets releaseDefinitionReference which specifies the reference of the release definition to which this approval is associated.
releaseEnvironment	ReleaseEnvironmentShallowReference	Gets releaseEnvironmentReference which specifies the reference of the release environment to which this approval is associated.
revision	integer	Gets the revision number.
status	ApprovalStatus	Gets or sets the status of the approval.
url	string	Gets url to access the approval.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	ReleaseApproval	successful operation

Security

oauth2

Type: oauth2
Flow: accessCode
Authorization URL: https://app.vssps.visualstudio.com/oauth2/authorize&response_type=Assertion
Token URL: https://app.vssps.visualstudio.com/oauth2/token?client_assertion_type=urn:ietf:params:oauth:client-assertion-type:jwt-bearer&grant_type=urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:jwt-bearer

Scopes

Name	Description
vso.release_manage	Grants the ability to read, update and delete release artifacts, including folders, releases, release definitions and release environment and the ability to queue and approve a new release.

Examples

Approve a release

Sample request

HTTP

PATCH https://vsrm.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/MyFirstProject/_apis/release/approvals/{approvalId}?api-version=7.1

{
  "status": "approved",
  "comments": "Good to go!"
}

Sample response

Status code:

200

{
  "id": 20,
  "revision": 1,
  "approver": {
    "id": "4adb1680-0eac-6149-b5ee-fc8b4f6ca227",
    "displayName": "Chuck Reinhart",
    "uniqueName": "fabfiber@outlook.com",
    "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/4adb1680-0eac-6149-b5ee-fc8b4f6ca227",
    "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=4adb1680-0eac-6149-b5ee-fc8b4f6ca227"
  },
  "approvedBy": {
    "id": "4adb1680-0eac-6149-b5ee-fc8b4f6ca227",
    "displayName": "Chuck Reinhart",
    "uniqueName": "fabfiber@outlook.com",
    "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/4adb1680-0eac-6149-b5ee-fc8b4f6ca227",
    "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=4adb1680-0eac-6149-b5ee-fc8b4f6ca227"
  },
  "approvalType": "preDeploy",
  "createdOn": "2017-05-31T18:07:40.45Z",
  "modifiedOn": "2017-05-31T18:08:09.577Z",
  "status": "approved",
  "comments": "Good to go!",
  "isAutomated": false,
  "isNotificationOn": true,
  "trialNumber": 1,
  "attempt": 1,
  "rank": 1,
  "history": [],
  "release": {
    "id": 3,
    "name": "Release-3",
    "url": "https://vsrm.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/MyFirstProject/_apis/Release/releases/3",
    "_links": {}
  },
  "releaseDefinition": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "MyShuttle.CD",
    "url": "https://vsrm.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/d07908bc-118f-47d2-8a13-ff75601a6b1a/_apis/Release/definitions/1",
    "_links": {}
  },
  "releaseEnvironment": {
    "id": 9,
    "name": "Dev",
    "_links": {}
  },
  "url": "https://vsrm.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/MyFirstProject/_apis/Release/approvals/20"
}

Definitions

Name	Description
ApprovalStatus	Gets or sets the status of the approval.
ApprovalType	Gets or sets the type of approval.
IdentityRef
ProjectReference
ReferenceLinks	The class to represent a collection of REST reference links.
ReleaseApproval
ReleaseApprovalHistory
ReleaseDefinitionShallowReference
ReleaseEnvironmentShallowReference
ReleaseShallowReference

ApprovalStatus

Gets or sets the status of the approval.

Name	Type	Description
approved	string	Indicates the approval is approved.
canceled	string	Indicates the approval is canceled.
pending	string	Indicates the approval is pending.
reassigned	string	Indicates the approval is reassigned.
rejected	string	Indicates the approval is rejected.
skipped	string	Indicates the approval is skipped.
undefined	string	Indicates the approval does not have the status set.

ApprovalType

Gets or sets the type of approval.

Name	Type	Description
all	string	Indicates all approvals.
postDeploy	string	Indicates the approvals which executed after deployment.
preDeploy	string	Indicates the approvals which executed before deployment.
undefined	string	Indicates the approval type does not set.

IdentityRef

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	This field contains zero or more interesting links about the graph subject. These links may be invoked to obtain additional relationships or more detailed information about this graph subject.
descriptor	string	The descriptor is the primary way to reference the graph subject while the system is running. This field will uniquely identify the same graph subject across both Accounts and Organizations.
directoryAlias	string	Deprecated - Can be retrieved by querying the Graph user referenced in the "self" entry of the IdentityRef "_links" dictionary
displayName	string	This is the non-unique display name of the graph subject. To change this field, you must alter its value in the source provider.
id	string
imageUrl	string	Deprecated - Available in the "avatar" entry of the IdentityRef "_links" dictionary
inactive	boolean	Deprecated - Can be retrieved by querying the Graph membership state referenced in the "membershipState" entry of the GraphUser "_links" dictionary
isAadIdentity	boolean	Deprecated - Can be inferred from the subject type of the descriptor (Descriptor.IsAadUserType/Descriptor.IsAadGroupType)
isContainer	boolean	Deprecated - Can be inferred from the subject type of the descriptor (Descriptor.IsGroupType)
isDeletedInOrigin	boolean
profileUrl	string	Deprecated - not in use in most preexisting implementations of ToIdentityRef
uniqueName	string	Deprecated - use Domain+PrincipalName instead
url	string	This url is the full route to the source resource of this graph subject.

ProjectReference

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Gets the unique identifier of this field.
name	string	Gets name of project.

ReferenceLinks

The class to represent a collection of REST reference links.

Name	Type	Description
links	object	The readonly view of the links. Because Reference links are readonly, we only want to expose them as read only.

ReleaseApproval

Name	Type	Description
approvalType	ApprovalType	Gets or sets the type of approval.
approvedBy	IdentityRef	Gets the identity who approved.
approver	IdentityRef	Gets or sets the identity who should approve.
attempt	integer	Gets or sets attempt which specifies as which deployment attempt it belongs.
comments	string	Gets or sets comments for approval.
createdOn	string	Gets date on which it got created.
history	ReleaseApprovalHistory[]	Gets history which specifies all approvals associated with this approval.
id	integer	Gets the unique identifier of this field.
isAutomated	boolean	Gets or sets as approval is automated or not.
modifiedOn	string	Gets date on which it got modified.
rank	integer	Gets or sets rank which specifies the order of the approval. e.g. Same rank denotes parallel approval.
release	ReleaseShallowReference	Gets releaseReference which specifies the reference of the release to which this approval is associated.
releaseDefinition	ReleaseDefinitionShallowReference	Gets releaseDefinitionReference which specifies the reference of the release definition to which this approval is associated.
releaseEnvironment	ReleaseEnvironmentShallowReference	Gets releaseEnvironmentReference which specifies the reference of the release environment to which this approval is associated.
revision	integer	Gets the revision number.
status	ApprovalStatus	Gets or sets the status of the approval.
url	string	Gets url to access the approval.

ReleaseApprovalHistory

Name	Type	Description
approver	IdentityRef	Identity of the approver.
changedBy	IdentityRef	Identity of the object who changed approval.
comments	string	Approval history comments.
createdOn	string	Time when this approval created.
modifiedOn	string	Time when this approval modified.
revision	integer	Approval history revision.

ReleaseDefinitionShallowReference

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	Gets the links to related resources, APIs, and views for the release definition.
id	integer	Gets the unique identifier of release definition.
name	string	Gets or sets the name of the release definition.
path	string	Gets or sets the path of the release definition.
projectReference	ProjectReference	Gets or sets project reference.
url	string	Gets the REST API url to access the release definition.

ReleaseEnvironmentShallowReference

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	Gets the links to related resources, APIs, and views for the release environment.
id	integer	Gets the unique identifier of release environment.
name	string	Gets or sets the name of the release environment.
url	string	Gets the REST API url to access the release environment.

ReleaseShallowReference

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	Gets the links to related resources, APIs, and views for the release.
id	integer	Gets the unique identifier of release.
name	string	Gets or sets the name of the release.
url	string	Gets the REST API url to access the release.