Classification Nodes - Get

Service:

Work Item Tracking

API Version:

4.1

Gets the classification node for a given node path.

GET https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/wit/classificationnodes/{structureGroup}/{path}?api-version=4.1

With optional parameters:

GET https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/wit/classificationnodes/{structureGroup}/{path}?$depth={$depth}&api-version=4.1

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
organization	path	True	string	The name of the Azure DevOps organization.
project	path	True	string	Project ID or project name
structureGroup	path	True	TreeStructureGroup	Structure group of the classification node, area or iteration.
path	path		string	Path of the classification node.
api-version	query	True	string	Version of the API to use. This should be set to '4.1' to use this version of the api.
$depth	query		integer int32	Depth of children to fetch.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	WorkItemClassificationNode	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.work	Grants the ability to read work items, queries, boards, area and iterations paths, and other work item tracking related metadata. Also grants the ability to execute queries and to receive notifications about work item events via service hooks.

Examples

Get an area

Get an iteration

Get an area

Sample request

HTTP

GET https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/Fabrikam-Fiber-Git/_apis/wit/classificationnodes/Areas?api-version=4.1

Sample response

Status code:

200

{
  "id": 126391,
  "identifier": "d5d98099-47ac-468a-9579-c059c90bf7c5",
  "name": "Web",
  "structureType": "area",
  "hasChildren": false,
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Areas/Web"
    },
    "parent": {
      "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Areas"
    }
  },
  "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Areas/Web"
}

Get an iteration

Sample request

HTTP

GET https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/Fabrikam-Fiber-Git/_apis/wit/classificationnodes/Iterations?api-version=4.1

Sample response

Status code:

200

{
  "id": 126392,
  "identifier": "dd643523-4d15-4106-a6a4-e70d39a09446",
  "name": "Final Iteration",
  "structureType": "iteration",
  "hasChildren": false,
  "attributes": {
    "startDate": "2014-10-27T00:00:00Z",
    "finishDate": "2014-10-31T00:00:00Z"
  },
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Iterations/Final%20Iteration"
    },
    "parent": {
      "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Iterations"
    }
  },
  "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Iterations/Final%20Iteration"
}

Definitions

Name	Description
ReferenceLinks	The class to represent a collection of REST reference links.
TreeNodeStructureType	Node structure type.
TreeStructureGroup	Structure group of the classification node, area or iteration.
WorkItemClassificationNode	Defines a classification node for work item tracking.

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.

TreeNodeStructureType

Node structure type.

Name	Type	Description
area	string	Area type.
iteration	string	Iteration type.

TreeStructureGroup

Structure group of the classification node, area or iteration.

Name	Type	Description
areas	string
iterations	string

WorkItemClassificationNode

Defines a classification node for work item tracking.

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	Link references to related REST resources.
attributes	object	Dictionary that has node attributes like start/finish date for iteration nodes.
children	WorkItemClassificationNode[]	List of child nodes fetched.
hasChildren	boolean	Flag that indicates if the classification node has any child nodes.
id	integer	Integer ID of the classification node.
identifier	string	GUID ID of the classification node.
name	string	Name of the classification node.
structureType	TreeNodeStructureType	Node structure type.
url	string