Wikis - Create

Service:

Wiki

API Version:

5.0

Creates the wiki resource.

POST https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/wiki/wikis?api-version=5.0

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
organization	path	True	string	The name of the Azure DevOps organization.
project	path		string	Project ID or project name
api-version	query	True	string	Version of the API to use. This should be set to '5.0' to use this version of the api.

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
mappedPath	string	Folder path inside repository which is shown as Wiki. Not required for ProjectWiki type.
name	string	Wiki name.
projectId	string	ID of the project in which the wiki is to be created.
repositoryId	string	ID of the git repository that backs up the wiki. Not required for ProjectWiki type.
type	WikiType	Type of the wiki.
version	GitVersionDescriptor	Version of the wiki. Not required for ProjectWiki type.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
201 Created	WikiV2	Wiki created

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.wiki_write	Grants the ability to read, create and updates wikis, wiki pages and wiki attachments.

Examples

Create code wiki

Create project wiki

Create code wiki

Sample request

HTTP

POST https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/wiki/wikis?api-version=5.0

{
  "version": {
    "version": "master"
  },
  "type": "codeWiki",
  "name": "sampleCodeWiki",
  "projectId": "15cbba90-8ac5-450e-934c-16f43021546b",
  "repositoryId": "cd327f27-561b-45aa-9913-4af25ad85889",
  "mappedPath": "/docs"
}

Sample response

Status code:

201

{
  "id": "9bfc671f-8116-4b3f-9aad-c17a9d677ab6",
  "versions": [
    {
      "version": "master"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/15cbba90-8ac5-450e-934c-16f43021546b/_apis/wiki/wikis/9bfc671f-8116-4b3f-9aad-c17a9d677ab6",
  "remoteUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/15cbba90-8ac5-450e-934c-16f43021546b/_wiki/wikis/9bfc671f-8116-4b3f-9aad-c17a9d677ab6",
  "type": "codeWiki",
  "name": "sampleCodeWiki",
  "projectId": "15cbba90-8ac5-450e-934c-16f43021546b",
  "repositoryId": "cd327f27-561b-45aa-9913-4af25ad85889",
  "mappedPath": "/docs"
}

Create project wiki

Sample request

HTTP

POST https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/wiki/wikis?api-version=5.0

{
  "type": "projectWiki",
  "name": "sampleProjectWiki",
  "projectId": "f38a86b5-98b0-49ef-ae9f-213c2b531cbe"
}

Sample response

Status code:

201

{
  "id": "a4cfa859-1089-4445-9ef1-837b0fbd44bd",
  "versions": [
    {
      "version": "wikiMaster"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/f38a86b5-98b0-49ef-ae9f-213c2b531cbe/_apis/wiki/wikis/a4cfa859-1089-4445-9ef1-837b0fbd44bd",
  "remoteUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/f38a86b5-98b0-49ef-ae9f-213c2b531cbe/_wiki/wikis/a4cfa859-1089-4445-9ef1-837b0fbd44bd",
  "type": "projectWiki",
  "name": "sampleProjectWiki",
  "projectId": "f38a86b5-98b0-49ef-ae9f-213c2b531cbe",
  "repositoryId": "a4cfa859-1089-4445-9ef1-837b0fbd44bd",
  "mappedPath": "/"
}

Definitions

Name	Description
GitVersionDescriptor
GitVersionOptions	Version options - Specify additional modifiers to version (e.g Previous)
GitVersionType	Version type (branch, tag, or commit). Determines how Id is interpreted
WikiCreateParametersV2	Wiki creation parameters.
WikiType	Type of the wiki.
WikiV2	Defines a wiki resource.

GitVersionDescriptor

Name	Type	Description
version	string	Version string identifier (name of tag/branch, SHA1 of commit)
versionOptions	GitVersionOptions	Version options - Specify additional modifiers to version (e.g Previous)
versionType	GitVersionType	Version type (branch, tag, or commit). Determines how Id is interpreted

GitVersionOptions

Version options - Specify additional modifiers to version (e.g Previous)

Name	Type	Description
firstParent	string	First parent of commit (HEAD^)
none	string	Not specified
previousChange	string	Commit that changed item prior to the current version

GitVersionType

Version type (branch, tag, or commit). Determines how Id is interpreted

Name	Type	Description
branch	string	Interpret the version as a branch name
commit	string	Interpret the version as a commit ID (SHA1)
tag	string	Interpret the version as a tag name

WikiCreateParametersV2

Wiki creation parameters.

Name	Type	Description
mappedPath	string	Folder path inside repository which is shown as Wiki. Not required for ProjectWiki type.
name	string	Wiki name.
projectId	string	ID of the project in which the wiki is to be created.
repositoryId	string	ID of the git repository that backs up the wiki. Not required for ProjectWiki type.
type	WikiType	Type of the wiki.
version	GitVersionDescriptor	Version of the wiki. Not required for ProjectWiki type.

WikiType

Type of the wiki.

Name	Type	Description
codeWiki	string	Indicates that the wiki is published from a git repository
projectWiki	string	Indicates that the wiki is provisioned for the team project

WikiV2

Defines a wiki resource.

Name	Type	Description
id	string	ID of the wiki.
mappedPath	string	Folder path inside repository which is shown as Wiki. Not required for ProjectWiki type.
name	string	Wiki name.
projectId	string	ID of the project in which the wiki is to be created.
properties	object	Properties of the wiki.
remoteUrl	string	Remote web url to the wiki.
repositoryId	string	ID of the git repository that backs up the wiki. Not required for ProjectWiki type.
type	WikiType	Type of the wiki.
url	string	REST url for this wiki.
versions	GitVersionDescriptor[]	Versions of the wiki.