Fields - Get

Service:

Work Item Tracking

API Version:

7.1

Gets information on a specific field.

GET https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/wit/fields/{fieldNameOrRefName}?api-version=7.1

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
fieldNameOrRefName	path	True	string	Field simple name or reference name
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 '7.1' to use this version of the api.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	WorkItemField2	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, search work items and to receive notifications about work item events via service hooks.

Examples

Gets information on a specific field

Sample request

HTTP

GET https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/wit/fields/{fieldNameOrRefName}?api-version=7.1

Sample response

Status code:

200

{
  "name": "Iteration Path",
  "referenceName": "System.IterationPath",
  "type": "treePath",
  "readOnly": true,
  "supportedOperations": [
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.Under",
      "name": "Under"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.NotUnder",
      "name": "Not Under"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.Equals",
      "name": "="
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.NotEquals",
      "name": "<>"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "SupportedOperations.In",
      "name": "In"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/wit/fields/System.IterationPath"
}

Definitions

Name	Description
FieldType	The type of the field.
FieldUsage	The usage of the field.
ReferenceLinks	The class to represent a collection of REST reference links.
WorkItemField2	Describes a field on a work item and it's properties specific to that work item type.
WorkItemFieldOperation	Describes a work item field operation.

FieldType

Enumeration

The type of the field.

Value	Description
boolean	Boolean field type.
dateTime	Datetime field type.
double	Double field type.
guid	Guid field type.
history	History field type.
html	HTML (Multiline) field type.
identity	Identity field type.
integer	Integer field type.
picklistDouble	Double picklist field type. When creating a double picklist field from REST API, use "Double" FieldType.
picklistInteger	Integer picklist field type. When creating a integer picklist field from REST API, use "Integer" FieldType.
picklistString	String picklist field type. When creating a string picklist field from REST API, use "String" FieldType.
plainText	Plain text field type.
string	String field type.
treePath	Treepath field type.

FieldUsage

Enumeration

The usage of the field.

Value	Description
none	Empty usage.
tree	Treenode field usage.
workItem	Work item field usage.
workItemLink	Work item link field usage.
workItemTypeExtension	Work Item Type Extension usage.

ReferenceLinks

Object

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.

WorkItemField2

Object

Describes a field on a work item and it's properties specific to that work item type.

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	Link references to related REST resources.
canSortBy	boolean	Indicates whether the field is sortable in server queries.
description	string	The description of the field.
isDeleted	boolean	Indicates whether this field is deleted.
isIdentity	boolean	Indicates whether this field is an identity field.
isLocked	boolean	Indicates whether this field is marked as locked for editing.
isPicklist	boolean	Indicates whether this instance is picklist.
isPicklistSuggested	boolean	Indicates whether this instance is a suggested picklist .
isQueryable	boolean	Indicates whether the field can be queried in the server.
name	string	The name of the field.
picklistId	string	If this field is picklist, the identifier of the picklist associated, otherwise null
readOnly	boolean	Indicates whether the field is [read only].
referenceName	string	The reference name of the field.
supportedOperations	WorkItemFieldOperation[]	The supported operations on this field.
type	FieldType	The type of the field.
url	string
usage	FieldUsage	The usage of the field.

WorkItemFieldOperation

Object

Describes a work item field operation.

Name	Type	Description
name	string	Friendly name of the operation.
referenceName	string	Reference name of the operation.