Operations with Specific GlobalSettings

Provides operations with global application settings.

Resource	/api/admin/globalSettings
Returned entity	GlobalSettings. For the description of the entity attributes, see Supported Fields section.
Supported methods	`GET`: Read a Specific GlobalSettings. `POST`: Update a Specific GlobalSettings.

GlobalSettings attributes

Represents application-wide settings.

This table describes attributes of the GlobalSettings entity.

To receive an attribute in the response from server, specify it explicitly in the request parameter fields.
To update an attribute, provide it in the body of a POST request.

Field	Type	Description
systemSettings	SystemSettings	System settings that affect core functionality of YouTrack. `Read-only`.
notificationSettings	NotificationSettings	The Notifications settings of the YouTrack service. `Read-only`.
restSettings	RestCorsSettings	The Resource sharing (CORS) settings of the YouTrack service. `Read-only`.
appearanceSettings	AppearanceSettings	Visual settings of the YouTrack service. `Read-only`.
localeSettings	LocaleSettings	System language settings. `Read-only`.
license	License	License information. `Read-only`.

Read a Specific GlobalSettings

Get settings.

Request syntax

GET /api/admin/globalSettings?{fields}

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fields	String	A list of GlobalSettings attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified,only the `entityID` is returned

Sample

Sample request URI

                https://example.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/api/admin/globalSettings?fields=appearanceSettings(dateFieldFormat(id,presentation),timeZone(id,presentation)),id,license(freeUsername,id,isFreeLicenseUsed),localeSettings(id,locale(id,locale,name)),restSettings(allowAllOrigins,allowedOrigins,hubServiceOrigins,id),systemSettings(allowStatisticsCollection,baseUrl,id,maxExportItems,maxOrderedIssues,maxUploadFileSize),updateInfo(id,isChecking,result(date,downloadUrl,id,message,success,updateAvailable))
            

Sample response body

                {
                  "license": {
                    "isFreeLicenseUsed": false,
                    "freeUsername": "YouTrack Default",
                    "id": "40-0",
                    "$type": "License"
                  },
                  "restSettings": {
                    "allowAllOrigins": false,
                    "allowedOrigins": [],
                    "hubServiceOrigins": [],
                    "id": "RestCorsSettings",
                    "$type": "RestCorsSettings"
                  },
                  "systemSettings": {
                    "maxExportItems": 500,
                    "allowStatisticsCollection": true,
                    "maxUploadFileSize": 10485760,
                    "baseUrl": "https://example.myjetbrains.com/youtrack",
                    "id": "40-0",
                    "$type": "SystemSettings"
                  },
                  "updateInfo": {
                    "result": {
                      "updateAvailable": false,
                      "success": true,
                      "downloadUrl": null,
                      "date": null,
                      "message": "Update info is not available yet, check back later",
                      "id": "update result",
                      "$type": "CheckResult"
                    },
                    "isChecking": false,
                    "id": "UpdateInfo",
                    "$type": "UpdateInfo"
                  },
                  "appearanceSettings": {
                    "dateFieldFormat": {
                      "presentation": "Default date format (31 Dec 2000 23:59)",
                      "id": "",
                      "$type": "DateFormatDescriptor"
                    },
                    "timeZone": {
                      "presentation": "Central European Summer Time (UTC/GMT +2 hours)",
                      "id": "Europe/Berlin",
                      "$type": "TimeZoneDescriptor"
                    },
                    "$type": "AppearanceSettings"
                  },
                  "localeSettings": {
                    "locale": {
                      "name": "English",
                      "id": "en_US",
                      "locale": "en_US",
                      "$type": "LocaleDescriptor"
                    },
                    "id": "40-0",
                    "$type": "LocaleSettings"
                  },
                  "id": "GlobalSettings",
                  "$type": "GlobalSettings"
                }
            

Update a Specific GlobalSettings

Update settings.

Required permissions

Requires Low-level Admin Write permission.

Request syntax

POST /api/admin/globalSettings?{fields}

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fields	String	A list of GlobalSettings attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified,only the `entityID` is returned

Sample

Sample request URI

                https://example.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/api/admin/globalSettings?fields=appearanceSettings(dateFieldFormat(id,presentation),timeZone(id,presentation))
            

Sample request body

                {
                  "appearanceSettings": {
                    "timeZone": {
                      "id": "Europe/Berlin"
                    }
                  }
                }
            

Sample response body

                {
                  "appearanceSettings": {
                    "timeZone": {
                      "presentation": "Central European Summer Time (UTC/GMT +2 hours)",
                      "id": "Europe/Berlin",
                      "$type": "TimeZoneDescriptor"
                    },
                    "dateFieldFormat": {
                      "presentation": "Default date format (31 Dec 2000 23:59)",
                      "id": "",
                      "$type": "DateFormatDescriptor"
                    },
                    "$type": "AppearanceSettings"
                  },
                  "$type": "GlobalSettings"
                }
            

Last modified: 17 December 2019