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Sprint attributes

Represents a sprint that is associated with an agile board. Each sprint can include issues from one or more projects.

This table describes attributes of the Sprint 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
agile	Agile	The agile board that the sprint belongs to. `Read-only`. `Can be null`.
name	String	Name of the sprint. `Can be null`.
goal	String	Goal of the sprint. `Can be null`.
start	Long	The start date of the sprint as a timestamp. `Can be null`.
finish	Long	The end date of the sprint as a timestamp. `Can be null`.
archived	Boolean	Indicates whether the sprint is archived.
isDefault	Boolean	If true, then new issues that match a column on this board are automatically added to this sprint.
issues	Array of Issues	Issues that are present on this sprint.
unresolvedIssuesCount	Int	Number of unresolved issues on this sprint. `Read-only`.
previousSprint	Sprint	If you provide this attribute when you create a new sprint, then all unresolved issues from this sprint will be moved to the newly created sprint.

Read a List of Sprints

Get the list of all sprints of the agile board.

Request syntax

GET /api/agiles/{agileID}/sprints?{fields}&{$top}&{$skip}

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fields	String	A list of Sprint attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified,only the `entityID` is returned
$skip	Int	Optional. Lets you set a number of returned entities to skip before returning the first one.
$top	Int	Optional. Lets you specify the maximum number of entries that are returned in the response.

Sample

Sample request URI

                https://example.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/api/agiles/108-4/sprints?fields=id,name,isDefault,issues(idReadable),goal,start,finish,unresolvedIssuesCount,archived
            

Sample response body

                [
                  {
                    "issues": [],
                    "isDefault": false,
                    "start": null,
                    "unresolvedIssuesCount": 0,
                    "archived": false,
                    "finish": null,
                    "goal": null,
                    "name": "First sprint",
                    "id": "109-5",
                    "$type": "Sprint"
                  },
                  {
                    "issues": [
                      {
                        "idReadable": "SP-35",
                        "$type": "Issue"
                      }
                    ],
                    "isDefault": false,
                    "start": 1540159200000,
                    "unresolvedIssuesCount": 1,
                    "archived": false,
                    "finish": 1541372400000,
                    "goal": "Open most requested resources",
                    "name": "Sprint 2: Add more resources",
                    "id": "109-7",
                    "$type": "Sprint"
                  },
                  {
                    "issues": [
                      {
                        "idReadable": "SP-37",
                        "$type": "Issue"
                      }
                    ],
                    "isDefault": false,
                    "start": 1541372400000,
                    "unresolvedIssuesCount": 1,
                    "archived": false,
                    "finish": 1542582000000,
                    "goal": "Prepare the bug-fix release",
                    "name": "Sprint 3: Bug-fix release",
                    "id": "109-8",
                    "$type": "Sprint"
                  },
                  {
                    "issues": [],
                    "isDefault": false,
                    "start": null,
                    "unresolvedIssuesCount": 0,
                    "archived": false,
                    "finish": null,
                    "goal": "Revise the list of public resources and entities",
                    "name": "Sprint 5: Public resources revision",
                    "id": "109-10",
                    "$type": "Sprint"
                  },
                  {
                    "issues": [],
                    "isDefault": false,
                    "start": null,
                    "unresolvedIssuesCount": 0,
                    "archived": false,
                    "finish": null,
                    "goal": null,
                    "name": "Sprint 6: Only the name matters",
                    "id": "109-11",
                    "$type": "Sprint"
                  }
                ]
            

Add a New Sprint

Create a new sprint for the specified agile board.

Mandatory attributes: name.

Required permissions

THe user must have permissions to update the board.

Request syntax

POST /api/agiles/{agileID}/sprints?{fields}

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fields	String	A list of Sprint 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/agiles/108-4/sprints?fields=id,archived,start,finish,goal,isDefault,name,previousSprint(finish,name,id),unresolvedIssuesCount,issues(id,summary,description,idReadable)
            

Sample request body

                {
                  "start":1572562800000,
                  "finish":1575068400000,
                  "goal":"Prepare the public BETA release",
                  "name":"Public BETA release",
                  "previousSprint":{"id":"109-10"}
                }
            

Sample response body

                {
                  "issues": [],
                  "isDefault": false,
                  "start": 1572562800000,
                  "unresolvedIssuesCount": 0,
                  "previousSprint": null,
                  "archived": false,
                  "finish": 1575068400000,
                  "goal": "Prepare the public BETA release",
                  "name": "Public BETA release",
                  "id": "109-31",
                  "$type": "Sprint"
                }
            

Resource	/api/agiles/{agileID}/sprints
Returned entity	Sprint. For the description of the entity attributes, see Supported Fields section.
Supported methods	`GET`: Read a List of Sprints. `POST`: Add a New Sprint.