Command Suggestions

Lets you get suggestions for the currently entered command.

Resource	/api/commands/assist
Returned entity	CommandList. For the description of the entity attributes, see Supported Fields section.
Supported methods	`POST`: Command Suggestions.

CommandList attributes

Represents list of command and related comment in YouTrack. Can be used to either apply a command or get command suggestions.

This table describes attributes of the CommandList 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
comment	String	A comment to add to an issue. `Can be null`.
visibility	CommandVisibility	Stores visibility settings for a comment added with the command.
query	String	Stores a command to apply. `Can be null`.
caret	Int	Current caret position. End of current command by default.
silent	Boolean	If true, the command is applied without notification. The default value is false.
usesMarkdown	Boolean	When true, a comment added with the command is parsed as Markdown formatted. Otherwise, the comment is parsed as YouTrack Wiki formatted.
runAs	String	Login for a user on whose behalf the command is executed. To use the runAs parameter, you must have the Low-level Administration permission in the project for the target issue. `Can be null`.
commands	Array of ParsedCommands	Stores a collection of commands parsed from the provided query. `Read-only`.
issues	Array of Issues	Stores a collection of issues to which the current command applies.
suggestions	Array of Suggestions	Stores a collection of possible command suggestions. `Read-only`.

Read Command Suggestions

Get command suggestions for the specified query.

Request syntax

POST /api/commands/assist?{fields}

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fields	String	A list of CommandList 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/commands/assist?fields=caret,commands%28delete,description,error%29,query,styleRanges%28end,length,start,style%29,suggestions%28caret,className,comment,completionEnd,completionStart,description,group,icon,id,matchingEnd,matchingStart,option,prefix,suffix%29
            

Sample request body

                {
                "query": "sta",
                "caret": 3,
                "issues": [ { "id": "2-30" } ]
                }
            

Sample response body

                {
                  "commands": [
                    {
                      "description": "unknown command: sta",
                      "delete": false,
                      "error": true
                    }
                  ],
                  "styleRanges": [
                    {
                      "start": 0,
                      "style": "error",
                      "length": 3
                    }
                  ],
                  "suggestions": [
                    {
                      "icon": null,
                      "description": "change star",
                      "completionEnd": 3,
                      "caret": 5,
                      "completionStart": 0,
                      "matchingEnd": 3,
                      "matchingStart": 0,
                      "group": null,
                      "prefix": null,
                      "option": "star",
                      "suffix": " ",
                      "id": "star",
                      "className": null
                    },
                    {
                      "icon": null,
                      "description": "change State",
                      "completionEnd": 3,
                      "caret": 6,
                      "completionStart": 0,
                      "matchingEnd": 3,
                      "matchingStart": 0,
                      "group": null,
                      "prefix": null,
                      "option": "State",
                      "suffix": " ",
                      "id": "State",
                      "className": null
                    }
                  ],
                  "caret": 3,
                  "query": "sta"
                }
            

Last modified: 17 December 2019