Operations with Specific IssueWorkItem

Resource that provides access to work items.

Resource	/api/workItems/{itemID}
Returned entity	IssueWorkItem. For the description of the entity attributes, see Supported Fields section.
Supported methods	`GET`: Read a Specific IssueWorkItem.

IssueWorkItem attributes

Represents a work item in an issue.

This table describes attributes of the IssueWorkItem 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
author	User	The user to whom the work is attributed in the work item. `Can be null`.
creator	User	The user who added the work item to the issue. `Read-only`. `Can be null`.
text	String	The work item description. `Can be null`.
textPreview	String	Parsed preview of the description. `Read-only`.
type	WorkItemType	The work item type. `Can be null`.
created	Long	The date when the work item was created. `Can be null`.
updated	Long	The date when the work item was last updated. `Can be null`.
duration	DurationValue	The duration of the work item.
date	Long	The date and time that is assigned to the work item. Stored as a Unix timestamp in UTC. The time part is set to midnight for the current date.
issue	Issue	Stores attributes of the issue to which the work item is attached. `Read-only`.
usesMarkdown	Boolean	Stores the format of the comment text. When `true`, the comment is processed as Markdown formatted text. Otherwise, the comment is processed as YouTrack Wiki formatted.

Read a Specific IssueWorkItem

Get a specific work item.

Required permissions

Requires access to the issue work item is added to and Read Work Item permission.

Request syntax

GET /api/workItems/{itemID}?{fields}

{itemID}

Database ID of the work item

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fields	String	A list of IssueWorkItem 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/workItems/115-2?fields=created,duration(presentation,minutes),author(name),creator(name),date,id
            

Sample response body

{
  "duration": {
    "minutes": 60,
    "presentation": "1h",
    "$type": "DurationValue"
  },
  "date": 1538956800000,
  "created": 1539088817836,
  "creator": {
    "name": "John Doe",
    "$type": "User"
  },
  "author": {
    "name": "Jane Doe",
    "$type": "User"
  },
  "id": "115-2",
  "$type": "IssueWorkItem"
}
            

Last modified: 1 July 2020