Operations with Specific LocaleSettings

This resource lets you work with the system language settings of your YouTrack service.

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

LocaleSettings attributes

Represents the System Language settings.

This table describes attributes of the LocaleSettings 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
locale	LocaleDescriptor	Current locale of YouTrack.
isRTL	Boolean	Indicates whether the current system language is right-to-left.

Read a Specific LocaleSettings

Read the current system language of your YouTrack service.

Request syntax

GET /api/admin/globalSettings/localeSettings?{fields}

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fields	String	A list of LocaleSettings 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/localeSettings?fields=locale(id,name,community,locale,language),isRTL
            

Sample response body

{
  "locale": {
    "name": "English",
    "locale": "en_US",
    "community": false,
    "id": "en_US",
    "language": "en",
    "$type": "LocaleDescriptor"
  },
  "isRTL": false,
  "$type": "LocaleSettings"
}
            

Update a Specific LocaleSettings

Change the system language of your YouTrack service.

Required parameters: Database id of the target locale. It usually has the same value as the locale attribute.

Required permissions

Requires Low-level Admin Write permission.

Request syntax

POST /api/admin/globalSettings/localeSettings?{fields}

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fields	String	A list of LocaleSettings 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/localeSettings?fields=locale(id,name,community,locale,language),isRTL
            

Sample request body

{
  "locale": {
    "id": "de_DE"
  }
}
            

Sample response body

{
  "locale": {
    "name": "Deutsch",
    "locale": "de_DE",
    "community": false,
    "id": "de_DE",
    "language": "de",
    "$type": "LocaleDescriptor"
  },
  "isRTL": false,
  "$type": "LocaleSettings"
}
            

Last modified: 28 October 2020