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Operations with Specific IssueAttachment

This resource lets you work with attachments in the specific issue.

Resource

/api/issues/{issueID}/attachments/{attachmentID}

Returned entity

IssueAttachment. For the description of the entity attributes, see Supported Fields section.

Supported methods

IssueAttachment attributes

Represents a file that is attached to an issue or a comment.

This table describes attributes of the IssueAttachment 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

name

String

The name of the file. Can be null.

author

User

The user who attached the file to the issue. Read-only. Can be null.

created

Long

The date and time when the attachment was created as a timestamp. Read-only.

updated

Long

The date and time the attachment was last updated as a timestamp. Read-only.

size

Long

The size of the attached file in bytes. Read-only.

extension

String

The extension that defines the file type. Read-only. Can be null.

charset

String

Charset of the file. Read-only. Can be null.

mimeType

String

Mime type of the file. Read-only. Can be null.

metaData

String

The dimensions of an image file. For an image file, the value is rw=&rh=. For a non-image file, the value is empty. Read-only. Can be null.

draft

Boolean

If true, attachment is not yet published, otherwise false. Read-only.

removed

Boolean

If true, then attachment is considered to be removed. Read-only.

base64Content

String

The Data URI that represents the attachment with the following syntax:

data:[<media type>][;base64],<data>

For example:

"data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAUAAAAFCAYAAACNbyblAAAAHElEQVQI12P4//8/w38GIAXDIBKE0DHxgljNBAAO9TXL0Y4OHwAAAABJRU5ErkJggg=="
Can be null.

url

String

URL of the file. Read-only. Can be null.

visibility

Visibility

Access setting of the attachment. Can be null.

issue

Issue

The issue that the file is attached to. Read-only. Can be null.

comment

IssueComment

The comment that the file is attached to. Returns null, if the file was attached directly to the issue. Read-only.

thumbnailURL

String

URL of the attachment thumbnail. Read-only. Can be null.

Read a Specific IssueAttachment

Read a specific attachment of the issue.

Required permissions

  • Requires read access to the issue, to which the attachment belongs.

  • If the attachment is added to a comment, access to this comment is also required.

  • If the attachment visibility is limited to specific groups or users, only users from this set and attachment author will be able to access the attachment. Override Visibility Restrictions permissions allows to override these limitations.

Request syntax

GET /api/issues/{issueID}/attachments/{attachmentID}?{fields}

{attachmentID}

Database ID of the attachment.

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

fields

String

A list of IssueAttachment 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/issues/2-6/attachments/7-2?fields=id,name,author(id,name),created,updated,size,mimeType,extension,metaData,url

Sample response body

{ "created": 1554209839634, "updated": 1554209839578, "author": { "name": "John Smith", "id": "1-1", "$type": "User" }, "metaData": "rw=568&rh=902", "name": "2019-03-28_14-30-46.png", "size": 208788, "extension": "png", "url": "/youtrack/api/files/1-1/sign=fake", "mimeType": "image/png", "id": "7-2", "$type": "IssueAttachment" }

Update a Specific IssueAttachment

Update a specific attachment.

Required permissions

The author of the attachment can always update it. Otherwise, requires the Update Attachment permission.

Request syntax

POST /api/issues/{issueID}/attachments/{attachmentID}?{fields}

{attachmentID}

Database ID of the attachment.

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

fields

String

A list of IssueAttachment attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified,only the entityID is returned

Sample

For an existing attachment, you can update only its name, visibility settings, and base64Content, if applicable. For this sample, we just re-name the attached image file.

Sample request URI

https://example.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/api/issues/2-6/attachments/7-2?fields=id,name,author(id,name),created,updated,size,mimeType,extension,metaData,url

Sample request body

{ "name":"orphan-modules.png" }

Sample response body

{ "created": 1554209839634, "updated": 1569436739288, "author": { "name": "John Smith", "id": "1-1", "$type": "User" }, "metaData": "rw=568&rh=902", "name": "orphan-modules.png", "size": 208788, "extension": "png", "url": "/youtrack/api/files/1-1/sign=fake", "mimeType": "image/png", "id": "7-2", "$type": "IssueAttachment" }

Delete a Specific IssueAttachment

Delete a specific attachment.

Required permissions

The author of the attachment can always delete it. Otherwise, requires Delete Attachment permission.

Request syntax

DELETE /api/issues/{issueID}/attachments/{attachmentID}

{attachmentID}

Database ID of the attachment.

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

fields

String

A list of IssueAttachment 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/issues/2-6/attachments/7-2
Last modified: 28 October 2020