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Custom Fields

This resource lets you work with the custom fields. In the old REST API we called them "prototypes".

Resource

/api/admin/customFieldSettings/customFields

Returned entity

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

Supported methods

Supported sub-resources

CustomField attributes

Represents a custom field in YouTrack.

This table describes attributes of the CustomField 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 custom field. Can be null.

localizedName

String

If set, then this value is used for the field presentation in UI. Can be null.

fieldType

FieldType

The type of the custom field.

isAutoAttached

Boolean

If true, then the field will be automatically attached to new projects.

isDisplayedInIssueList

Boolean

If true, the field is visible in the Issues list by default.

ordinal

Int

Number of the field.

aliases

String

A comma-separated list of aliases that can be used in search and commands. Can be null.

fieldDefaults

CustomFieldDefaults

Default project-related settings for the custom field. May contain different values for custom fields of different types. Read-only.

hasRunningJob

Boolean

Indicates whether a background job is running for this field. In this case, some field operations may be temporary unavailable. Read-only.

isUpdateable

Boolean

Indicates whether the current user has permissions to update this field. Read-only.

instances

Array of ProjectCustomFields

Project-related settings. May contain different values for custom fields of different types

Read a List of CustomFields

Get all available custom fields in the system.

Request syntax

GET /api/admin/customFieldSettings/customFields?{fields}&{$top}&{$skip}

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

fields

String

A list of CustomField 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/admin/customFieldSettings/customFields?fields=id,name,fieldType(presentation,id)&$top=3

Sample response body

[ { "fieldType": { "presentation": "ownedField[1]", "id": "ownedField[1]", "$type": "FieldType" }, "name": "Subsystem", "id": "58-0", "$type": "CustomField" }, { "fieldType": { "presentation": "enum[1]", "id": "enum[1]", "$type": "FieldType" }, "name": "Priority", "id": "58-1", "$type": "CustomField" }, { "fieldType": { "presentation": "enum[1]", "id": "enum[1]", "$type": "FieldType" }, "name": "Type", "id": "58-2", "$type": "CustomField" } ]

Add a New CustomField

Create a new custom field in the system.

Mandatory attributes: name, fieldType.

Required permissions

Requires Update Project OR Low-level Admin Write permission.

Request syntax

POST /api/admin/customFieldSettings/customFields?{fields}

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

fields

String

A list of CustomField 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/customFieldSettings/customFields?fields=id,name,fieldType(presentation,id)

Sample request body

{ "fieldType": { "id": "enum[1]" }, "name": "Severity", "isDisplayedInIssueList": true, "isAutoAttached": false, "isPublic": true }

Sample response body

{ "fieldType": { "presentation": "enum[1]", "id": "enum[1]", "$type": "FieldType" }, "name": "Severity", "id": "58-22", "$type": "CustomField" }
Last modified: 28 October 2020