Work Items - Get Work Item

Reference

Service:: Work Item Tracking

API Version:: 4.1

Returns a single work item.

GET https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/wit/workitems/{id}?api-version=4.1

With optional parameters:

GET https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/wit/workitems/{id}?fields={fields}&asOf={asOf}&$expand={$expand}&api-version=4.1

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
id	path	True	integer int32	The work item id
organization	path	True	string	The name of the Azure DevOps organization.
project	path		string	Project ID or project name
api-version	query	True	string	Version of the API to use. This should be set to '4.1' to use this version of the api.
$expand	query		WorkItemExpand	The expand parameters for work item attributes. Possible options are { None, Relations, Fields, Links, All }.
asOf	query		string date-time	AsOf UTC date time string
fields	query		string array (string)	Comma-separated list of requested fields

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	WorkItem	successful operation

Security

oauth2

Type: oauth2
Flow: accessCode
Authorization URL: https://app.vssps.visualstudio.com/oauth2/authorize&response_type=Assertion
Token URL: https://app.vssps.visualstudio.com/oauth2/token?client_assertion_type=urn:ietf:params:oauth:client-assertion-type:jwt-bearer&grant_type=urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:jwt-bearer

Scopes

Name	Description
vso.work	Grants the ability to read work items, queries, boards, area and iterations paths, and other work item tracking related metadata. Also grants the ability to execute queries and to receive notifications about work item events via service hooks.

Examples

Get work item

Get work item with asOf parameter

Get work item

Sample Request

HTTP

GET https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/Fabrikam-Fiber-Git/_apis/wit/workitems/12?api-version=4.1

Sample Response

Status code:: 200

{
  "id": 12,
  "rev": 3,
  "fields": {
    "System.AreaPath": "MyAgilePrj2",
    "System.TeamProject": "MyAgilePrj2",
    "System.IterationPath": "MyAgilePrj2\\Iteration 1",
    "System.WorkItemType": "User Story",
    "System.State": "Active",
    "System.Reason": "Implementation started",
    "System.AssignedTo": "Jamal Hartnett <fabrikamfiber4@hotmail.com>",
    "System.CreatedDate": "2017-09-04T06:11:59.05Z",
    "System.CreatedBy": "Jamal Hartnett <fabrikamfiber4@hotmail.com>",
    "System.ChangedDate": "2017-10-04T23:32:02.18Z",
    "System.ChangedBy": "Jamal Hartnett <fabrikamfiber4@hotmail.com>",
    "System.Title": "Epic 2",
    "Microsoft.VSTS.Common.StateChangeDate": "2017-10-04T23:32:01.6Z",
    "Microsoft.VSTS.Common.ActivatedDate": "2017-10-04T23:32:01.6Z",
    "Microsoft.VSTS.Common.ActivatedBy": "Jamal Hartnett <fabrikamfiber4@hotmail.com>",
    "Microsoft.VSTS.Common.Priority": 2,
    "Microsoft.VSTS.Common.ValueArea": "Business",
    "System.Tags": "client; sample; teamservices"
  },
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/wit/workItems/12"
    },
    "workItemUpdates": {
      "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/wit/workItems/12/updates"
    },
    "workItemRevisions": {
      "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/wit/workItems/12/revisions"
    },
    "workItemHistory": {
      "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/wit/workItems/12/history"
    },
    "html": {
      "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/web/wi.aspx?pcguid=20cda608-32f0-4e6e-9b7c-8def7b38d15a&id=12"
    },
    "workItemType": {
      "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/54332e84-3d54-4c67-9bd0-0e88a9849330/_apis/wit/workItemTypes/User%20Story"
    },
    "fields": {
      "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/wit/fields"
    }
  },
  "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/wit/workItems/12"
}

Get work item with asOf parameter

Sample Request

HTTP

GET https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/Fabrikam-Fiber-Git/_apis/wit/workitems/564?asOf=2017-12-21T19:42:54.230Z&api-version=4.1

Sample Response

Status code:: 200

{
  "id": 564,
  "rev": 4,
  "fields": {
    "System.AreaPath": "MyAgilePrj2",
    "System.TeamProject": "MyAgilePrj2",
    "System.IterationPath": "MyAgilePrj2\\Iteration 0",
    "System.WorkItemType": "Task",
    "System.State": "Proposed",
    "System.Reason": "New",
    "System.AssignedTo": "Jamal Hartnett <fabrikamfiber4@hotmail.com>",
    "System.CreatedDate": "2017-12-16T00:46:58.01Z",
    "System.CreatedBy": "Jamal Hartnett <fabrikamfiber4@hotmail.com>",
    "System.ChangedDate": "2017-12-16T00:49:08.81Z",
    "System.ChangedBy": "Jamal Hartnett <fabrikamfiber4@hotmail.com>",
    "System.Title": "t1.3",
    "Microsoft.VSTS.Common.StateChangeDate": "2017-12-16T00:46:58.01Z",
    "Microsoft.VSTS.Common.Priority": 2,
    "Microsoft.VSTS.CMMI.Blocked": "No",
    "Microsoft.VSTS.Common.Triage": "Pending",
    "Microsoft.VSTS.CMMI.TaskType": "Planned",
    "Microsoft.VSTS.CMMI.RequiresReview": "No",
    "Microsoft.VSTS.CMMI.RequiresTest": "No"
  },
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/wit/workItems/564/revisions/4"
    },
    "workItemRevisions": {
      "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/wit/workItems/564/revisions"
    },
    "parent": {
      "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/wit/workItems/564"
    }
  },
  "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/wit/workItems/564/revisions/4"
}

Definitions

ReferenceLinks	The class to represent a collection of REST reference links.
WorkItem	Describes a work item.
WorkItemExpand	The expand parameters for work item attributes. Possible options are { None, Relations, Fields, Links, All }.
WorkItemRelation

ReferenceLinks

The class to represent a collection of REST reference links.

Name	Type	Description
links	object	The readonly view of the links. Because Reference links are readonly, we only want to expose them as read only.

WorkItem

Describes a work item.

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	Link references to related REST resources.
fields	object	Map of field and values for the work item.
id	integer	The work item ID.
relations	WorkItemRelation[]	Relations of the work item.
rev	integer	Revision number of the work item.
url	string

WorkItemExpand

The expand parameters for work item attributes. Possible options are { None, Relations, Fields, Links, All }.

Name	Type	Description
all	string
fields	string
links	string
none	string
relations	string

WorkItemRelation

Name	Type	Description
attributes	object	Collection of link attributes.
rel	string	Relation type.
url	string	Link url.