Approvals - Update

Service:

Release

API Version:

5.0

Update status of an approval

PATCH https://vsrm.dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/release/approvals/{approvalId}?api-version=5.0

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
approvalId	path	True	integer int32	Id of the approval.
organization	path	True	string	The name of the Azure DevOps organization.
project	path	True	string	Project ID or project name
api-version	query	True	string	Version of the API to use. This should be set to '5.0' to use this version of the api.

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
approvalType	ApprovalType	Gets or sets the type of approval.
approvedBy	IdentityRef	Gets the identity who approved.
approver	IdentityRef	Gets or sets the identity who should approve.
attempt	integer	Gets or sets attempt which specifies as which deployment attempt it belongs.
comments	string	Gets or sets comments for approval.
createdOn	string	Gets date on which it got created.
history	ReleaseApprovalHistory[]	Gets history which specifies all approvals associated with this approval.
id	integer	Gets the unique identifier of this field.
isAutomated	boolean	Gets or sets as approval is automated or not.
isNotificationOn	boolean
modifiedOn	string	Gets date on which it got modified.
rank	integer	Gets or sets rank which specifies the order of the approval. e.g. Same rank denotes parallel approval.
release	ReleaseShallowReference	Gets releaseReference which specifies the reference of the release to which this approval is associated.
releaseDefinition	ReleaseDefinitionShallowReference	Gets releaseDefinitionReference which specifies the reference of the release definition to which this approval is associated.
releaseEnvironment	ReleaseEnvironmentShallowReference	Gets releaseEnvironmentReference which specifies the reference of the release environment to which this approval is associated.
revision	integer	Gets the revision number.
status	ApprovalStatus	Gets or sets the status of the approval.
trialNumber	integer
url	string	Gets url to access the approval.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	ReleaseApproval	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.release_manage	Grants the ability to read, update and delete release artifacts, including releases, release definitions and release envrionment, and the ability to queue and approve a new release.

Examples

Approve a release

Sample Request

HTTP

PATCH https://vsrm.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/MyFirstProject/_apis/release/approvals/{approvalId}?api-version=5.0

{
  "status": "approved",
  "comments": "Good to go!"
}

Sample Response

Status code:

200

{
  "id": 20,
  "revision": 1,
  "approver": {
    "id": "4adb1680-0eac-6149-b5ee-fc8b4f6ca227",
    "displayName": "Chuck Reinhart",
    "uniqueName": "fabfiber@outlook.com",
    "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/4adb1680-0eac-6149-b5ee-fc8b4f6ca227",
    "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=4adb1680-0eac-6149-b5ee-fc8b4f6ca227"
  },
  "approvedBy": {
    "id": "4adb1680-0eac-6149-b5ee-fc8b4f6ca227",
    "displayName": "Chuck Reinhart",
    "uniqueName": "fabfiber@outlook.com",
    "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/4adb1680-0eac-6149-b5ee-fc8b4f6ca227",
    "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=4adb1680-0eac-6149-b5ee-fc8b4f6ca227"
  },
  "approvalType": "preDeploy",
  "createdOn": "2017-05-31T18:07:40.45Z",
  "modifiedOn": "2017-05-31T18:08:09.577Z",
  "status": "approved",
  "comments": "Good to go!",
  "isAutomated": false,
  "isNotificationOn": true,
  "trialNumber": 1,
  "attempt": 1,
  "rank": 1,
  "history": [],
  "release": {
    "id": 3,
    "name": "Release-3",
    "url": "https://https://vsrm.dev.azure.com/fabrikamMyFirstProject/_apis/Release/releases/3",
    "_links": {}
  },
  "releaseDefinition": {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "MyShuttle.CD",
    "url": "https://https://vsrm.dev.azure.com/fabrikamd07908bc-118f-47d2-8a13-ff75601a6b1a/_apis/Release/definitions/1",
    "_links": {}
  },
  "releaseEnvironment": {
    "id": 9,
    "name": "Dev",
    "_links": {}
  },
  "url": "https://https://vsrm.dev.azure.com/fabrikamMyFirstProject/_apis/Release/approvals/20"
}

Definitions

Name	Description
ApprovalStatus	Gets or sets the status of the approval.
ApprovalType	Gets or sets the type of approval.
IdentityRef
ProjectReference
ReferenceLinks	The class to represent a collection of REST reference links.
ReleaseApproval
ReleaseApprovalHistory
ReleaseDefinitionShallowReference
ReleaseEnvironmentShallowReference
ReleaseShallowReference

ApprovalStatus

Gets or sets the status of the approval.

Name	Type	Description
approved	string
canceled	string
pending	string
reassigned	string
rejected	string
skipped	string
undefined	string

ApprovalType

Gets or sets the type of approval.

Name	Type	Description
all	string
postDeploy	string
preDeploy	string
undefined	string

IdentityRef

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	This field contains zero or more interesting links about the graph subject. These links may be invoked to obtain additional relationships or more detailed information about this graph subject.
descriptor	string	The descriptor is the primary way to reference the graph subject while the system is running. This field will uniquely identify the same graph subject across both Accounts and Organizations.
directoryAlias	string
displayName	string	This is the non-unique display name of the graph subject. To change this field, you must alter its value in the source provider.
id	string
imageUrl	string
inactive	boolean
isAadIdentity	boolean
isContainer	boolean
isDeletedInOrigin	boolean
profileUrl	string
uniqueName	string
url	string	This url is the full route to the source resource of this graph subject.

ProjectReference

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Gets the unique identifier of this field.
name	string	Gets name of project.

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.

ReleaseApproval

Name	Type	Description
approvalType	ApprovalType	Gets or sets the type of approval.
approvedBy	IdentityRef	Gets the identity who approved.
approver	IdentityRef	Gets or sets the identity who should approve.
attempt	integer	Gets or sets attempt which specifies as which deployment attempt it belongs.
comments	string	Gets or sets comments for approval.
createdOn	string	Gets date on which it got created.
history	ReleaseApprovalHistory[]	Gets history which specifies all approvals associated with this approval.
id	integer	Gets the unique identifier of this field.
isAutomated	boolean	Gets or sets as approval is automated or not.
isNotificationOn	boolean
modifiedOn	string	Gets date on which it got modified.
rank	integer	Gets or sets rank which specifies the order of the approval. e.g. Same rank denotes parallel approval.
release	ReleaseShallowReference	Gets releaseReference which specifies the reference of the release to which this approval is associated.
releaseDefinition	ReleaseDefinitionShallowReference	Gets releaseDefinitionReference which specifies the reference of the release definition to which this approval is associated.
releaseEnvironment	ReleaseEnvironmentShallowReference	Gets releaseEnvironmentReference which specifies the reference of the release environment to which this approval is associated.
revision	integer	Gets the revision number.
status	ApprovalStatus	Gets or sets the status of the approval.
trialNumber	integer
url	string	Gets url to access the approval.

ReleaseApprovalHistory

Name	Type	Description
approver	IdentityRef
changedBy	IdentityRef
comments	string
createdOn	string
modifiedOn	string
revision	integer

ReleaseDefinitionShallowReference

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	Gets the links to related resources, APIs, and views for the release definition.
id	integer	Gets the unique identifier of release definition.
name	string	Gets or sets the name of the release definition.
path	string	Gets or sets the path of the release definition.
projectReference	ProjectReference	Gets or sets project reference.
url	string	Gets the REST API url to access the release definition.

ReleaseEnvironmentShallowReference

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	Gets the links to related resources, APIs, and views for the release environment.
id	integer	Gets the unique identifier of release environment.
name	string	Gets or sets the name of the release environment.
url	string	Gets the REST API url to access the release environment.

ReleaseShallowReference

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	Gets the links to related resources, APIs, and views for the release.
id	integer	Gets the unique identifier of release.
name	string	Gets or sets the name of the release.
url	string	Gets the REST API url to access the release.