Items - Get

Service:

Git

API Version:

7.1

Get Item Metadata and/or Content for a single item. The download parameter is to indicate whether the content should be available as a download or just sent as a stream in the response. Doesn't apply to zipped content, which is always returned as a download.

GET https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/git/repositories/{repositoryId}/items?path={path}&api-version=7.1

With optional parameters:

GET https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/git/repositories/{repositoryId}/items?path={path}&scopePath={scopePath}&recursionLevel={recursionLevel}&includeContentMetadata={includeContentMetadata}&latestProcessedChange={latestProcessedChange}&download={download}&$format={$format}&versionDescriptor.version={versionDescriptor.version}&versionDescriptor.versionOptions={versionDescriptor.versionOptions}&versionDescriptor.versionType={versionDescriptor.versionType}&includeContent={includeContent}&resolveLfs={resolveLfs}&sanitize={sanitize}&api-version=7.1

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
organization	path	True	string	The name of the Azure DevOps organization.
repositoryId	path	True	string	The name or ID of the repository.
project	path		string	Project ID or project name
api-version	query	True	string	Version of the API to use. This should be set to '7.1' to use this version of the api.
path	query	True	string	The item path.
$format	query		string	If specified, this overrides the HTTP Accept request header to return either 'json' or 'zip'. If $format is specified, then api-version should also be specified as a query parameter.
download	query		boolean	Set to true to download the response as a file. Default is false.
includeContent	query		boolean	Set to true to include item content when requesting json. Default is false.
includeContentMetadata	query		boolean	Set to true to include content metadata. Default is false.
latestProcessedChange	query		boolean	Set to true to include the latest changes. Default is false.
recursionLevel	query		VersionControlRecursionType	The recursion level of this request. The default is 'none', no recursion.
resolveLfs	query		boolean	Set to true to resolve Git LFS pointer files to return actual content from Git LFS. Default is false.
sanitize	query		boolean	Set to true to sanitize an svg file and return it as image. Useful only if requested for svg file. Default is false.
scopePath	query		string	The path scope. The default is null.
versionDescriptor.version	query		string	Version string identifier (name of tag/branch, SHA1 of commit)
versionDescriptor.versionOptions	query		GitVersionOptions	Version options - Specify additional modifiers to version (e.g Previous)
versionDescriptor.versionType	query		GitVersionType	Version type (branch, tag, or commit). Determines how Id is interpreted

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	GitItem	successful operation Media Types: "application/zip", "text/plain", "application/octet-stream", "application/json"

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.code	Grants the ability to read source code and metadata about commits, changesets, branches, and other version control artifacts. Also grants the ability to search code and get notified about version control events via service hooks.

Examples

Download

Get metadata

Download

Sample request

HTTP

GET https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/git/repositories/278d5cd2-584d-4b63-824a-2ba458937249/items?scopePath=/MyWebSite/MyWebSite/Views/Home/_Home.cshtml&download=true&api-version=7.1

Sample response

Status code:

200

{
  "count": 1,
  "value": [
    {
      "objectId": "61a86fdaa79e5c6f5fb6e4026508489feb6ed92c",
      "gitObjectType": "blob",
      "commitId": "23d0bc5b128a10056dc68afece360d8a0fabb014",
      "path": "/MyWebSite/MyWebSite/Views/Home/_Home.cshtml",
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/git/repositories/278d5cd2-584d-4b63-824a-2ba458937249/items/MyWebSite/MyWebSite/Views/Home/_Home.cshtml?versionType=Branch&versionOptions=None"
    }
  ]
}

Get metadata

Sample request

HTTP

GET https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/git/repositories/278d5cd2-584d-4b63-824a-2ba458937249/items?scopePath=/MyWebSite/MyWebSite/Views/Home/_Home.cshtml&api-version=7.1

Sample response

Status code:

200

{
  "count": 1,
  "value": [
    {
      "objectId": "61a86fdaa79e5c6f5fb6e4026508489feb6ed92c",
      "gitObjectType": "blob",
      "commitId": "23d0bc5b128a10056dc68afece360d8a0fabb014",
      "path": "/MyWebSite/MyWebSite/Views/Home/_Home.cshtml",
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/git/repositories/278d5cd2-584d-4b63-824a-2ba458937249/items/MyWebSite/MyWebSite/Views/Home/_Home.cshtml?versionType=Branch&versionOptions=None"
    }
  ]
}

Definitions

Name	Description
ChangeCountDictionary
FileContentMetadata
GitChange
GitCommitRef	Provides properties that describe a Git commit and associated metadata.
GitItem
GitObjectType	Type of object (Commit, Tree, Blob, Tag)
GitPushRef
GitStatus	This class contains the metadata of a service/extension posting a status.
GitStatusContext	Status context that uniquely identifies the status.
GitStatusState	State of the status.
GitTemplate
GitUserDate	User info and date for Git operations.
GitVersionOptions	Version options - Specify additional modifiers to version (e.g Previous)
GitVersionType	Version type (branch, tag, or commit). Determines how Id is interpreted
IdentityRef
ItemContent
ItemContentType
ReferenceLinks	The class to represent a collection of REST reference links.
ResourceRef
VersionControlChangeType	The type of change that was made to the item.
VersionControlRecursionType	Specifies whether to include children (OneLevel), all descendants (Full), or None

ChangeCountDictionary

FileContentMetadata

Name	Type	Description
contentType	string
encoding	integer
extension	string
fileName	string
isBinary	boolean
isImage	boolean
vsLink	string

GitChange

Name	Type	Description
changeId	integer	ID of the change within the group of changes.
changeType	VersionControlChangeType	The type of change that was made to the item.
item	string	Current version.
newContent	ItemContent	Content of the item after the change.
newContentTemplate	GitTemplate	New Content template to be used when pushing new changes.
originalPath	string	Original path of item if different from current path.
sourceServerItem	string	Path of the item on the server.
url	string	URL to retrieve the item.

GitCommitRef

Provides properties that describe a Git commit and associated metadata.

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	A collection of related REST reference links.
author	GitUserDate	Author of the commit.
changeCounts	ChangeCountDictionary	Counts of the types of changes (edits, deletes, etc.) included with the commit.
changes	GitChange[]	An enumeration of the changes included with the commit.
comment	string	Comment or message of the commit.
commentTruncated	boolean	Indicates if the comment is truncated from the full Git commit comment message.
commitId	string	ID (SHA-1) of the commit.
commitTooManyChanges	boolean	Indicates that commit contains too many changes to be displayed
committer	GitUserDate	Committer of the commit.
parents	string[]	An enumeration of the parent commit IDs for this commit.
push	GitPushRef	The push associated with this commit.
remoteUrl	string	Remote URL path to the commit.
statuses	GitStatus[]	A list of status metadata from services and extensions that may associate additional information to the commit.
url	string	REST URL for this resource.
workItems	ResourceRef[]	A list of workitems associated with this commit.

GitItem

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	The class to represent a collection of REST reference links.
commitId	string	SHA1 of commit item was fetched at
content	string
contentMetadata	FileContentMetadata
gitObjectType	GitObjectType	Type of object (Commit, Tree, Blob, Tag, ...)
isFolder	boolean
isSymLink	boolean
latestProcessedChange	GitCommitRef	Shallow ref to commit that last changed this item Only populated if latestProcessedChange is requested May not be accurate if latest change is not yet cached
objectId	string	Git object id
originalObjectId	string	Git object id
path	string
url	string

GitObjectType

Type of object (Commit, Tree, Blob, Tag)

Name	Type	Description
bad	string
blob	string
commit	string
ext2	string
ofsDelta	string
refDelta	string
tag	string
tree	string

GitPushRef

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	The class to represent a collection of REST reference links.
date	string
pushId	integer
pushedBy	IdentityRef
url	string

GitStatus

This class contains the metadata of a service/extension posting a status.

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	Reference links.
context	GitStatusContext	Context of the status.
createdBy	IdentityRef	Identity that created the status.
creationDate	string	Creation date and time of the status.
description	string	Status description. Typically describes current state of the status.
id	integer	Status identifier.
state	GitStatusState	State of the status.
targetUrl	string	URL with status details.
updatedDate	string	Last update date and time of the status.

GitStatusContext

Status context that uniquely identifies the status.

Name	Type	Description
genre	string	Genre of the status. Typically name of the service/tool generating the status, can be empty.
name	string	Name identifier of the status, cannot be null or empty.

GitStatusState

State of the status.

Name	Type	Description
error	string	Status with an error.
failed	string	Status failed.
notApplicable	string	Status is not applicable to the target object.
notSet	string	Status state not set. Default state.
pending	string	Status pending.
succeeded	string	Status succeeded.

GitTemplate

Name	Type	Description
name	string	Name of the Template
type	string	Type of the Template

GitUserDate

User info and date for Git operations.

Name	Type	Description
date	string	Date of the Git operation.
email	string	Email address of the user performing the Git operation.
imageUrl	string	Url for the user's avatar.
name	string	Name of the user performing the Git operation.

GitVersionOptions

Version options - Specify additional modifiers to version (e.g Previous)

Name	Type	Description
firstParent	string	First parent of commit (HEAD^)
none	string	Not specified
previousChange	string	Commit that changed item prior to the current version

GitVersionType

Version type (branch, tag, or commit). Determines how Id is interpreted

Name	Type	Description
branch	string	Interpret the version as a branch name
commit	string	Interpret the version as a commit ID (SHA1)
tag	string	Interpret the version as a tag name

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	Deprecated - Can be retrieved by querying the Graph user referenced in the "self" entry of the IdentityRef "_links" dictionary
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	Deprecated - Available in the "avatar" entry of the IdentityRef "_links" dictionary
inactive	boolean	Deprecated - Can be retrieved by querying the Graph membership state referenced in the "membershipState" entry of the GraphUser "_links" dictionary
isAadIdentity	boolean	Deprecated - Can be inferred from the subject type of the descriptor (Descriptor.IsAadUserType/Descriptor.IsAadGroupType)
isContainer	boolean	Deprecated - Can be inferred from the subject type of the descriptor (Descriptor.IsGroupType)
isDeletedInOrigin	boolean
profileUrl	string	Deprecated - not in use in most preexisting implementations of ToIdentityRef
uniqueName	string	Deprecated - use Domain+PrincipalName instead
url	string	This url is the full route to the source resource of this graph subject.

ItemContent

Name	Type	Description
content	string
contentType	ItemContentType

ItemContentType

Name	Type	Description
base64Encoded	string
rawText	string

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.

ResourceRef

Name	Type	Description
id	string
url	string

VersionControlChangeType

The type of change that was made to the item.

Name	Type	Description
add	string
all	string
branch	string
delete	string
edit	string
encoding	string
lock	string
merge	string
none	string
property	string
rename	string
rollback	string
sourceRename	string
targetRename	string
undelete	string

VersionControlRecursionType

Specifies whether to include children (OneLevel), all descendants (Full), or None

Name	Type	Description
full	string	Return specified item and all descendants
none	string	Only return the specified item.
oneLevel	string	Return the specified item and its direct children.
oneLevelPlusNestedEmptyFolders	string	Return the specified item and its direct children, as well as recursive chains of nested child folders that only contain a single folder.