azure boards create user story using C# code

Question

In azure devops I can go to board -> sprints -> New work Item -> User Story
and then create a user story. How can I create a User Story from an application using C# Code.

Would be thankful if some one can point me in the right direction on how this can be done.

Answer 1

@Murugan Andezuthu Dharmaratnam , you could try the following code to create a user story in Azure Devops in a c# console app.

Please install the nuget-package Microsoft.TeamFoundationServer.Client first of all.

Code:

using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.WebApi;  
using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.WebApi.Models;  
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Common;  
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.WebApi;  
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.WebApi.Patch;  
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.WebApi.Patch.Json;  
using System;  
  
namespace How_to_add_user_story  
{  
    class Program  
    {  
        static void Main(string[] args)  
        {  
            CreateUserStory userStory = new CreateUserStory();  
            userStory.CreateUserStoryUsingClientLib();  
  
            Console.ReadKey();  
        }  
  
        
    }  
  
  
  
  
    public class CreateUserStory  
    {  
        readonly string _uri;  
        readonly string _personalAccessToken;  
        readonly string _project;  
  
        /// <summary>  
        /// Constructor. Manually set values to match your organization.   
        /// </summary>  
        public CreateUserStory()  
        {  
            _uri ="https://dev.azure.com/{orgName}";  
            _personalAccessToken = "Token";  
            _project = "A1";   // ProjectName  
        }  
  
        /// <summary>  
        /// Create a user story using the .NET client library  
        /// </summary>  
        /// <returns>Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.WebApi.Models.WorkItem</returns>      
        public WorkItem CreateUserStoryUsingClientLib()  
        {  
            Uri uri = new Uri(_uri);  
            string personalAccessToken = _personalAccessToken;  
            string project = _project;  
  
            VssBasicCredential credentials = new VssBasicCredential("", _personalAccessToken);  
            JsonPatchDocument patchDocument = new JsonPatchDocument();  
  
            //add fields and their values to your patch document  
            patchDocument.Add(  
                new JsonPatchOperation()  
                {  
                    Operation = Operation.Add,  
                    Path = "/fields/System.Title",  
                    Value = "Test UserStory"  
                }  
            );  
  
            patchDocument.Add(  
                new JsonPatchOperation()  
                {  
                    Operation = Operation.Add,  
                    Path = "/fields/Microsoft.VSTS.TCM.ReproSteps",  
                    Value = "Our authorization logic needs to allow for users with Microsoft accounts (formerly Live Ids) - http:// msdn.microsoft.com/library/live/hh826547.aspx"  
                }  
            );  
  
            patchDocument.Add(  
                new JsonPatchOperation()  
                {  
                    Operation = Operation.Add,  
                    Path = "/fields/Microsoft.VSTS.Common.Priority",  
                    Value = "1"  
                }  
            );  
  
            patchDocument.Add(  
                new JsonPatchOperation()  
                {  
                    Operation = Operation.Add,  
                    Path = "/fields/Microsoft.VSTS.Common.Severity",  
                    Value = "2 - High"  
                }  
            );  
            VssConnection connection = new VssConnection(uri, credentials);  
            WorkItemTrackingHttpClient workItemTrackingHttpClient = connection.GetClient<WorkItemTrackingHttpClient>();  
  
            try  
            {  
                WorkItem result = workItemTrackingHttpClient.CreateWorkItemAsync(patchDocument, project, "User Story").Result;  
  
                Console.WriteLine("User Story Successfully Created: User Story #{0}", result.Id);  
  
                return result;  
            }  
            catch (AggregateException ex)  
            {  
                Console.WriteLine("Error creating user story: {0}", ex.InnerException.Message);  
                return null;  
            }  
        }  
    }  
}  

Result in console and Azure Devops:

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