Test Plans - Create

Reference

Service:: Test

API Version:: 5.0

Create a test plan.

POST https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/test/plans?api-version=5.0

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
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
area	ShallowReference	Area path to which the test plan belongs. This should be set to area path of the team that works on this test plan.
build	ShallowReference	Build ID of the build whose quality is tested by the tests in this test plan. For automated testing, this build ID is used to find the test binaries that contain automated test methods.
buildDefinition	ShallowReference	The Build Definition that generates a build associated with this test plan.
configurationIds	integer[]	IDs of configurations to be applied when new test suites and test cases are added to the test plan.
description	string	Description of the test plan.
endDate	string	End date for the test plan.
iteration	string	Iteration path assigned to the test plan. This indicates when the target iteration by which the testing in this plan is supposed to be complete and the product is ready to be released.
name	string	Name of the test plan.
owner	IdentityRef	Owner of the test plan.
releaseEnvironmentDefinition	ReleaseEnvironmentDefinitionReference	Release Environment to be used to deploy the build and run automated tests from this test plan.
startDate	string	Start date for the test plan.
state	string	State of the test plan.
testOutcomeSettings	TestOutcomeSettings	Test Outcome settings

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	TestPlan	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.test_write	Grants the ability to read, create, and update test plans, cases, results and other test management related artifacts.

Examples

Create a test plan in an area and iteration.

Create a test plan with a description.

Create a test plan with start date and end date.

Create a test plan in an area and iteration.

Sample request

HTTP

POST https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/fabrikam-fiber-tfvc/_apis/test/plans?api-version=5.0

{
  "name": "ANewPlan",
  "area": {
    "name": "Fabrikam-Fiber-TFVC\\Quality assurance"
  },
  "iteration": "Fabrikam-Fiber-TFVC\\Release 1"
}

Sample response

Status code:: 200

{
  "id": 16,
  "name": "ANewPlan",
  "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/fabrikam-fiber-tfvc/_apis/test/Plans/16",
  "project": {
    "id": "eb6e4656-77fc-42a1-9181-4c6d8e9da5d1",
    "name": "Fabrikam-Fiber-TFVC",
    "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/projects/Fabrikam-Fiber-TFVC"
  },
  "area": {
    "id": "411",
    "name": "Fabrikam-Fiber-TFVC\\Quality assurance"
  },
  "startDate": "2014-05-06T13:43:02.803578Z",
  "endDate": "2014-05-13T13:43:02.803578Z",
  "iteration": "Fabrikam-Fiber-TFVC\\Release 1",
  "updatedDate": "2014-05-06T13:43:02.187Z",
  "updatedBy": {
    "id": "e5a5f7f8-6507-4c34-b397-6c4818e002f4",
    "displayName": "Fabrikam Fiber",
    "uniqueName": "fabrikamfiber1@outlook.com",
    "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/e5a5f7f8-6507-4c34-b397-6c4818e002f4",
    "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=e5a5f7f8-6507-4c34-b397-6c4818e002f4"
  },
  "owner": {
    "id": "e5a5f7f8-6507-4c34-b397-6c4818e002f4",
    "displayName": "Fabrikam Fiber",
    "uniqueName": "fabrikamfiber1@outlook.com",
    "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/e5a5f7f8-6507-4c34-b397-6c4818e002f4",
    "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=e5a5f7f8-6507-4c34-b397-6c4818e002f4"
  },
  "revision": 1,
  "state": "Active",
  "rootSuite": {
    "id": "33",
    "name": "ANewPlan",
    "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/fabrikam-fiber-tfvc/_apis/test/Plans/16/Suites/33"
  },
  "clientUrl": "mtms://fabrikam.visualstudio.com:443/DefaultCollection/p:Fabrikam-Fiber-TFVC/Testing/testplan/connect?id=16"
}

Create a test plan with a description.

Sample request

HTTP

POST https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/fabrikam-fiber-tfvc/_apis/test/plans?api-version=5.0

{
  "name": "newCreatedPlan",
  "description": "This is a new test plan"
}

Sample response

Status code:: 200

{
  "id": 15,
  "name": "newCreatedPlan",
  "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/fabrikam-fiber-tfvc/_apis/test/Plans/15",
  "project": {
    "id": "eb6e4656-77fc-42a1-9181-4c6d8e9da5d1",
    "name": "Fabrikam-Fiber-TFVC",
    "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/projects/Fabrikam-Fiber-TFVC"
  },
  "area": {
    "id": "343",
    "name": "Fabrikam-Fiber-TFVC"
  },
  "description": "This is a new test plan",
  "startDate": "2014-05-06T13:42:59.3008007Z",
  "endDate": "2014-05-13T13:42:59.3008007Z",
  "iteration": "Fabrikam-Fiber-TFVC",
  "updatedDate": "2014-05-06T13:42:58.71Z",
  "updatedBy": {
    "id": "e5a5f7f8-6507-4c34-b397-6c4818e002f4",
    "displayName": "Fabrikam Fiber",
    "uniqueName": "fabrikamfiber1@outlook.com",
    "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/e5a5f7f8-6507-4c34-b397-6c4818e002f4",
    "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=e5a5f7f8-6507-4c34-b397-6c4818e002f4"
  },
  "owner": {
    "id": "e5a5f7f8-6507-4c34-b397-6c4818e002f4",
    "displayName": "Fabrikam Fiber",
    "uniqueName": "fabrikamfiber1@outlook.com",
    "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/e5a5f7f8-6507-4c34-b397-6c4818e002f4",
    "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=e5a5f7f8-6507-4c34-b397-6c4818e002f4"
  },
  "revision": 1,
  "state": "Active",
  "rootSuite": {
    "id": "32",
    "name": "newCreatedPlan",
    "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/fabrikam-fiber-tfvc/_apis/test/Plans/15/Suites/32"
  },
  "clientUrl": "mtms://fabrikam.visualstudio.com:443/DefaultCollection/p:Fabrikam-Fiber-TFVC/Testing/testplan/connect?id=15"
}

Create a test plan with start date and end date.

Sample request

HTTP

POST https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/fabrikam-fiber-tfvc/_apis/test/plans?api-version=5.0

{
  "name": "ANewPlan",
  "startDate": "2014-05-01",
  "endDate": "2014-05-10"
}

Sample response

Status code:: 200

{
  "id": 17,
  "name": "ANewPlan",
  "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/fabrikam-fiber-tfvc/_apis/test/Plans/17",
  "project": {
    "id": "eb6e4656-77fc-42a1-9181-4c6d8e9da5d1",
    "name": "Fabrikam-Fiber-TFVC",
    "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/projects/Fabrikam-Fiber-TFVC"
  },
  "area": {
    "id": "343",
    "name": "Fabrikam-Fiber-TFVC"
  },
  "startDate": "2014-05-01T00:00:00Z",
  "endDate": "2014-05-10T00:00:00Z",
  "iteration": "Fabrikam-Fiber-TFVC",
  "updatedDate": "2014-05-06T13:43:04.743Z",
  "updatedBy": {
    "id": "e5a5f7f8-6507-4c34-b397-6c4818e002f4",
    "displayName": "Fabrikam Fiber",
    "uniqueName": "fabrikamfiber1@outlook.com",
    "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/e5a5f7f8-6507-4c34-b397-6c4818e002f4",
    "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=e5a5f7f8-6507-4c34-b397-6c4818e002f4"
  },
  "owner": {
    "id": "e5a5f7f8-6507-4c34-b397-6c4818e002f4",
    "displayName": "Fabrikam Fiber",
    "uniqueName": "fabrikamfiber1@outlook.com",
    "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/e5a5f7f8-6507-4c34-b397-6c4818e002f4",
    "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=e5a5f7f8-6507-4c34-b397-6c4818e002f4"
  },
  "revision": 1,
  "state": "Active",
  "rootSuite": {
    "id": "34",
    "name": "ANewPlan",
    "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/fabrikam-fiber-tfvc/_apis/test/Plans/17/Suites/34"
  },
  "clientUrl": "mtms://fabrikam.visualstudio.com:443/DefaultCollection/p:Fabrikam-Fiber-TFVC/Testing/testplan/connect?id=17"
}

Definitions

Name	Description
IdentityRef
PlanUpdateModel	A model class used for creating and updating test plans.
ReferenceLinks	The class to represent a collection of REST reference links.
ReleaseEnvironmentDefinitionReference	Reference to release environment resource.
ShallowReference	An abstracted reference to some other resource. This class is used to provide the build data contracts with a uniform way to reference other resources in a way that provides easy traversal through links.
TestOutcomeSettings	Test outcome settings
TestPlan	The test plan resource.

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.

PlanUpdateModel

A model class used for creating and updating test plans.

Name	Type	Description
area	ShallowReference	Area path to which the test plan belongs. This should be set to area path of the team that works on this test plan.
build	ShallowReference	Build ID of the build whose quality is tested by the tests in this test plan. For automated testing, this build ID is used to find the test binaries that contain automated test methods.
buildDefinition	ShallowReference	The Build Definition that generates a build associated with this test plan.
configurationIds	integer[]	IDs of configurations to be applied when new test suites and test cases are added to the test plan.
description	string	Description of the test plan.
endDate	string	End date for the test plan.
iteration	string	Iteration path assigned to the test plan. This indicates when the target iteration by which the testing in this plan is supposed to be complete and the product is ready to be released.
name	string	Name of the test plan.
owner	IdentityRef	Owner of the test plan.
releaseEnvironmentDefinition	ReleaseEnvironmentDefinitionReference	Release Environment to be used to deploy the build and run automated tests from this test plan.
startDate	string	Start date for the test plan.
state	string	State of the test plan.
testOutcomeSettings	TestOutcomeSettings	Test Outcome settings

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.

ReleaseEnvironmentDefinitionReference

Reference to release environment resource.

Name	Type	Description
definitionId	integer	ID of the release definition that contains the release environment definition.
environmentDefinitionId	integer	ID of the release environment definition.

ShallowReference

An abstracted reference to some other resource. This class is used to provide the build data contracts with a uniform way to reference other resources in a way that provides easy traversal through links.

Name	Type	Description
id	string	ID of the resource
name	string	Name of the linked resource (definition name, controller name, etc.)
url	string	Full http link to the resource

TestOutcomeSettings

Test outcome settings

Name	Type	Description
syncOutcomeAcrossSuites	boolean	Value to configure how test outcomes for the same tests across suites are shown

TestPlan

The test plan resource.

Name	Type	Description
area	ShallowReference	Area of the test plan.
build	ShallowReference	Build to be tested.
buildDefinition	ShallowReference	The Build Definition that generates a build associated with this test plan.
description	string	Description of the test plan.
endDate	string	End date for the test plan.
id	integer	ID of the test plan.
iteration	string	Iteration path of the test plan.
name	string	Name of the test plan.
owner	IdentityRef	Owner of the test plan.
previousBuild	ShallowReference	An abstracted reference to some other resource. This class is used to provide the build data contracts with a uniform way to reference other resources in a way that provides easy traversal through links.
project	ShallowReference	Project which contains the test plan.
releaseEnvironmentDefinition	ReleaseEnvironmentDefinitionReference	Release Environment to be used to deploy the build and run automated tests from this test plan.
revision	integer	Revision of the test plan.
rootSuite	ShallowReference	Root test suite of the test plan.
startDate	string	Start date for the test plan.
state	string	State of the test plan.
testOutcomeSettings	TestOutcomeSettings	Value to configure how same tests across test suites under a test plan need to behave
updatedBy	IdentityRef
updatedDate	string
url	string	URL of the test plan resource.

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Test Plans - Create

URI Parameters

Request Body

Responses

Security

oauth2

Scopes

Examples

Create a test plan in an area and iteration.

Sample request

Sample response

Create a test plan with a description.

Sample request

Sample response

Create a test plan with start date and end date.

Sample request

Sample response

Definitions

IdentityRef

PlanUpdateModel

ReferenceLinks

ReleaseEnvironmentDefinitionReference

ShallowReference

TestOutcomeSettings

TestPlan

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