Classification Nodes - Get Classification Nodes

Reference

Service:: Work Item Tracking

API Version:: 7.1-preview.2

Gets root classification nodes or list of classification nodes for a given list of nodes ids, for a given project. In case ids parameter is supplied you will get list of classification nodes for those ids. Otherwise you will get root classification nodes for this project.

GET https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/wit/classificationnodes?ids={ids}&api-version=7.1-preview.2

With optional parameters:

GET https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/wit/classificationnodes?ids={ids}&$depth={$depth}&errorPolicy={errorPolicy}&api-version=7.1-preview.2

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 '7.1-preview.2' to use this version of the api.
ids	query	True	string array (int32)	Comma separated integer classification nodes ids. It's not required, if you want root nodes.
$depth	query		integer int32	Depth of children to fetch.
errorPolicy	query		ClassificationNodesErrorPolicy	Flag to handle errors in getting some nodes. Possible options are Fail and Omit.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	WorkItemClassificationNode[]	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, search work items and to receive notifications about work item events via service hooks.

Examples

Get classification nodes from list of ids.

Get classification nodes with errorPolicy parameter.

Get the area tree with 2 levels of children

Get the iteration tree with 2 levels of children

Get the root area tree

Get the root iteration tree

Get classification nodes from list of ids.

Sample Request

HTTP

GET https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/Fabrikam-Fiber-Git/_apis/wit/classificationnodes?ids=1,3&api-version=7.1-preview.2

Sample Response

Status code:: 200

{
  "count": 2,
  "value": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "identifier": "ffba9b15-c8c9-42f8-b2d2-423807d8d3fd",
      "name": "demo",
      "structureType": "iteration",
      "hasChildren": true,
      "path": "\\fabrikam\\fiber\\tfvc\\iteration",
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/52202911-0aa5-4f0a-9371-9ef681b0de74/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Iterations"
        }
      },
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/52202911-0aa5-4f0a-9371-9ef681b0de74/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Iterations"
    },
    {
      "id": 3,
      "identifier": "ce814585-1e70-4869-841c-dd0e98118a0c",
      "name": "Iteration 1",
      "structureType": "iteration",
      "hasChildren": false,
      "path": "\\fabrikam\\fiber\\tfvc\\iteration",
      "attributes": {
        "startDate": "2018-01-15T00:00:00Z",
        "finishDate": "2018-01-31T00:00:00Z"
      },
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/52202911-0aa5-4f0a-9371-9ef681b0de74/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Iterations/Iteration%201"
        },
        "parent": {
          "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/52202911-0aa5-4f0a-9371-9ef681b0de74/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Iterations"
        }
      },
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/52202911-0aa5-4f0a-9371-9ef681b0de74/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Iterations/Iteration%201"
    }
  ]
}

Get classification nodes with errorPolicy parameter.

Sample Request

HTTP

GET https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/Fabrikam-Fiber-Git/_apis/wit/classificationnodes?ids=1,2&api-version=7.1-preview.2

Sample Response

Status code:: 200

{
  "count": 2,
  "value": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "identifier": "ffba9b15-c8c9-42f8-b2d2-423807d8d3fd",
      "name": "demo",
      "structureType": "iteration",
      "hasChildren": true,
      "path": "\\fabrikam\\fiber\\tfvc\\iteration",
      "_links": {
        "self": {
          "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/52202911-0aa5-4f0a-9371-9ef681b0de74/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Iterations"
        }
      },
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/52202911-0aa5-4f0a-9371-9ef681b0de74/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Iterations"
    },
    null
  ]
}

Get the area tree with 2 levels of children

Sample Request

HTTP

GET https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/Fabrikam-Fiber-Git/_apis/wit/classificationnodes?$depth=2&api-version=7.1-preview.2

Sample Response

Status code:: 200

{
  "id": 3568,
  "identifier": "7fc6fce0-105b-403c-a126-8f8212713fd7",
  "name": "Fabrikam-Fiber-Git",
  "structureType": "area",
  "hasChildren": true,
  "path": "\\fabrikam\\fiber\\tfvc\\iteration",
  "children": [
    {
      "id": 4482,
      "identifier": "7aebdc2d-3b54-416f-8daf-171b2dd38a7b",
      "name": "Devices",
      "structureType": "area",
      "hasChildren": true,
      "path": "\\fabrikam\\fiber\\tfvc\\iteration",
      "children": [
        {
          "id": 4483,
          "identifier": "c3f3c661-9a81-4925-baa3-a91b36ea77f4",
          "name": "Windows Phone",
          "structureType": "area",
          "hasChildren": false,
          "path": "\\fabrikam\\fiber\\tfvc\\iteration",
          "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Areas/Devices/Windows%20Phone"
        },
        {
          "id": 4484,
          "identifier": "5f00e777-9531-4931-9951-d86e18a95569",
          "name": "Surface",
          "structureType": "area",
          "hasChildren": false,
          "path": "\\fabrikam\\fiber\\tfvc\\iteration",
          "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Areas/Devices/Surface"
        },
        {
          "id": 4485,
          "identifier": "459a3f9f-6200-4343-8fd4-5927e01dbe93",
          "name": "iPhone",
          "structureType": "area",
          "hasChildren": false,
          "path": "\\fabrikam\\fiber\\tfvc\\iteration",
          "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Areas/Devices/iPhone"
        }
      ],
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Areas/Devices"
    },
    {
      "id": 4486,
      "identifier": "968dbbb1-b355-4d41-9d55-61ffe87f4699",
      "name": "Website",
      "structureType": "area",
      "hasChildren": false,
      "path": "\\fabrikam\\fiber\\tfvc\\iteration",
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Areas/Website"
    },
    {
      "id": 4487,
      "identifier": "fb722a2f-ebf6-4c31-959b-334dac1ed31e",
      "name": "Backend",
      "structureType": "area",
      "hasChildren": true,
      "path": "\\fabrikam\\fiber\\tfvc\\iteration",
      "children": [
        {
          "id": 4488,
          "identifier": "b8104791-798c-4ae8-a293-e1adbde7c10a",
          "name": "Database",
          "structureType": "area",
          "hasChildren": false,
          "path": "\\fabrikam\\fiber\\tfvc\\iteration",
          "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Areas/Backend/Database"
        },
        {
          "id": 4489,
          "identifier": "17115d5c-4c63-4530-80df-df6d42a2864d",
          "name": "Middle-tier",
          "structureType": "area",
          "hasChildren": false,
          "path": "\\fabrikam\\fiber\\tfvc\\iteration",
          "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Areas/Backend/Middle-tier"
        }
      ],
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Areas/Backend"
    }
  ],
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Areas"
    }
  },
  "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Areas"
}

Get the iteration tree with 2 levels of children

Sample Request

HTTP

GET https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/Fabrikam-Fiber-Git/_apis/wit/classificationnodes?$depth=2&api-version=7.1-preview.2

Sample Response

Status code:: 200

{
  "id": 3569,
  "identifier": "49cea43c-16b2-417c-a98f-65d511e3ca9d",
  "name": "Fabrikam-Fiber-Git",
  "structureType": "iteration",
  "hasChildren": true,
  "path": "\\fabrikam\\fiber\\tfvc\\iteration",
  "children": [
    {
      "id": 3566,
      "identifier": "6b5153a0-76f7-4aad-bd60-7dbfe3c2947d",
      "name": "Release 3",
      "structureType": "iteration",
      "hasChildren": false,
      "path": "\\fabrikam\\fiber\\tfvc\\iteration",
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Iterations/Release%203"
    },
    {
      "id": 3571,
      "identifier": "8c80c27e-8afb-4315-9057-686a1b862ed5",
      "name": "Release 2",
      "structureType": "iteration",
      "hasChildren": false,
      "path": "\\fabrikam\\fiber\\tfvc\\iteration",
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Iterations/Release%202"
    },
    {
      "id": 3572,
      "identifier": "92938702-f26f-4f3a-b291-67f84b16c479",
      "name": "Release 4",
      "structureType": "iteration",
      "path": "\\fabrikam\\fiber\\tfvc\\iteration",
      "hasChildren": false,
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Iterations/Release%204"
    },
    {
      "id": 3576,
      "identifier": "395a6b4f-6488-41ee-a06a-1514405ab6f0",
      "name": "Release 1",
      "structureType": "iteration",
      "hasChildren": true,
      "path": "\\fabrikam\\fiber\\tfvc\\iteration",
      "children": [
        {
          "id": 3564,
          "identifier": "63d12e9d-37fd-48af-80a5-b93095705806",
          "name": "Sprint 4",
          "structureType": "iteration",
          "hasChildren": false,
          "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Iterations/Release%201/Sprint%204"
        },
        {
          "id": 3565,
          "identifier": "c9206006-4362-4b16-9205-1b94d32a6fb2",
          "name": "Sprint 2",
          "structureType": "iteration",
          "hasChildren": false,
          "path": "\\fabrikam\\fiber\\tfvc\\iteration",
          "attributes": {
            "startDate": "2014-03-17T00:00:00Z",
            "finishDate": "2014-03-28T00:00:00Z"
          },
          "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Iterations/Release%201/Sprint%202"
        },
        {
          "id": 3567,
          "identifier": "ae109273-2806-42b8-8c41-d249c7253760",
          "name": "Sprint 6",
          "structureType": "iteration",
          "hasChildren": false,
          "path": "\\fabrikam\\fiber\\tfvc\\iteration",
          "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Iterations/Release%201/Sprint%206"
        },
        {
          "id": 3573,
          "identifier": "9fd05e41-9dc2-40b0-b826-d7dd0ab3dc24",
          "name": "Sprint 5",
          "structureType": "iteration",
          "hasChildren": false,
          "path": "\\fabrikam\\fiber\\tfvc\\iteration",
          "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Iterations/Release%201/Sprint%205"
        },
        {
          "id": 3574,
          "identifier": "eb2bdabd-0c3c-4f55-adcc-106dcedd8528",
          "name": "Sprint 1",
          "structureType": "iteration",
          "hasChildren": false,
          "path": "\\fabrikam\\fiber\\tfvc\\iteration",
          "attributes": {
            "startDate": "2014-03-03T00:00:00Z",
            "finishDate": "2014-03-14T00:00:00Z"
          },
          "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Iterations/Release%201/Sprint%201"
        },
        {
          "id": 3575,
          "identifier": "5b96a849-05c3-4685-bbf6-d33cc1becd6a",
          "name": "Sprint 3",
          "structureType": "iteration",
          "hasChildren": false,
          "path": "\\fabrikam\\fiber\\tfvc\\iteration",
          "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Iterations/Release%201/Sprint%203"
        }
      ],
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Iterations/Release%201"
    }
  ],
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Iterations"
    }
  },
  "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Iterations"
}

Get the root area tree

Sample Request

HTTP

GET https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/Fabrikam-Fiber-Git/_apis/wit/classificationnodes?api-version=7.1-preview.2

Sample Response

Status code:: 200

{
  "id": 3568,
  "identifier": "2e5e8ec1-40d1-4da1-bcca-49949b2e5607",
  "name": "Fabrikam-Fiber-Git",
  "structureType": "area",
  "hasChildren": true,
  "path": "\\fabrikam\\fiber\\tfvc\\iteration",
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Areas"
    }
  },
  "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Areas"
}

Get the root iteration tree

Sample Request

HTTP

GET https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/Fabrikam-Fiber-Git/_apis/wit/classificationnodes?api-version=7.1-preview.2

Sample Response

Status code:: 200

{
  "id": 3569,
  "identifier": "bfd21f76-1329-4ef8-b26d-ccc290282d4f",
  "name": "Fabrikam-Fiber-Git",
  "structureType": "iteration",
  "hasChildren": true,
  "path": "\\fabrikam\\fiber\\tfvc\\iteration",
  "_links": {
    "self": {
      "href": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Iterations"
    }
  },
  "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/classificationNodes/Iterations"
}

Definitions

Name	Description
ClassificationNodesErrorPolicy	Flag to handle errors in getting some nodes. Possible options are Fail and Omit.
ReferenceLinks	The class to represent a collection of REST reference links.
TreeNodeStructureType	Node structure type.
WorkItemClassificationNode	Defines a classification node for work item tracking.

ClassificationNodesErrorPolicy

Flag to handle errors in getting some nodes. Possible options are Fail and Omit.

Name	Type	Description
fail	string
omit	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.

TreeNodeStructureType

Node structure type.

Name	Type	Description
area	string	Area type.
iteration	string	Iteration type.

WorkItemClassificationNode

Defines a classification node for work item tracking.

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	Link references to related REST resources.
attributes	object	Dictionary that has node attributes like start/finish date for iteration nodes.
children	WorkItemClassificationNode[]	List of child nodes fetched.
hasChildren	boolean	Flag that indicates if the classification node has any child nodes.
id	integer	Integer ID of the classification node.
identifier	string	GUID ID of the classification node.
name	string	Name of the classification node.
path	string	Path of the classification node.
structureType	TreeNodeStructureType	Node structure type.
url	string

Classification Nodes - Get Classification Nodes

URI Parameters

Responses

Security

oauth2

Scopes

Examples

Get classification nodes from list of ids.

Sample Request

Sample Response

Get classification nodes with errorPolicy parameter.

Sample Request

Sample Response

Get the area tree with 2 levels of children

Sample Request

Sample Response

Get the iteration tree with 2 levels of children

Sample Request

Sample Response

Get the root area tree

Sample Request

Sample Response

Get the root iteration tree

Sample Request

Sample Response

Definitions

ClassificationNodesErrorPolicy

ReferenceLinks

TreeNodeStructureType

WorkItemClassificationNode

Feedback

Additional resources