Wiql - Query By Id

Reference

Service:: Work Item Tracking

API Version:: 5.0

Gets the results of the query given the query ID.

GET https://{instance}/{collection}/{project}/{team}/_apis/wit/wiql/{id}?api-version=5.0

With optional parameters:

GET https://{instance}/{collection}/{project}/{team}/_apis/wit/wiql/{id}?timePrecision={timePrecision}&$top={$top}&api-version=5.0

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
collection	path	True	string	The name of the Azure DevOps collection.
id	path	True	string uuid	The query ID.
instance	path	True	string	Azure DevOps server name ({server:port})
project	path		string	Project ID or project name
team	path		string	Team ID or team 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.
$top	query		integer int32	The max number of results to return.
timePrecision	query		boolean	Whether or not to use time precision.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	WorkItemQueryResult	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

Sample Request

HTTP

GET https://{instance}/fabrikam/Fabrikam-Fiber-Git/_apis/wit/wiql/{id}?api-version=5.0

Sample Response

Status code:: 200

{
  "queryType": "tree",
  "asOf": "2014-12-29T20:49:33.803Z",
  "columns": [
    {
      "referenceName": "System.Id",
      "name": "ID",
      "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/fields/System.Id"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "System.WorkItemType",
      "name": "Work Item Type",
      "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/fields/System.WorkItemType"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "System.Title",
      "name": "Title",
      "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/fields/System.Title"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "System.AssignedTo",
      "name": "Assigned To",
      "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/fields/System.AssignedTo"
    },
    {
      "referenceName": "System.State",
      "name": "State",
      "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/fields/System.State"
    }
  ],
  "workItemRelations": [
    {
      "target": {
        "id": 4,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/4"
      }
    },
    {
      "target": {
        "id": 5,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/5"
      }
    },
    {
      "target": {
        "id": 6,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/6"
      }
    },
    {
      "target": {
        "id": 7,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/7"
      }
    },
    {
      "rel": "System.LinkTypes.Hierarchy-Forward",
      "source": {
        "id": 7,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/7"
      },
      "target": {
        "id": 8,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/8"
      }
    },
    {
      "rel": "System.LinkTypes.Hierarchy-Forward",
      "source": {
        "id": 7,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/7"
      },
      "target": {
        "id": 9,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/9"
      }
    },
    {
      "target": {
        "id": 11,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/11"
      }
    },
    {
      "target": {
        "id": 12,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/12"
      }
    },
    {
      "target": {
        "id": 20,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/20"
      }
    },
    {
      "rel": "System.LinkTypes.Hierarchy-Forward",
      "source": {
        "id": 20,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/20"
      },
      "target": {
        "id": 1,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/1"
      }
    },
    {
      "rel": "System.LinkTypes.Hierarchy-Forward",
      "source": {
        "id": 20,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/20"
      },
      "target": {
        "id": 2,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/2"
      }
    },
    {
      "rel": "System.LinkTypes.Hierarchy-Forward",
      "source": {
        "id": 20,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/20"
      },
      "target": {
        "id": 3,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/3"
      }
    },
    {
      "rel": "System.LinkTypes.Hierarchy-Forward",
      "source": {
        "id": 20,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/20"
      },
      "target": {
        "id": 10,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/10"
      }
    },
    {
      "rel": "System.LinkTypes.Hierarchy-Forward",
      "source": {
        "id": 10,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/10"
      },
      "target": {
        "id": 13,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/13"
      }
    },
    {
      "rel": "System.LinkTypes.Hierarchy-Forward",
      "source": {
        "id": 10,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/10"
      },
      "target": {
        "id": 14,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/14"
      }
    },
    {
      "rel": "System.LinkTypes.Hierarchy-Forward",
      "source": {
        "id": 10,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/10"
      },
      "target": {
        "id": 15,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/15"
      }
    },
    {
      "rel": "System.LinkTypes.Hierarchy-Forward",
      "source": {
        "id": 10,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/10"
      },
      "target": {
        "id": 16,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/16"
      }
    },
    {
      "rel": "System.LinkTypes.Hierarchy-Forward",
      "source": {
        "id": 10,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/10"
      },
      "target": {
        "id": 17,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/17"
      }
    },
    {
      "rel": "System.LinkTypes.Hierarchy-Forward",
      "source": {
        "id": 10,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/10"
      },
      "target": {
        "id": 18,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/18"
      }
    },
    {
      "rel": "System.LinkTypes.Hierarchy-Forward",
      "source": {
        "id": 10,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/10"
      },
      "target": {
        "id": 19,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/19"
      }
    },
    {
      "target": {
        "id": 21,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/21"
      }
    },
    {
      "target": {
        "id": 33,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/33"
      }
    },
    {
      "target": {
        "id": 34,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/34"
      }
    },
    {
      "target": {
        "id": 46,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/46"
      }
    },
    {
      "target": {
        "id": 47,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/47"
      }
    },
    {
      "target": {
        "id": 58,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/58"
      }
    },
    {
      "target": {
        "id": 59,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/59"
      }
    },
    {
      "target": {
        "id": 297,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/297"
      }
    },
    {
      "rel": "System.LinkTypes.Hierarchy-Forward",
      "source": {
        "id": 297,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/297"
      },
      "target": {
        "id": 299,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/299"
      }
    },
    {
      "rel": "System.LinkTypes.Hierarchy-Forward",
      "source": {
        "id": 297,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/297"
      },
      "target": {
        "id": 300,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/300"
      }
    },
    {
      "target": {
        "id": 298,
        "url": "https://fabrikam:8080/tfs/_apis/wit/workItems/298"
      }
    }
  ]
}

Definitions

Name	Description
QueryResultType	The result type
QueryType	The type of query.
WorkItemFieldReference	Reference to a field in a work item
WorkItemLink	A link between two work items.
WorkItemQueryResult	The result of a work item query.
WorkItemQuerySortColumn	A sort column.
WorkItemReference	Contains reference to a work item.

QueryResultType

The result type

Name	Type	Description
workItem	string	A list of work items (for flat queries).
workItemLink	string	A list of work item links (for OneHop and Tree queries).

QueryType

The type of query.

Name	Type	Description
flat	string	Gets a flat list of work items.
oneHop	string	Gets a list of work items and their direct links.
tree	string	Gets a tree of work items showing their link hierarchy.

WorkItemFieldReference

Reference to a field in a work item

Name	Type	Description
name	string	The name of the field.
referenceName	string	The reference name of the field.
url	string	The REST URL of the resource.

WorkItemLink

A link between two work items.

Name	Type	Description
rel	string	The type of link.
source	WorkItemReference	The source work item.
target	WorkItemReference	The target work item.

WorkItemQueryResult

The result of a work item query.

Name	Type	Description
asOf	string	The date the query was run in the context of.
columns	WorkItemFieldReference[]	The columns of the query.
queryResultType	QueryResultType	The result type
queryType	QueryType	The type of the query
sortColumns	WorkItemQuerySortColumn[]	The sort columns of the query.
workItemRelations	WorkItemLink[]	The work item links returned by the query.
workItems	WorkItemReference[]	The work items returned by the query.

WorkItemQuerySortColumn

A sort column.

Name	Type	Description
descending	boolean	The direction to sort by.
field	WorkItemFieldReference	A work item field.

WorkItemReference

Contains reference to a work item.

Name	Type	Description
id	integer	Work item ID.
url	string	REST API URL of the resource