Fetch work items with queries programmatically
Azure DevOps Services
Fetching work items using queries is a common scenario in Azure DevOps Services. This article explains how to implement this scenario programmatically using REST APIs or .NET client libraries.
Prerequisites
Azure DevOps setup:
- Have an organization in Azure DevOps Services.
- Have a Personal Access Token (PAT).
Development environment: Have a C# development environment. You can use Visual Studio.
Create a C# project in Visual Studio
For information about C# programming within Visual Studio, see the Visual Studio C# programming documentation.
C# code content
The following tasks occur in the code snippet:
- Authenticate
- Create credentials using your Personal Access Token (PAT).
- Generate the client using the credentials.
- Get the work items
- Create the query you want to use.
- Retrieve the results for that query.
- Fetch each of the work items by ID.
C# code snippet
// nuget:Microsoft.TeamFoundationServer.Client
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Threading.Tasks;
using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.WebApi;
using Microsoft.TeamFoundation.WorkItemTracking.WebApi.Models;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.Common;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Services.WebApi;
public class QueryExecutor
{
private readonly Uri uri;
private readonly string personalAccessToken;
/// <summary>
/// Initializes a new instance of the <see cref="QueryExecutor" /> class.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="orgName">
/// An organization in Azure DevOps Services. If you don't have one, you can create one for free:
/// <see href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=307137" />.
/// </param>
/// <param name="personalAccessToken">
/// A Personal Access Token, find out how to create one:
/// <see href="/azure/devops/organizations/accounts/use-personal-access-tokens-to-authenticate?view=azure-devops" />.
/// </param>
public QueryExecutor(string orgName, string personalAccessToken)
{
this.uri = new Uri("https://dev.azure.com/" + orgName);
this.personalAccessToken = personalAccessToken;
}
/// <summary>
/// Execute a WIQL (Work Item Query Language) query to return a list of open bugs.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="project">The name of your project within your organization.</param>
/// <returns>A list of <see cref="WorkItem"/> objects representing all the open bugs.</returns>
public async Task<IList<WorkItem>> QueryOpenBugs(string project)
{
var credentials = new VssBasicCredential(string.Empty, this.personalAccessToken);
var wiql = new Wiql()
{
Query = "Select [Id] " +
"From WorkItems " +
"Where [Work Item Type] = 'Bug' " +
"And [System.TeamProject] = '" + project + "' " +
"And [System.State] <> 'Closed' " +
"Order By [State] Asc, [Changed Date] Desc",
};
using (var httpClient = new WorkItemTrackingHttpClient(this.uri, new VssCredentials(credentials)))
{
try
{
var result = await httpClient.QueryByWiqlAsync(wiql).ConfigureAwait(false);
var ids = result.WorkItems.Select(item => item.Id).ToArray();
if (ids.Length == 0)
{
return Array.Empty<WorkItem>();
}
var fields = new[] { "System.Id", "System.Title", "System.State" };
return await httpClient.GetWorkItemsAsync(ids, fields, result.AsOf).ConfigureAwait(false);
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Console.WriteLine("Error querying work items: " + ex.Message);
return Array.Empty<WorkItem>();
}
}
}
/// <summary>
/// Execute a WIQL (Work Item Query Language) query to print a list of open bugs.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="project">The name of your project within your organization.</param>
/// <returns>An async task.</returns>
public async Task PrintOpenBugsAsync(string project)
{
var workItems = await this.QueryOpenBugs(project).ConfigureAwait(false);
Console.WriteLine("Query Results: {0} items found", workItems.Count);
foreach (var workItem in workItems)
{
Console.WriteLine(
"{0}\t{1}\t{2}",
workItem.Id,
workItem.Fields["System.Title"],
workItem.Fields["System.State"]);
}
}
}