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Updated on 2026-01-27 GMT+08:00

Obtaining the Work Item List in a Repository

Function

This API is used to obtain the list of work items in a repository.

Debugging

You can debug this API through automatic authentication in API Explorer or use the SDK sample code generated by API Explorer.

Authorization Information

Each account root user has all the permissions required to call all APIs, but IAM users must be assigned the following required identity policy-based permissions. For details about the required permissions, see Permissions Policies and Supported Actions.

Action

Access Level

Resource Type (*: required)

Condition Key

Alias

Dependencies

codeartsrepo:repository:getRepository

Read

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-

-

-

URI

GET https://{hostURL}/v4/repositories/{repository_id}/work-items

Table 1 Path Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

repository_id

Yes

Integer

Definition

You can query the project list to obtain the repository ID by calling the API used to query user's all repositories.

Constraints

N/A

Default Value

N/A

Value range:

1~2147483647

Table 2 Query Parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

offset

No

Integer

Definition

Offset, which starts from 0.

Value range:

0~2147483647

Default value:

0

limit

No

Integer

Definition

Number of returned records.

Value range:

1~100

Default value:

20

project_id

Yes

String

Definition:

The unique project identifier, a 32-digit project UUID. You can obtain it, by calling the API used to query the project list.

Value range:

String length: 32 characters.

is_ipd

Yes

Boolean

Definition:

Whether the work item is of the IPD project type.

Value range:

true or false

subject

No

String

Definition:

Keyword for searching work item titles.

Value range:

1 to 200 characters.

target_branch

No

String

Definition:

Target branch of a merge request. If you want to obtain the list of work items that can be associated with a merge request, this field is required.

Constraints:

Do not start with hyphen (-), period (.) refs, heads, refs, or remotes. Do not end with . / .lock. Spaces and the following characters are not supported: [ \ < ~ ^ : ? * ! ( ) ' " |

Value range:

1 to 200 characters.

Default value:

N/A.

Request Parameters

Table 3 Request header parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Auth-Token

Yes

String

Definition

User token. Obtain one by calling the IAM API Obtaining a User Token. The value of X-Subject-Token in the response header is a token.

Constraints

N/A

Range

1–100,000 characters.

Default Value

N/A

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Table 4 Response header parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

X-Total

String

Definition:

Total number of results of the current request.

Table 5 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

[items]

Array of ReqWorkItemDto objects

Definition:

Work item data.

Table 6 ReqWorkItemDto

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

Definition:

Work item ID.

subject

String

Definition:

Work item title.

sequence

String

Definition:

Work item ID. This parameter is left empty for Scrum projects.

tracker

ReqWorkItemBasicDto object

Definition:

Work item type.

status

ReqWorkItemBasicDto object

Definition:

Work item status.

priority

ReqWorkItemBasicDto object

Definition:

Work item priority.

Table 7 ReqWorkItemBasicDto

Parameter

Type

Description

id

String

Definition:

Property ID.

name

String

Definition:

Attribute name.

Status code: 401

Table 8 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Definition

Error code.

error_msg

String

Definition

Error message.

Status code: 403

Table 9 Response body parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Definition

Error code.

error_msg

String

Definition

Error message.

Example Requests

GET https://{endpoint}/v4/repositories/1/work-items?project_id=ac90e21856c04707a041fbe2a9a020dc&is_ipd=false&offset=0&limit=10

Example Responses

Status code: 200

OK

[ {
  "id" : "1096177668293902337",
  "subject" : "2",
  "sequence" : "IR20250211809298",
  "tracker" : {
    "id" : "7",
    "name" : "Story"
  },
  "status" : {
    "id" : "1",
    "name" : "New."
  },
  "priority" : {
    "id" : "2",
    "name" : "Medium."
  }
} ]

Status code: 401

Unauthorized

{
  "error_code" : "DEV.00000003",
  "error_msg" : "Authentication information expired."
}

Status code: 403

Bad Request

{
  "error_code" : "CH.004403",
  "error_msg" : "Insufficient permissions. Apply for the required permissions and try again."
}

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

OK

401

Unauthorized

403

Bad Request

Error Codes

See Error Codes.