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I find your question confusing so I won't be able to answer it fully. Are you just looking to use the API to discover what status an issue is currently in and what status a user can move to?

Issue.find(#).status_id will show you the current status

If this is on the right path for what you need, please explain more where you get stuck using the api.

Thanks

Are you just looking to use the API to discover what status an issue is currently in

No, that's not a problem.

and what status a user can move to?

Yes. "Given a user and an issue, what status can the user change that issue to?" This maps directly Redmine's Status drop-down for any given issue:

Looks like there is an instance method for the issue that allows this:

http://www.rubydoc.info/github/edavis10/redmine/Issue#new_statuses_allowed_to-instance_method

So, if you are using a hook you will get the issue in the context hash so do this:

i = context[:issue]
i.new_statuses_allowed_to

If extending the issue object, replace i with self.

I just tested this in the debugger and it works:

Issue.find(1).new_statuses_allowed_to(User.find(1))
=> [#<IssueStatus id: 1, name: "New", is_closed: false, position: 1, default_done_ratio: nil>, #<IssueStatus id: 2, name: "In Progress", is_closed: false, position: 2, default_done_ratio: nil>, #<IssueStatus id: 3, name: "Resolved", is_closed: false, position: 3, default_done_ratio: nil>, #<IssueStatus id: 4, name: "Feedback", is_closed: false, position: 4, default_done_ratio: nil>, #<IssueStatus id: 5, name: "Closed", is_closed: true, position: 5, default_done_ratio: nil>, #<IssueStatus id: 6, name: "Rejected", is_closed: true, position: 6, default_done_ratio: nil>]

Yeah, but it's not exposed in the API, AFAIK. Maybe I'll ad it as [issue-id]/new_statuses_allowed_to/[user-id]. Just means I gotta patch the code whenever I upgrade.

What do you mean it isn't exposed in the API? That is the API call I was using.

Are you saying you want to make the web front end be able to change what status are available based on the user? If this is what you want, it is doable (assuming you are using the latest redmine).

Create 3 roles for the levels of permissions you want and add the users to the correct role. Then in

Admin->Settings->workflow->state transitions

use those roles to define the status transition workflow for each role.

If this still isn't what you are looking for, I need a better description before I can help any further.

Oh, I'm sorry, I don't think of the code as "the API". I meant "the REST API".

That's why I've been using this web-notation, like "42.json?workflow". I'm coming at this from outside.

I apologize for the confusion. I know the code feature exists; it's just not exposed via the REST service.

I have the same problem. It does not seem to be possible to write a sensible rest-based gui without this feature