Redmine

h1. Issues

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h2. Listing issues

  GET /issues.[format]

Returns a paginated list of issues. By default, it returns open issues only.

+Parameters+:

* @offset@: skip this number of issues in response (optional)

* @limit@: number of issues per page (optional)

* @sort@: column to sort with. Append @:desc@ to invert the order.

Optional filters:

* @project_id@: get issues from the project with the given id, where id is either project id or project identifier

* @subproject_id@: get issues from the subproject with the given id. You can use @project_id=XXX&subproject_id=!*@ to get only the issues of a given project and none of its subprojects.

* @tracker_id@: get issues from the tracker with the given id

* @status_id@: get issues with the given status id only. Possible values: @open@, @closed@, @*@ to get open and closed issues, status id

* @assigned_to_id@: get issues which are assigned to the given user id

* @cf_x@: get issues with the given value for custom field with an ID of @x@. (Custom field must have 'used as a filter' checked.)

* ...

+Examples+:

<pre>

GET /issues.xml

GET /issues.xml?project_id=2

GET /issues.xml?project_id=2&tracker_id=1

GET /issues.xml?assigned_to_id=6

GET /issues.xml?status_id=closed

GET /issues.xml?status_id=*

GET /issues.xml?cf_1=abcdef

Paging example:

GET /issues.xml?offset=0&limit=100

GET /issues.xml?offset=100&limit=100

To fetch issues for a date range:

GET /issues.xml?created_on=><2012-03-01|2012-03-07

</pre>

+Response+:

<pre>

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<issues type="array" count="1640">

  <issue>

    <id>4326</id>

    <project name="Redmine" id="1"/>

    <tracker name="Feature" id="2"/>

    <status name="New" id="1"/>

    <priority name="Normal" id="4"/>

    <author name="John Smith" id="10106"/>

    <category name="Email notifications" id="9"/>

    <subject>

      Aggregate Multiple Issue Changes for Email Notifications

    </subject>

    <description>

      This is not to be confused with another useful proposed feature that

      would do digest emails for notifications.

    </description>

    <start_date>2009-12-03</start_date>

    <due_date></due_date>

    <done_ratio>0</done_ratio>

    <estimated_hours></estimated_hours>

    <custom_fields>

      <custom_field name="Resolution" id="2">Duplicate</custom_field>

      <custom_field name="Texte" id="5">Test</custom_field>

      <custom_field name="Boolean" id="6">1</custom_field>

      <custom_field name="Date" id="7">2010-01-12</custom_field>

    </custom_fields>

    <created_on>Thu Dec 03 15:02:12 +0100 2009</created_on>

    <updated_on>Sun Jan 03 12:08:41 +0100 2010</updated_on>

  </issue>

  <issue>

    <id>4325</id>

    ...

  </issue>

</issues>

</pre>

h2. Showing an issue

<pre>

GET /issues/[id].[format]

</pre>

+Parameters+:

* @include@: fetch associated data (optional, use comma to fetch multiple associations). Possible values:

  * @children@

  * @attachments@

  * @relations@

  * @changesets@

  * @journals@ - See [[Rest_IssueJournals|Issue journals]] for more information.

  * @watchers@ - Since 2.3.0

+Examples+:

<pre>

GET /issues/2.xml

GET /issues/2.json

GET /issues/2.xml

GET /issues/2.xml?include=attachments

GET /issues/2.xml?include=attachments,journals

</pre>

h2. Creating an issue

  POST /issues.[format]

+Parameters+:

* @issue@ - A hash of the issue attributes:

  * @project_id@

  * @tracker_id@

  * @status_id@

  * @subject@

  * @description@

  * @category_id@

  * @assigned_to_id@ - ID of the user to assign the issue to (currently no mechanism to assign by name)

  * @parent_issue_id@ - ID of the parent issue

  * @custom_fields@ - See [[Rest_api#Working-with-custom-fields|Custom fields]]

  * @watcher_user_ids@ - Array of user ids to add as watchers (since 2.3.0)

Attachments can be added when you create an issue, see [[Rest_api#Attaching-files|Attaching files]].

+Examples+:

<pre>

POST /issues.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<issue>

  <project_id>1</project_id>

  <subject>Example</subject>

  <priority_id>4</priority_id>

</issue>

</pre>

<pre>

POST /issues.json

{

  "issue": {

    "project_id": 1,

    "subject": "Example",

    "priority_id": 4

  }

}

</pre>

h2. Updating an issue

  PUT /issues/[id].[format]

+Parameters+:

* @issue@ - A hash of the issue attributes

  * @project_id@

  * @tracker_id@

  * @status_id@

  * @subject@

  * ...

  * @notes@ - Comments about the update

Attachments can be added when you update an issue, see [[Rest_api#Attaching-files|Attaching files]].

+Examples+:

<pre>

PUT /issues/[id].xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<issue>

  <subject>Subject changed</subject>

  <notes>The subject was changed</notes>

</issue>

</pre>

<pre>

PUT /issues/[id].json

{

  "issue": {

    "subject": "Subject changed",

    "notes": "The subject was changed"

  }

}

</pre>

h2. Deleting an issue

  DELETE /issues/[id].[format]

h2. Adding a watcher 

_Added in 2.3.0_

  POST /issues/[id]/watchers.[format]

+Parameters+:

* @user_id@ (required): id of the user to add as a watcher

h2. Removing a watcher

_Added in 2.3.0_

  DELETE /issues/[id]/watchers/[user_id].[format]

+Parameters+: _none_