Resource: Requirements ( /api/requirements )

Requirements collection resource

Root Relation: Requirements

This resource supports the following methods: GET, POST

Methods

GET

Retrieves all (or a subset) of requirements that are visible.

This method supports the TQL query parameters tql, $top, $take and $inlinecount. See TQL Topic for more details.

Required Permissions

TestManagement/View

Supported Expansions

FieldControls
FieldValues
Package
Children
Attachments
Status
Priority
Type
DifficultyLevel

For more details on expansions, please see the Expand help topic.

Status Codes

These are the expected status codes returned by the service - in addition, some other status codes may be returned if either an internal error occurs or there is an authentication issue (such as an expired OAuth token).

Status	Description
200 - OK	Returned if the request was completed successfully.
403 - Forbidden	Returned if ET could not complete the request (normally due to a validation failure or the necessary permissions to complete the request have not been met).

Example - GET (filtered by TQL Query)

Retrieves requirements matching a TQL query

Request Headers

Key	Value	Description
Accept	application/json

Request Parameters

Key	Value	Description
tql	Name ~ 'Report'	The TQL query to execute.
$top	5	The maximum number of results to return (defaults to 25).
$skip	0	Number of results to skip before return the $top number of results matching the query.

Response Headers

Key	Value	Description
Content-Type	application/json; charset=utf-8

Response Body

{
  "Skip": 0,
  "Top": 5,
  "Total": 1,
  "Items": [
    {
      "Id": "4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610",
      "Name": "Report pagination",
      "AssignedToId": "191375f2-ae6e-4b52-8bed-4192e34b6486",
      "AssignedTo": "joeb",
      "Description": "Check report pagination works correctly",
      "PriorityId": "fe92720f-3fbd-4e49-a3b2-309f6a0a062a",
      "StatusId": "62daf195-0a65-400f-af4b-7fda3d529acb",
      "TypeId": "cfe51645-8179-4fe5-ada3-c145a64d0a05",
      "DifficultyLevelId": "47b4b0cc-22ee-4993-8ed5-ef1dec40a0d2",
      "CreatedAt": "2012-01-01T14:04:05Z",
      "LastUpdatedAt": "2012-02-02T15:05:06Z",
      "CreatedById": "191375f2-ae6e-4b52-8bed-4192e34b6486",
      "CreatedBy": "joeb",
      "LastUpdatedById": "191375f2-ae6e-4b52-8bed-4192e34b6486",
      "LastUpdatedBy": "joeb",
      "Number": 1,
      "EstimatedDuration": null,
      "PackageId": "0f2c3a76-bbd1-4370-8faa-6aacb52f1a01",
      "ParentId": null,
      "OrderNumber": 0,
      "ProjectId": "27dcaff0-1f8a-4dff-b49a-bb3d9f7153b3",
      "ProjectName": "Test Project",
      "ParentName": null,
      "PackageName": "Cycle 1",
      "ChangeComment": null,
      "VersionNumber": 0,
      "HasAttachments": false,
      "Expands": [
        "FieldControls",
        "FieldValues",
        "Package",
        "Assignments"
      ],
      "Self": "http://localhost/api/requirement/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610",
      "Links": [
        {
          "Href": "http://localhost/api/requirement/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/relationships",
          "Rel": "Relationships"
        },
        {
          "Href": "http://localhost/api/requirement/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/allrelationships",
          "Rel": "AllRelationships"
        },
        {
          "Href": "http://localhost/api/requirement/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/comments",
          "Rel": "Comments"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "Self": "http://localhost/api/api/requirements?tql=Name~'Report'"
}

Status Code

200 - OK

Example - GET (no filter)

Retrieves all requirements.

Request Headers

Key	Value	Description
Accept	application/json

Request Parameters

Key	Value	Description
$top	5	The maximum number of results to return (defaults to 25).
$skip	0	The Number of results to skip before return the $top number of results matching the query.

Response Headers

Key	Value	Description
Content-Type	application/json; charset=utf-8

Response Body

{
  "Skip": 0,
  "Top": 5,
  "Total": 2,
  "Items": [
    {
      "Id": "4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610",
      "Name": "Report pagination",
      "AssignedToId": "191375f2-ae6e-4b52-8bed-4192e34b6486",
      "AssignedTo": "joeb",
      "Description": "Check report pagination works correctly",
      "PriorityId": "fe92720f-3fbd-4e49-a3b2-309f6a0a062a",
      "StatusId": "62daf195-0a65-400f-af4b-7fda3d529acb",
      "TypeId": "cfe51645-8179-4fe5-ada3-c145a64d0a05",
      "DifficultyLevelId": "47b4b0cc-22ee-4993-8ed5-ef1dec40a0d2",
      "CreatedAt": "2012-01-01T14:04:05Z",
      "LastUpdatedAt": "2012-02-02T15:05:06Z",
      "CreatedById": "191375f2-ae6e-4b52-8bed-4192e34b6486",
      "CreatedBy": "joeb",
      "LastUpdatedById": "191375f2-ae6e-4b52-8bed-4192e34b6486",
      "LastUpdatedBy": "joeb",
      "Number": 1,
      "EstimatedDuration": null,
      "PackageId": "0f2c3a76-bbd1-4370-8faa-6aacb52f1a01",
      "ParentId": null,
      "OrderNumber": 0,
      "ProjectId": "27dcaff0-1f8a-4dff-b49a-bb3d9f7153b3",
      "ProjectName": "Test Project",
      "ParentName": null,
      "PackageName": "Cycle 1",
      "ChangeComment": null,
      "VersionNumber": 0,
      "HasAttachments": false,
      "Expands": [
        "FieldControls",
        "FieldValues",
        "Package",
        "Assignments"
      ],
      "Self": "http://localhost/api/requirement/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610",
      "Links": [
        {
          "Href": "http://localhost/api/requirement/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/relationships",
          "Rel": "Relationships"
        },
        {
          "Href": "http://localhost/api/requirement/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/allrelationships",
          "Rel": "AllRelationships"
        },
        {
          "Href": "http://localhost/api/requirement/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/comments",
          "Rel": "Comments"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "Id": "4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610",
      "Name": "Login",
      "AssignedToId": null,
      "AssignedTo": null,
      "Description": "Check report pagination works correctly",
      "PriorityId": "fe92720f-3fbd-4e49-a3b2-309f6a0a062a",
      "StatusId": "62daf195-0a65-400f-af4b-7fda3d529acb",
      "TypeId": "cfe51645-8179-4fe5-ada3-c145a64d0a05",
      "DifficultyLevelId": "47b4b0cc-22ee-4993-8ed5-ef1dec40a0d2",
      "CreatedAt": "2012-03-01T14:04:05Z",
      "LastUpdatedAt": "2012-03-02T15:05:06Z",
      "CreatedById": "191375f2-ae6e-4b52-8bed-4192e34b6486",
      "CreatedBy": "joeb",
      "LastUpdatedById": "191375f2-ae6e-4b52-8bed-4192e34b6486",
      "LastUpdatedBy": "joeb",
      "Number": 1,
      "EstimatedDuration": null,
      "PackageId": "0f2c3a76-bbd1-4370-8faa-6aacb52f1a01",
      "ParentId": null,
      "OrderNumber": 0,
      "ProjectId": "27dcaff0-1f8a-4dff-b49a-bb3d9f7153b3",
      "ProjectName": "Test Project",
      "ParentName": null,
      "PackageName": "Cycle 1",
      "ChangeComment": null,
      "VersionNumber": 0,
      "HasAttachments": false,
      "Expands": [
        "FieldControls",
        "FieldValues",
        "Package",
        "Assignments"
      ],
      "Self": "http://localhost/api/requirement/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610",
      "Links": [
        {
          "Href": "http://localhost/api/requirement/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/relationships",
          "Rel": "Relationships"
        },
        {
          "Href": "http://localhost/api/requirement/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/allrelationships",
          "Rel": "AllRelationships"
        },
        {
          "Href": "http://localhost/api/requirement/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/comments",
          "Rel": "Comments"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "Self": "http://localhost/api/api/requirements"
}

Status Code

200 - OK

POST

Creates a new requirement.

Required Permissions

TestManagement/ManageRequirements

Supported Expansions

FieldControls
FieldValues
Package
Children
Attachments
Status
Priority
Type
DifficultyLevel

For more details on expansions, please see the Expand help topic.

Status Codes

These are the expected status codes returned by the service - in addition, some other status codes may be returned if either an internal error occurs or there is an authentication issue (such as an expired OAuth token).

Status	Description
200 - OK	Returned if the request was completed successfully.

Example - Example

An example of creating a new requirement with only the minimum required information.

Request Headers

Key	Value	Description
Accept	application/json
Content-type	application/json

Request Body

{
  "PackageId": "0f2c3a76-bbd1-4370-8faa-6aacb52f1a01",
  "Name": "My New Requirement",
  "PriorityId": "fe92720f-3fbd-4e49-a3b2-309f6a0a062a",
  "StatusId": "62daf195-0a65-400f-af4b-7fda3d529acb",
  "TypeId": "cfe51645-8179-4fe5-ada3-c145a64d0a05",
  "DifficultyLevelId": "47b4b0cc-22ee-4993-8ed5-ef1dec40a0d2"
}

Response Headers

Key	Value	Description
Location	http://localhost/api/requirement/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610
Content-Type	application/json; charset=utf-8

Response Body

{
  "Id": "4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610",
  "Name": "My New Requirement",
  "AssignedToId": null,
  "AssignedTo": null,
  "Description": null,
  "PriorityId": "fe92720f-3fbd-4e49-a3b2-309f6a0a062a",
  "StatusId": "62daf195-0a65-400f-af4b-7fda3d529acb",
  "TypeId": "cfe51645-8179-4fe5-ada3-c145a64d0a05",
  "DifficultyLevelId": "47b4b0cc-22ee-4993-8ed5-ef1dec40a0d2",
  "CreatedAt": "2012-01-01T14:04:05Z",
  "LastUpdatedAt": "2012-02-02T15:05:06Z",
  "CreatedById": "191375f2-ae6e-4b52-8bed-4192e34b6486",
  "CreatedBy": "joeb",
  "LastUpdatedById": "191375f2-ae6e-4b52-8bed-4192e34b6486",
  "LastUpdatedBy": "joeb",
  "Number": 1,
  "EstimatedDuration": null,
  "PackageId": "0f2c3a76-bbd1-4370-8faa-6aacb52f1a01",
  "ParentId": null,
  "OrderNumber": 0,
  "ProjectId": "27dcaff0-1f8a-4dff-b49a-bb3d9f7153b3",
  "ProjectName": "Test Projec",
  "ParentName": null,
  "PackageName": "Cycle 1",
  "ChangeComment": null,
  "VersionNumber": 0,
  "HasAttachments": false,
  "Expands": [
    "FieldControls",
    "FieldValues",
    "Package",
    "Assignments"
  ],
  "Self": "http://localhost/api/requirement/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610",
  "Links": [
    {
      "Href": "http://localhost/api/requirement/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/relationships",
      "Rel": "Relationships"
    },
    {
      "Href": "http://localhost/api/requirement/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/allrelationships",
      "Rel": "AllRelationships"
    },
    {
      "Href": "http://localhost/api/requirement/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/comments",
      "Rel": "Comments"
    }
  ]
}

Status Code

201 - Created

Example - Example

An example of creating a new requirement with majority of fields populated (including custom fields).

Request Headers

Key	Value	Description
Accept	application/json
Content-type	application/json

Request Parameters

Key	Value	Description
$expand	FieldValues	Expand field (FieldValues are expanded to ensure that they are returned in the response to creating a new requirement.)

Request Body

{
  "TemporaryId": "6cc26034-6514-44e0-907c-8f4f5eaa85b5",
  "PackageId": "0f2c3a76-bbd1-4370-8faa-6aacb52f1a01",
  "Number": 22,
  "Name": "My New Requirement",
  "AssignedToId": "191375f2-ae6e-4b52-8bed-4192e34b6486",
  "EstimatedDuration": "5m",
  "PriorityId": "fe92720f-3fbd-4e49-a3b2-309f6a0a062a",
  "StatusId": "62daf195-0a65-400f-af4b-7fda3d529acb",
  "TypeId": "cfe51645-8179-4fe5-ada3-c145a64d0a05",
  "DifficultyLevelId": "47b4b0cc-22ee-4993-8ed5-ef1dec40a0d2",
  "Description": "derequiremention",
  "ChangeComment": "Requirement created via my API",
  "OrderNumber": 2,
  "FieldValues": {
    "Cycle": "V2.1 Cycle 1"
  }
}

Response Headers

Key	Value	Description
Location	http://localhost/api/requirement/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610
Content-Type	application/json; charset=utf-8

Response Body

{
  "Id": "4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610",
  "Name": "My New Requirement",
  "AssignedToId": "191375f2-ae6e-4b52-8bed-4192e34b6486",
  "AssignedTo": "joeb",
  "Description": "derequiremention",
  "PriorityId": "fe92720f-3fbd-4e49-a3b2-309f6a0a062a",
  "StatusId": "62daf195-0a65-400f-af4b-7fda3d529acb",
  "TypeId": "cfe51645-8179-4fe5-ada3-c145a64d0a05",
  "DifficultyLevelId": "47b4b0cc-22ee-4993-8ed5-ef1dec40a0d2",
  "CreatedAt": "2012-01-01T14:04:05Z",
  "LastUpdatedAt": "2012-02-02T15:05:06Z",
  "CreatedById": "191375f2-ae6e-4b52-8bed-4192e34b6486",
  "CreatedBy": "joeb",
  "LastUpdatedById": "191375f2-ae6e-4b52-8bed-4192e34b6486",
  "LastUpdatedBy": "joeb",
  "Number": 1,
  "EstimatedDuration": "5 minutes",
  "PackageId": "0f2c3a76-bbd1-4370-8faa-6aacb52f1a01",
  "ParentId": null,
  "OrderNumber": 22,
  "ProjectId": "27dcaff0-1f8a-4dff-b49a-bb3d9f7153b3",
  "ProjectName": "Test Projec",
  "ParentName": null,
  "PackageName": "Cycle 1",
  "ChangeComment": "Requirement created via my API",
  "VersionNumber": 1,
  "HasAttachments": true,
  "Expands": [
    "FieldControls",
    "FieldValues",
    "Package",
    "Assignments"
  ],
  "Self": "http://localhost/api/requirement/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610",
  "Links": [
    {
      "Href": "http://localhost/api/requirement/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/relationships",
      "Rel": "Relationships"
    },
    {
      "Href": "http://localhost/api/requirement/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/allrelationships",
      "Rel": "AllRelationships"
    },
    {
      "Href": "http://localhost/api/requirement/4bb709c2-e0e7-4af3-9f60-a045016a9610/comments",
      "Rel": "Comments"
    }
  ]
}

Status Code

201 - Created

Child pages

Requirements (Resources)

Resource: Requirements ( /api/requirements )

Methods

GET

Required Permissions

Supported Expansions

Status Codes

POST

Required Permissions

Supported Expansions

Status Codes