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Linking issues

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Updated at February 19, 2024

Use this request to create links between two issues. A link is created between the current issue (specified in the issue-id request parameter) and the linked one (specified in the issue field of the request body).

Request format

Before making the request, get permission to access the API.

To create links, use an HTTP POST request:

POST /v2/issues/<issue_ID_or_key>/links
Host: https://api.tracker.yandex.net
Authorization: OAuth <OAuth_token>
X-Org-ID: <organization ID>

{
    "relationship": "<link_type>",
    "issue": "<issue>"
}
Headers

  • Host

    Address of the node that provides the API:

    https://api.tracker.yandex.net

  • Authorization

    OAuth token in OAuth <OAuth_token> format, e.g.:

    OAuth 0c4181a7c2cf4521964a72ff********

  • X-Org-ID or X-Cloud-Org-ID

    Organization ID. You can find it out on the Tracker organizations page.

    • If a Yandex 360 for Business organization is the only one linked to Tracker, the X-Org-ID header is used.
    • If a Yandex Cloud Organization organization is the only one linked to Tracker, the X-Cloud-Org-ID header is used.
    • If both Yandex 360 for Business and Yandex Cloud Organization organizations are linked to Tracker at the same time, the X-Org-ID header and the Yandex 360 for Business organization ID are used.
Resource
Parameter Description Data type
<issue_key_or_ID> ID or key of the current issue. String
Request body parameters

Required parameters

Parameter Description Format
relationship Type of links between issues:
  • relates: Simple link.
  • is dependent by: The current issue blocks the linked one.
  • depends on: The current issue depends on the linked one.
  • is subtask for: The current issue is a sub-issue of the linked one.
  • is parent task for: The current issue is a parent issue of the linked one.
  • duplicates: The current issue duplicates the linked one.
  • is duplicated by: The linked issue duplicates the current one.
  • is epic of: The current issue is an epic of the linked one. You can only set this type of link for Epic-type issues.
  • has epic: The linked issue is an epic of the current one. You can only set this type of link for Epic-type issues.
 String
issue ID or key of the issue being linked. String

Creating a link:

  • An HTTP POST method is used.
POST /v2/issues/TEST-1/?links HTTP/1.1
Host: https://api.tracker.yandex.net
Authorization: OAuth <OAuth token>
X-Org-ID: <organization ID>

{
    "relationship": "relates",
    "issue": "TREK-2"
}

Response format

If the request is successful, the API returns a response with code 201 Created.

The response body contains the results in JSON format.

  {
    "self" : "https://https://api.tracker.yandex.net/v2/issues/TEST-1/links/10*****",
    "id" : 10*****,
    "type" : {
      "self" : "https://https://api.tracker.yandex.net/v2/linktypes/relates",
      "id" : "relates",
      "inward" : "relates",
      "outward" : "relates"
    },
    "direction" : "inward",
    "object" : {
      "self" : "https://https://api.tracker.yandex.net/v2/issues/STARTREK-2",
      "id" : "4ff3e8dae4b0e2ac********",
      "key" : "TREK-2",
      "display" : "NEW!!!"
    },
    "createdBy" : {
      "self" : "https://https://api.tracker.yandex.net/v2/users/44********",
      "id": "44********",
      "display": "Ivan Ivanov"
    },
    "updatedBy" : {
      "self": "https://https://api.tracker.yandex.net/v2/users/44********",
      "id": "44********",
      "display": "Ivan Ivanov"
    },
    "createdAt" : "2014-06-18T12:06:02.401+0000",
    "updatedAt" : "2014-06-18T12:06:02.401+0000"
  }
Response parameters
Parameter Description Data type
self Address of the API resource with information about the link. String
id Link ID. Number
type Block with information about the link type. Object
direction Link type of the issue specified in the request in relation to the issue specified in the object field. Possible values:
  • outward: The issue specified in the request is the main one for the issue in the object field.
  • inward: The issue specified in the object field is the main one for the issue in the request.
 String
object Block with information about the linked issue. Object
createdBy Block with information about the user who created the link. Object
updatedBy Block with information about the user who edited the linked issue last. Object
createdAt Link creation date and time. String
updatedAt Link update date and time. String
assignee Assignee of the linked issue. Object
status Status of the linked issue. Object

type object fields

Parameter Description Data type
self Link to the link type. String
id ID of the link type. String
inward Name of the link type of the issue specified in the object field in relation to the issue specified in the request. String
outward Name of the link type of the issue specified in the request in relation to the issue specified in the object field. String

object object fields

Parameter Description Data type
self Address of the API resource with information about the issue. String
id Issue ID. String
key Issue key. String
display Issue name displayed. String

createdBy object fields

Parameter Description Data type
self Address of the API resource with information about the user. String
id User ID. String
display User's name displayed. String

updatedBy object fields

Parameter Description Data type
self Address of the API resource with information about the user. String
id User ID. String
display User's name displayed. String

assignee object fields

Parameter Description Data type
self Address of the API resource with information about the user. String
id User ID. String
display User's name displayed. String

status object fields

Parameter Description Data type
self Address of the API resource with information about the status. String
id Status ID. String
key Status key. String
display Status name displayed. String

If the request is processed incorrectly, the API returns a response with an error code:

404
The requested object was not found. You may have specified an invalid object ID or key.
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