# Azure DevOps Work Items API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-devops/microsoft-azure-devops-work-items-api/  
**Provider:** Azure DevOps — https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-azure-devops/  
**Base URL:** https://dev.azure.com/{organization}  
**Documentation:** https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/

Azure DevOps Work Items API is one of 62 APIs that [Azure DevOps](https://apis.io/providers/microsoft-azure-devops/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification and an AsyncAPI event-driven specification. Tagged areas include Work Items. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, an API reference, and an AsyncAPI specification.

Operations for managing work items (Bugs, Tasks, User Stories, etc.)

## Machine-readable artifacts (15)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/microsoft-azure-devops/refs/heads/main/openapi/microsoft-azure-devops-work-items-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/
- **Authentication** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/integrate/get-started/authentication/authentication-guidance
- **Client Libraries** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/integrate/concepts/dotnet-client-libraries?view=azure-devops
- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/wit/
- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/git/
- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/pipelines/
- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/build/
- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/release/
- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/test/
- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/artifacts/
- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/hooks/
- **Reference** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/devops/service-hooks/overview?view=azure-devops
- **AsyncAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/microsoft-azure-devops/refs/heads/main/asyncapi/azure-devops-service-hooks-asyncapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/wiki/

## Other Azure DevOps APIs (12)

- [Azure DevOps Graph API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-devops/azure-devops-graph-api/)
- [Azure DevOps Core API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-devops/azure-devops-core-api/)
- [Azure DevOps Security API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-devops/azure-devops-security-api/)
- [Azure DevOps Notifications API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-devops/azure-devops-notifications-api/)
- [Azure DevOps Audit API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-devops/azure-devops-audit-api/)
- [Azure DevOps Search API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-devops/azure-devops-search-api/)
- [Azure DevOps Policy API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-devops/azure-devops-policy-api/)
- [Azure DevOps Distributed Task API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-devops/azure-devops-distributed-task-api/)
- [Azure DevOps Analytics OData API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-devops/azure-devops-analytics-odata-api/)
- [Azure DevOps Extension Management API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-devops/azure-devops-extension-management-api/)
- [Azure DevOps Service Endpoint API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-devops/azure-devops-service-endpoint-api/)
- [Azure DevOps TFVC API](https://apis.io/apis/microsoft-azure-devops/azure-devops-tfvc-api/)

## Tags

Work Items

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