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# Operations with Specific NotificationSettings﻿

Last modified: 24 March 2026

This resource lets you work with the notification settings of your YouTrack service: read and configure Email server settings to enable notifications to users.

| Resource | ``` /api/admin/globalSettings/notificationSettings ``` |
| --- | --- |
| Returned entity | NotificationSettings. For the description of the entity attributes, see [Supported Fields](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-admin-globalSettings-notificationSettings.html#NotificationSettings-supported-fields) section. |
| Supported methods | - `GET`: [Read a Specific NotificationSettings](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-admin-globalSettings-notificationSettings.html#get-NotificationSettings-method). - `POST`: [Update a Specific NotificationSettings](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-admin-globalSettings-notificationSettings.html#update-NotificationSettings-method). |

## NotificationSettings attributes﻿

Represents the Notifications settings of the YouTrack service.

### Related Resources﻿

Below you can find the list of resources that let you work with this entity.

- Notification Settings

### Attributes﻿

This table describes attributes of the `NotificationSettings` entity.

- To receive an attribute in the response from the server, specify it explicitly in the `fields` request parameter.
- To update an attribute, provide it in the body of a POST request.

| Field | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| id | String | The ID of the NotificationSettings. `Read-only`. |
| emailSettings | EmailSettings | Settings for sending emails. `Read-only`. |

## Read a Specific NotificationSettings﻿

Read the Notification settings of your YouTrack service.

### Required permissions﻿

Requires permissions: Low-level Admin Read

### Request syntax﻿

```
GET /api/admin/globalSettings/notificationSettings?{fields}
```

| null | The database ID of NotificationSettings |
| --- | --- |

### Request parameters﻿

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| fields | String | A list of NotificationSettings attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified, only the `entityID` is returned. |

### Sample﻿

#### Sample request﻿

```
https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/admin/globalSettings/notificationSettings?fields=emailSettings(isEnabled,host,port,mailProtocol,anonymous,login,from,replyTo)
```

#### Sample response body﻿

```
{
  "emailSettings": {
    "login": null,
    "from": "service@youtrack.cloud",
    "mailProtocol": "SMTP_TLS",
    "replyTo": null,
    "anonymous": false,
    "port": 587,
    "isEnabled": true,
    "host": "10.20.1.6",
    "$type": "EmailSettings"
  },
  "$type": "NotificationSettings"
}
```

## Update a Specific NotificationSettings﻿

Change the Notification settings of your YouTrack service.

### Required permissions﻿

Requires permissions: Low-level Admin Write

### Request syntax﻿

```
POST /api/admin/globalSettings/notificationSettings?{fields}
```

| null | The database ID of NotificationSettings |
| --- | --- |

### Request parameters﻿

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| fields | String | A list of NotificationSettings attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified, only the `entityID` is returned. |

### Sample﻿

#### Sample request﻿

```
https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/admin/globalSettings/notificationSettings?fields=emailSettings(isEnabled,from,replyTo)
```

#### Sample request body﻿

```
{
  "emailSettings": {
    "from": "youtrack@mycompany.com"
  }
}
```

#### Sample response body﻿

```
{
  "emailSettings": {
    "isEnabled": true,
    "from": "youtrack@mycompany.com",
    "replyTo": null,
    "$type": "EmailSettings"
  },
  "$type": "NotificationSettings"
}
```

- [Operations with Specific NotificationSettings](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-admin-globalSettings-notificationSettings.html)
- [NotificationSettings attributes](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-admin-globalSettings-notificationSettings.html#NotificationSettings-supported-fields)
- [Read a Specific NotificationSettings](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-admin-globalSettings-notificationSettings.html#get-NotificationSettings-method)
- [Update a Specific NotificationSettings](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-admin-globalSettings-notificationSettings.html#update-NotificationSettings-method)

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