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# Operations with Specific IssueWorkItem﻿

Last modified: 23 May 2025

Resource that provides access to work items.

| Resource | ``` /api/workItems/{itemID} ``` |
| Returned entity | IssueWorkItem. For the description of the entity attributes, see [Supported Fields](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-workItems.html#IssueWorkItem-supported-fields) section. |
| Supported methods | - `GET`: [Read a Specific IssueWorkItem](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-workItems.html#get-IssueWorkItem-method). |

## IssueWorkItem attributes﻿

Represents a work item in an issue.

### Related Resources﻿

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

- Work Items
- Work Items in an Issue

Extends BaseWorkItem

### Attributes﻿

This table describes attributes of the `IssueWorkItem` 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 issue work item. `Read-only`. |
| author | User | The user to whom the work is attributed in the work item. `Can be null`. |
| creator | User | The user who added the work item to the issue. `Read-only`. `Can be null`. |
| text | String | The work item description. `Can be null`. |
| textPreview | String | Parsed preview of the description. `Read-only`. |
| type | WorkItemType | The work item type. `Can be null`. |
| created | Long | The timestamp in milliseconds indicating the moment when the work item was created. Stored as a unix timestamp at UTC. |
| updated | Long | The timestamp in milliseconds indicating the last update of the work item. Stored as a unix timestamp at UTC. `Can be null`. |
| duration | DurationValue | The duration of the work item. |
| date | Long | The timestamp in milliseconds indicating the date and time of the work item. Stored as a Unix timestamp in UTC. The time part is set to midnight for the current date. |
| issue | Issue | Stores attributes of the issue to which the work item is attached. `Read-only`. |
| attributes | Array of WorkItemAttributes | The list of attributes of the work item. `Read-only`. |

## Read a Specific IssueWorkItem﻿

Get a specific work item.

### Required permissions﻿

Requires access to the issue work item is added to and Read Work Item permission.

### Request syntax﻿

```
GET /api/workItems/{itemID}?{fields}
```

| {itemID} | Database ID of the work item |

### Request parameters﻿

| Parameter | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| fields | String | A list of IssueWorkItem 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/workItems/115-2?fields=created,duration(presentation,minutes),author(name),creator(name),date,id
```

#### Sample response body﻿

```
{
  "duration": {
    "minutes": 60,
    "presentation": "1h",
    "$type": "DurationValue"
  },
  "date": 1538956800000,
  "created": 1539088817836,
  "creator": {
    "name": "John Doe",
    "$type": "User"
  },
  "author": {
    "name": "Jane Doe",
    "$type": "User"
  },
  "id": "115-2",
  "$type": "IssueWorkItem"
}
```

- [Operations with Specific IssueWorkItem](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-workItems.html)
- [IssueWorkItem attributes](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-workItems.html#IssueWorkItem-supported-fields)
- [Read a Specific IssueWorkItem](/help/youtrack/devportal/operations-api-workItems.html#get-IssueWorkItem-method)

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