How do you add tags to Product Backlog Items on DevOps using Rest API?

Question

I'm using the DevOps API to post Backlog Product items to our DevOps.

I know the reference names for title ( "path": "/fields/System.Title" ), description ( path": "/fields/System.Description" ), and comments ( "path": "/fields/System.History" ).

But I can't find anything on tags in the documentation. I tried "path": "/fields/System.Tags" and "/fields/Microsoft.VSTS.Common.Tags" , but to no avail.

Does anyone know the correct path?

Answer 1

When you are creating or updating a work item through the Azure DevOps Rest Api, you can use the following JSON format to add tags in your Post / Update request:

[
    {
        "op": "add",
        "path": "/fields/System.Title",
        "value": "Title of the work item"
    },
    {
        "op": "add",
        "path": "/fields/System.Tags",
        "value": "Tag1; Tag2"
    }
]

Be sure you add a ; between the tags

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Beside this be aware that Azure DevOps is working on additional Tags API in version 6.0 (preview)

Reference to additional Tags Api's

Answer 2

Azure DevOps saves tags into "/fields/System.Tags" field. Here is the doc: Add a tag