I'm trying to add a new comment to a work item which mentions a user, but using the traditional "@adamh" as you would do on the website does not seem to work via the API.
The data updates fine, however the "@adamh" is just plain text, I need to be able to somehow chuck an identity into here. Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks!
A snippet is here
const vsts = require('vso-node-api');
const item = require('vso-node-api/WorkItemTrackingApi')
const ti = require('vso-node-api/interfaces/WorkItemTrackingInterfaces');
// your collection url
const collectionUrl = "https://myArea.visualstudio.com/defaultcollection";
// ideally from config
const token = "helloWorld";
async function run() {
let authHandler = vsts.getPersonalAccessTokenHandler(token);
let connection = new vsts.WebApi(collectionUrl, authHandler);
let itemTracking = await connection.getWorkItemTrackingApi();
//Add all task data to new array
let taskData = await itemTracking.getWorkItems([15795,15796])
let newData = taskData[0]
let wijson = [
{
"op": "add",
"path": "/fields/System.History",
"value": "@adamh"
}
];
const updateItem = itemTracking.updateWorkItem(null, wijson, 15795).catch(err => {
console.log(err)
}).then(() => console.log("updated"))
return newData
}
const express = require('express')
const app = express()
app.get('/', async (req, res) => {
let data = await run()
res.send(data)
})
app.listen(3000, () => console.log('Example app listening on port 3000!'))
