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Create a task in azure Devops With a powershell script

I need your help, I’m trying to create a powershell script that will create a task directly in Azure Devops (Azure Boards -> Work Items).

The problem is that after much research, I haven’t found the corresponding module to do this, nor the method to connect to the module, if one exists.

I had the idea of generating a token and using it to connect.

For the moment, I’ve tried to use the generate token to connect, but it’s blocked because I don’t know the module for connecting directly to Azure DevOps.

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  1. 0

    You can use the Azure DevOps API, and if it’s running as a Powershell script in the build you should use the predefined variables. Example:

    $organizationUrl = $(System.CollectionUri)  
$projectName = $(System.TeamProject )  
$pat = $(System.AccessToken)
$apiVersion = "6.0"
$type = "User Story"
# User Story JSON Payload
    $witFieldsValues = @"
    [
      {
        "op": "add",
        "path": "/fields/System.Title",
        "value": "Test"
      }
    ]
    "@
        
# Azure DevOps REST API URL for creating a work item (user story)
$uri="$organizationUrl/$projectName/_apis/wit/workitems/"+"$"+"$Type"+"?bypassRules=true&api-version=$apiVersion"
    
$creationResponse = Invoke-WebRequest -Uri $uri -Method POST -Body $witFieldsValues -ContentType "application/json-patch+json" -Headers @{
            Authorization = "Basic " + [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes(":$pat")) }
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  2. 0

    You can reference the PowerShell script sample below to call Azure DevOps REST API to create a Task type work item.

    # Convert PAT to a Base64 string.
$pat = "{Personal Access Token}"
$base64AuthInfo = [Convert]::ToBase64String([Text.Encoding]::ASCII.GetBytes(("{0}:{1}" -f "", $pat)))

# Set request headers.
$headers = New-Object "System.Collections.Generic.Dictionary[[String],[String]]"
$headers.Add("Authorization", ("Basic {0}" -f $base64AuthInfo))
$headers.Add("Content-Type", "application/json-patch+json")

$uri = "https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/wit/workitems/`$Task?api-version=7.0"

# Set request body and convert it to JSON type.
$body = @(
    @{
        op = 'add'
        path = '/fields/System.Title'
        value = '{Title}'  # Set the title
    }
    @{
        op = 'add'
        path = '/fields/System.AreaPath'
        value = '{Area Path}'  # Set the Area Path, e.g.: MyProj\MyArea\SubArea
    }
    @{
        op = 'add'
        path = '/fields/System.IterationPath'
        value = '{Iteration Path}'  # Set the Iteration Path, e.g.: MyProj\MyIteration\SubIteration
    }
) | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10

# Execute Invoke-RestMethod cmdlet to call the API and convert its response to JSON for better readable.
Invoke-RestMethod -Method POST -Uri $uri -Headers $headers -Body $body | ConvertTo-Json -Depth 10

    The value of variable "$body" (request body) also can directly set to be a JSON string like as below.

    $body = '[
    {
        "op": "add",
        "path": "/fields/System.Title",
        "value": "{Title}"
    },
    {
        "op": "add",
        "path": "/fields/System.AreaPath",
        "value": "{Area Path}"
    },
    {
        "op": "add",
        "path": "/fields/System.IterationPath",
        "value": "{Iteration Path}"
    }
]'
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