Definitions - Update

Reference

Service:: Release

API Version:: 5.0

Update a release definition.

PUT https://vsrm.dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/release/definitions?api-version=5.0

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
organization	path	True	string	The name of the Azure DevOps organization.
project	path	True	string	Project ID or project name
api-version	query	True	string	Version of the API to use. This should be set to '5.0' to use this version of the api.

Request Body

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	Gets the links to related resources, APIs, and views for the release definition.
artifacts	Artifact[]	Gets or sets the list of artifacts.
comment	string	Gets or sets comment.
createdBy	IdentityRef	Gets or sets the identity who created.
createdOn	string	Gets date on which it got created.
description	string	Gets or sets the description.
environments	ReleaseDefinitionEnvironment[]	Gets or sets the list of environments.
id	integer	Gets the unique identifier of release definition.
isDeleted	boolean	Whether release definition is deleted.
lastRelease	ReleaseReference	Gets the reference of last release.
modifiedBy	IdentityRef	Gets or sets the identity who modified.
modifiedOn	string	Gets date on which it got modified.
name	string	Gets or sets the name of the release definition.
path	string	Gets or sets the path of the release definition.
projectReference	ProjectReference	Gets or sets project reference.
properties	PropertiesCollection	Gets or sets properties.
releaseNameFormat	string	Gets or sets the release name format.
revision	integer	Gets the revision number.
source	ReleaseDefinitionSource	Gets or sets source of release definition.
tags	string[]	Gets or sets list of tags.
triggers	ReleaseTriggerBase[]	Gets or sets the list of triggers.
url	string	Gets the REST API url to access the release definition.
variableGroups	integer[]	Gets or sets the list of variable groups.
variables	<string, ConfigurationVariableValue>	Gets or sets the dictionary of variables.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	ReleaseDefinition	successful operation

Security

oauth2

Type: oauth2
Flow: accessCode
Authorization URL: https://app.vssps.visualstudio.com/oauth2/authorize&response_type=Assertion
Token URL: https://app.vssps.visualstudio.com/oauth2/token?client_assertion_type=urn:ietf:params:oauth:client-assertion-type:jwt-bearer&grant_type=urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:jwt-bearer

Scopes

Name	Description
vso.release_execute	Grants the ability to read and update release artifacts, including releases, release definitions and release envrionment, and the ability to queue a new release.

Definitions

Name	Description
ApprovalExecutionOrder
ApprovalOptions
Artifact
ArtifactSourceReference
AuthorizationHeader
Condition
ConditionType	Gets or sets the condition type.
ConfigurationVariableValue
DataSourceBindingBase	Represents binding of data source for the service endpoint request.
Demand
DeployPhase
DeployPhaseTypes
EnvironmentExecutionPolicy	Defines policy on environment queuing at Release Management side queue. We will send to Environment Runner [creating pre-deploy and other steps] only when the policies mentioned are satisfied.
EnvironmentOptions
EnvironmentRetentionPolicy
EnvironmentTrigger
EnvironmentTriggerType
IdentityRef
ProcessParameters
ProjectReference
PropertiesCollection	The class represents a property bag as a collection of key-value pairs. Values of all primitive types (any type with a `TypeCode != TypeCode.Object`) except for `DBNull` are accepted. Values of type Byte[], Int32, Double, DateType and String preserve their type, other primitives are retuned as a String. Byte[] expected as base64 encoded string.
ReferenceLinks	The class to represent a collection of REST reference links.
ReleaseDefinition
ReleaseDefinitionApprovals
ReleaseDefinitionApprovalStep
ReleaseDefinitionDeployStep
ReleaseDefinitionEnvironment
ReleaseDefinitionGate
ReleaseDefinitionGatesOptions
ReleaseDefinitionGatesStep
ReleaseDefinitionShallowReference
ReleaseDefinitionSource	Gets or sets source of release definition.
ReleaseReason	Gets reason for release.
ReleaseReference
ReleaseSchedule
ReleaseShallowReference
ReleaseTriggerBase
ReleaseTriggerType
ScheduleDays	Days of the week to release
TaskInputDefinitionBase
TaskInputValidation
TaskSourceDefinitionBase
WorkflowTask

ApprovalExecutionOrder

Name	Type	Description
afterGatesAlways	string
afterSuccessfulGates	string
beforeGates	string

ApprovalOptions

Name	Type	Description
autoTriggeredAndPreviousEnvironmentApprovedCanBeSkipped	boolean
enforceIdentityRevalidation	boolean
executionOrder	ApprovalExecutionOrder
releaseCreatorCanBeApprover	boolean
requiredApproverCount	integer
timeoutInMinutes	integer

Artifact

Name	Type	Description
alias	string	Gets or sets alias.
definitionReference	<string, ArtifactSourceReference>	Gets or sets definition reference. e.g. {"project":{"id":"fed755ea-49c5-4399-acea-fd5b5aa90a6c","name":"myProject"},"definition":{"id":"1","name":"mybuildDefinition"},"connection":{"id":"1","name":"myConnection"}}
isPrimary	boolean	Gets or sets as artifact is primary or not.
isRetained	boolean
type	string	Gets or sets type. It can have value as 'Build', 'Jenkins', 'GitHub', 'Nuget', 'Team Build (external)', 'ExternalTFSBuild', 'Git', 'TFVC', 'ExternalTfsXamlBuild'.

ArtifactSourceReference

Name	Type	Description
id	string
name	string

AuthorizationHeader

Name	Type	Description
name	string
value	string

Condition

Name	Type	Description
conditionType	ConditionType	Gets or sets the condition type.
name	string	Gets or sets the name of the condition. e.g. 'ReleaseStarted'.
value	string	Gets or set value of the condition.

ConditionType

Gets or sets the condition type.

Name	Type	Description
artifact	string	The condition type is artifact.
environmentState	string	The condition type is environment state.
event	string	The condition type is event.
undefined	string	The condition type is undefined.

ConfigurationVariableValue

Name	Type	Description
allowOverride	boolean	Gets or sets if a variable can be overridden at deployment time or not.
isSecret	boolean	Gets or sets as variable is secret or not.
value	string	Gets or sets value of the configuration variable.

DataSourceBindingBase

Represents binding of data source for the service endpoint request.

Name	Type	Description
callbackContextTemplate	string	Pagination format supported by this data source(ContinuationToken/SkipTop).
callbackRequiredTemplate	string	Subsequent calls needed?
dataSourceName	string	Gets or sets the name of the data source.
endpointId	string	Gets or sets the endpoint Id.
endpointUrl	string	Gets or sets the url of the service endpoint.
headers	AuthorizationHeader[]	Gets or sets the authorization headers.
initialContextTemplate	string	Defines the initial value of the query params
parameters	object	Gets or sets the parameters for the data source.
resultSelector	string	Gets or sets the result selector.
resultTemplate	string	Gets or sets the result template.
target	string	Gets or sets the target of the data source.

Demand

Name	Type	Description
name	string
value	string

DeployPhase

Name	Type	Description
name	string
phaseType	DeployPhaseTypes
rank	integer
refName	string
workflowTasks	WorkflowTask[]

DeployPhaseTypes

Name	Type	Description
agentBasedDeployment	string
deploymentGates	string	Phase type which contains tasks which acts as Gates for the deployment to go forward.
machineGroupBasedDeployment	string
runOnServer	string
undefined	string

EnvironmentExecutionPolicy

Defines policy on environment queuing at Release Management side queue. We will send to Environment Runner [creating pre-deploy and other steps] only when the policies mentioned are satisfied.

Name	Type	Description
concurrencyCount	integer	This policy decides, how many environments would be with Environment Runner.
queueDepthCount	integer	Queue depth in the EnvironmentQueue table, this table keeps the environment entries till Environment Runner is free [as per it's policy] to take another environment for running.

EnvironmentOptions

Name	Type	Description
autoLinkWorkItems	boolean
badgeEnabled	boolean
emailNotificationType	string
emailRecipients	string
enableAccessToken	boolean
publishDeploymentStatus	boolean
pullRequestDeploymentEnabled	boolean
skipArtifactsDownload	boolean
timeoutInMinutes	integer

EnvironmentRetentionPolicy

Name	Type	Description
daysToKeep	integer
releasesToKeep	integer
retainBuild	boolean

EnvironmentTrigger

Name	Type	Description
definitionEnvironmentId	integer
releaseDefinitionId	integer
triggerContent	string
triggerType	EnvironmentTriggerType

EnvironmentTriggerType

Name	Type	Description
deploymentGroupRedeploy	string
rollbackRedeploy	string
undefined	string

IdentityRef

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	This field contains zero or more interesting links about the graph subject. These links may be invoked to obtain additional relationships or more detailed information about this graph subject.
descriptor	string	The descriptor is the primary way to reference the graph subject while the system is running. This field will uniquely identify the same graph subject across both Accounts and Organizations.
directoryAlias	string
displayName	string	This is the non-unique display name of the graph subject. To change this field, you must alter its value in the source provider.
id	string
imageUrl	string
inactive	boolean
isAadIdentity	boolean
isContainer	boolean
isDeletedInOrigin	boolean
profileUrl	string
uniqueName	string
url	string	This url is the full route to the source resource of this graph subject.

ProcessParameters

Name	Type	Description
dataSourceBindings	DataSourceBindingBase[]	Represents binding of data source for the service endpoint request.
inputs	TaskInputDefinitionBase[]
sourceDefinitions	TaskSourceDefinitionBase[]

ProjectReference

Name	Type	Description
id	string	Gets the unique identifier of this field.
name	string	Gets name of project.

PropertiesCollection

The class represents a property bag as a collection of key-value pairs. Values of all primitive types (any type with a TypeCode != TypeCode.Object) except for DBNull are accepted. Values of type Byte[], Int32, Double, DateType and String preserve their type, other primitives are retuned as a String. Byte[] expected as base64 encoded string.

Name	Type	Description
count	integer	The count of properties in the collection.
item	object
keys	string[]	The set of keys in the collection.
values	string[]	The set of values in the collection.

ReferenceLinks

The class to represent a collection of REST reference links.

Name	Type	Description
links	object	The readonly view of the links. Because Reference links are readonly, we only want to expose them as read only.

ReleaseDefinition

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	Gets the links to related resources, APIs, and views for the release definition.
artifacts	Artifact[]	Gets or sets the list of artifacts.
comment	string	Gets or sets comment.
createdBy	IdentityRef	Gets or sets the identity who created.
createdOn	string	Gets date on which it got created.
description	string	Gets or sets the description.
environments	ReleaseDefinitionEnvironment[]	Gets or sets the list of environments.
id	integer	Gets the unique identifier of release definition.
isDeleted	boolean	Whether release definition is deleted.
lastRelease	ReleaseReference	Gets the reference of last release.
modifiedBy	IdentityRef	Gets or sets the identity who modified.
modifiedOn	string	Gets date on which it got modified.
name	string	Gets or sets the name of the release definition.
path	string	Gets or sets the path of the release definition.
projectReference	ProjectReference	Gets or sets project reference.
properties	PropertiesCollection	Gets or sets properties.
releaseNameFormat	string	Gets or sets the release name format.
revision	integer	Gets the revision number.
source	ReleaseDefinitionSource	Gets or sets source of release definition.
tags	string[]	Gets or sets list of tags.
triggers	ReleaseTriggerBase[]	Gets or sets the list of triggers.
url	string	Gets the REST API url to access the release definition.
variableGroups	integer[]	Gets or sets the list of variable groups.
variables	<string, ConfigurationVariableValue>	Gets or sets the dictionary of variables.

ReleaseDefinitionApprovals

Name	Type	Description
approvalOptions	ApprovalOptions
approvals	ReleaseDefinitionApprovalStep[]

ReleaseDefinitionApprovalStep

Name	Type	Description
approver	IdentityRef
id	integer
isAutomated	boolean
isNotificationOn	boolean
rank	integer

ReleaseDefinitionDeployStep

Name	Type	Description
id	integer
tasks	WorkflowTask[]	The list of steps for this definition.

ReleaseDefinitionEnvironment

Name	Type	Description
badgeUrl	string
conditions	Condition[]
currentRelease	ReleaseShallowReference
demands	Demand[]
deployPhases	DeployPhase[]
deployStep	ReleaseDefinitionDeployStep
environmentOptions	EnvironmentOptions
environmentTriggers	EnvironmentTrigger[]
executionPolicy	EnvironmentExecutionPolicy	Defines policy on environment queuing at Release Management side queue. We will send to Environment Runner [creating pre-deploy and other steps] only when the policies mentioned are satisfied.
id	integer
name	string
owner	IdentityRef
postDeployApprovals	ReleaseDefinitionApprovals
postDeploymentGates	ReleaseDefinitionGatesStep
preDeployApprovals	ReleaseDefinitionApprovals
preDeploymentGates	ReleaseDefinitionGatesStep
processParameters	ProcessParameters
properties	PropertiesCollection	The class represents a property bag as a collection of key-value pairs. Values of all primitive types (any type with a `TypeCode != TypeCode.Object`) except for `DBNull` are accepted. Values of type Byte[], Int32, Double, DateType and String preserve their type, other primitives are retuned as a String. Byte[] expected as base64 encoded string.
queueId	integer
rank	integer
retentionPolicy	EnvironmentRetentionPolicy
schedules	ReleaseSchedule[]
variableGroups	integer[]
variables	<string, ConfigurationVariableValue>

ReleaseDefinitionGate

Name	Type	Description
tasks	WorkflowTask[]

ReleaseDefinitionGatesOptions

Name	Type	Description
isEnabled	boolean
minimumSuccessDuration	integer
samplingInterval	integer
stabilizationTime	integer
timeout	integer

ReleaseDefinitionGatesStep

Name	Type	Description
gates	ReleaseDefinitionGate[]
gatesOptions	ReleaseDefinitionGatesOptions
id	integer

ReleaseDefinitionShallowReference

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	Gets the links to related resources, APIs, and views for the release definition.
id	integer	Gets the unique identifier of release definition.
name	string	Gets or sets the name of the release definition.
path	string	Gets or sets the path of the release definition.
projectReference	ProjectReference	Gets or sets project reference.
url	string	Gets the REST API url to access the release definition.

ReleaseDefinitionSource

Gets or sets source of release definition.

Name	Type	Description
ibiza	string
portalExtensionApi	string
restApi	string
undefined	string
userInterface	string

ReleaseReason

Gets reason for release.

Name	Type	Description
continuousIntegration	string
manual	string
none	string
pullRequest	string
schedule	string

ReleaseReference

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	Gets links to access the release.
artifacts	Artifact[]	Gets list of artifacts.
createdBy	IdentityRef	Gets the identity who created.
createdOn	string	Gets date on which it got created.
description	string	Gets description.
id	integer	Gets the unique identifier of this field.
modifiedBy	IdentityRef	Gets the identity who modified.
name	string	Gets name of release.
reason	ReleaseReason	Gets reason for release.
releaseDefinition	ReleaseDefinitionShallowReference	Gets release definition shallow reference.

ReleaseSchedule

Name	Type	Description
daysToRelease	ScheduleDays	Days of the week to release
jobId	string	Team Foundation Job Definition Job Id
startHours	integer	Local time zone hour to start
startMinutes	integer	Local time zone minute to start
timeZoneId	string	Time zone Id of release schedule, such as 'UTC'

ReleaseShallowReference

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	Gets the links to related resources, APIs, and views for the release.
id	integer	Gets the unique identifier of release.
name	string	Gets or sets the name of the release.
url	string	Gets the REST API url to access the release.

ReleaseTriggerBase

Name	Type	Description
triggerType	ReleaseTriggerType

ReleaseTriggerType

Name	Type	Description
artifactSource	string
containerImage	string
package	string
pullRequest	string
schedule	string
sourceRepo	string
undefined	string

ScheduleDays

Days of the week to release

Name	Type	Description
all	string
friday	string
monday	string
none	string
saturday	string
sunday	string
thursday	string
tuesday	string
wednesday	string

TaskInputDefinitionBase

Name	Type	Description
aliases	string[]
defaultValue	string
groupName	string
helpMarkDown	string
label	string
name	string
options	object
properties	object
required	boolean
type	string
validation	TaskInputValidation
visibleRule	string

TaskInputValidation

Name	Type	Description
expression	string	Conditional expression
message	string	Message explaining how user can correct if validation fails

TaskSourceDefinitionBase

Name	Type	Description
authKey	string
endpoint	string
keySelector	string
selector	string
target	string

WorkflowTask

Name	Type	Description
alwaysRun	boolean
condition	string
continueOnError	boolean
definitionType	string
enabled	boolean
environment	object
inputs	object
name	string
overrideInputs	object
refName	string
taskId	string
timeoutInMinutes	integer
version	string

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