Work Item REST Request Button

This extension adds a custom control for work items with a button that sends a REST request.

Dependencies

The repository depends on a few Azure DevOps packages:

• azure-devops-extension-sdk: Required module for Azure DevOps extensions which allows communication between the host page and the extension iframe.
• azure-devops-extension-api: Contains REST client libraries for the various Azure DevOps feature areas.
• azure-devops-ui: UI library containing the React components used in the Azure DevOps web UI.

Some external dependencies:

• React - Is used to render the UI in the samples, and is a dependency of azure-devops-ui.
• TypeScript - Samples are written in TypeScript and compiled to JavaScript
• SASS - Extension samples are styled using SASS (which is compiled to CSS and delivered in webpack js bundles).
• webpack - Is used to gather dependencies into a single javascript bundle for each sample.

Debugging the project

• See Azure DevOps Extension Hot Reload and Debug

Building the project

Just run:

npm run build

This produces a .vsix file which can be uploaded to the Visual Studio Marketplace

Usage

In your project settings, under Boards > Process > [ Your work item type of choice ], you can add a custom control. A window like this should appear:

You need to configure a few mandatory settings: