add method to update workitem

[dixudx]

almost implement this new feature with this commit

TODO:

• add method to handle fetching valid info for below fields
  • teamArea_name (Team Area)
  • ownedBy (Owned By)
  • plannedFor (Planned For)
  • severity (Severity)
  • priority (Priority)
  • filedAgainst (Filed Against)

[Feva]

@dixudx Is there an update facility available?

[dixudx]

@Feva Currently we can perform some actions on the retrieved Workitems, including get/add Comments, get/add/remove Subscribers/Children/Parent, get/upload Attachments and etc;

[Feva]

@dixudx It was more like the status, description/subject, duedate and other fields.

[dixudx]

@Feva A workitem contains so many configurations. So it is not easy to be wrapped in a generic method to update the workitem. And the configurations differ on workitem types.

This is why method updateWorkitem has been missing for a long time.

[Feva]

@dixudx I understand. It's not that simple for some generic solution. I haven't fully worked out what I need yet. Creating a work item with specific data may be enough but as per issue #87 I am having problems with that.

[Mershl]

+1 for the update of Description, Title and status.

[Feva]

Wondered if there was any movement on this?

[dixudx]

Wondered if there was any movement on this?

@Feva Sorry, not yet. I think @Mershl's suggestion on updating the Description, Title and Status is a good choice, since these fields are common and changed/updated frequently.

@Feva @Mershl I'm kind of busy on other stuff, would you help implement this? Thanks.

[Feva]

I can test any code that may be created. Just as a side note I am running on Python 3.6 now from 2.7 and all appears to work fine.

Description, title, status are a start. Duedate and plannedfor are also changed a lot where I work.

[GJor]

How about updating added custom attributes for existing workitems? Like getting the workitem and requesting the update of a single custom attribute... Is this something already available and I just can't find it?

[dixudx]

Is this something already available and I just can't find it?

No yet. I don't have too many bandwidth for this new feature. But you can help submit a PR to address this. @Feva @GJor @feliperuhland @Mershl