Azure Repos Refs API
Operations for managing branches and tags (refs) including listing, creating, updating, and deleting refs.
Azure Repos Refs API is one of 9 APIs that Azure Repos publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
Tagged areas include Refs. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, rate-limit docs, an API reference, and a getting-started guide.
This API exposes 2 operations across 1 path, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.2.0, at version 7.1.
Requests are made against a single base URL, https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 2
Azure Repos Refs API declares
2 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
It supports OAuth 2.0 (oauth2) using the authorizationCode flow, exposing 3 scopes.
It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
oauth2— OAuth 2.0 authorization code flow for Azure DevOps Services. Requires the vso.code scope for read operations and vso.codewrite for write operations.basicAuth— HTTP Basic authentication using a Personal Access Token (PAT). Use any string for the username and the PAT as the password.
Paths & Operations 2
Across 1 path, the API surfaces 2 operations — 1 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
Operations for managing branches and tags (refs) including listing, creating, updating, and deleting refs.
Schemas 4
The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are GitRef (8 properties), GitStatus (8 properties), IdentityRef (7 properties), GitRefUpdateResult (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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