# IssueLink

Represents issue links of a particular link type (for example, 'relates to').

## Related Resources

Below you can find the list of resources that let you work with this entity.

* [Issue Links](resource-api-issues-issueID-links.html)

## Attributes

This table describes attributes of the `IssueLink` entity.

* To receive an attribute in the response from the server, specify it explicitly in the `fields` request parameter.

* To update an attribute, provide it in the body of a POST request.

|  Field  |  Type  |  Description  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  id  |  String  |  The ID of the issue link. `Read-only`.  |
|  direction  |  Enumeration  |  Link direction. Supported values are OUTWARD, INWARD, and BOTH. `Read-only`.  |
|  linkType  |  [IssueLinkType](api-entity-IssueLinkType.html)  |  Link type. `Read-only`. `Can be null`.  |
|  issues  |  [Array of Issues](api-entity-Issue.html)  |  List of issues that are linked with this type.  |
|  trimmedIssues  |  [Array of Issues](api-entity-Issue.html)  |  The trimmed list of issues. This property can be used to avoid performance problems for issues that have many links. Use $topLinks and $skipLinks parameters to request a particular part of the whole list. `Read-only`.  |