# Operations with Specific IssueWorkItem

Resource that provides access to work items.
|  Resource  |     ```GENERIC /api/workItems/{itemID} ```    |
| --- | --- |
|  Returned entity  |  [IssueWorkItem](api-entity-IssueWorkItem.html). For the description of the entity attributes, see [Supported Fields](#IssueWorkItem-supported-fields) section.  |
|  Supported methods  |      * `GET`: [Read a Specific IssueWorkItem](#get-IssueWorkItem-method).    |

## IssueWorkItem attributes

Represents a work item in an issue.

### Related Resources

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

* [Work Items](resource-api-workItems.html)

* [Work Items in an Issue](resource-api-issues-issueID-timeTracking-workItems.html)

Extends [BaseWorkItem](api-entity-BaseWorkItem.html)

### Attributes

This table describes attributes of the `IssueWorkItem` 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 work item. `Read-only`.  |
|  author  |  [User](api-entity-User.html)  |  The user to whom the work is attributed in the work item. `Can be null`.  |
|  creator  |  [User](api-entity-User.html)  |  The user who added the work item to the issue. `Read-only`. `Can be null`.  |
|  text  |  String  |  The work item description. `Can be null`.  |
|  textPreview  |  String  |  Parsed preview of the description. `Read-only`.  |
|  type  |  [WorkItemType](api-entity-WorkItemType.html)  |  The work item type. `Can be null`.  |
|  created  |  Long  |  The timestamp in milliseconds indicating the moment when the work item was created. Stored as a unix timestamp at UTC.  |
|  updated  |  Long  |  The timestamp in milliseconds indicating the last update of the work item. Stored as a unix timestamp at UTC. `Can be null`.  |
|  duration  |  [DurationValue](api-entity-DurationValue.html)  |  The duration of the work item.  |
|  date  |  Long  |  The timestamp in milliseconds indicating the date and time of the work item. Stored as a Unix timestamp in UTC. The time part is set to midnight for the current date.  |
|  issue  |  [Issue](api-entity-Issue.html)  |  Stores attributes of the issue to which the work item is attached. `Read-only`.  |
|  attributes  |  [Array of WorkItemAttributes](api-entity-WorkItemAttribute.html)  |  The list of attributes of the work item. `Read-only`.  |

## Read a Specific IssueWorkItem

Get a specific work item.

### Required permissions

Requires access to the issue work item is added to and Read Work Item permission.

### Request syntax

```GENERIC
GET /api/workItems/{itemID}?{fields}
```

|  {itemID}  |  Database ID of the work item  |
| --- | --- |

### Request parameters

|  Parameter  |  Type  |  Description  |
| --- | --- | --- |
|  fields  |  String  |  A list of IssueWorkItem attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified, only the `entityID` is returned.  |

### Sample

#### Sample request

```CURL
https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/workItems/115-2?fields=created,duration(presentation,minutes),author(name),creator(name),date,id
```

#### Sample response body

```JSON
{
  "duration": {
    "minutes": 60,
    "presentation": "1h",
    "$type": "DurationValue"
  },
  "date": 1538956800000,
  "created": 1539088817836,
  "creator": {
    "name": "John Doe",
    "$type": "User"
  },
  "author": {
    "name": "Jane Doe",
    "$type": "User"
  },
  "id": "115-2",
  "$type": "IssueWorkItem"
}
```