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LucaP2495
Copper Contributor
Mar 21, 2025

DevOps REST API - identity picker (query on list of users)

I'm using DevOps REST API via OAuth 2.0 to populate the fields of work item types. For "identity" fields, such as "System.AssignedTo", I'm having a hard time trying to figure out the best API that a...
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Kidd_Ip
MVP
Aug 03, 2026

Would suggest this:

 

  1. Use the IMS Identities API on vssps.dev.azure.com.
  2. Pass the same OAuth token you use for dev.azure.com APIs.
  3. Query with the correct searchFilter and filterValue.
  4. Cache results client-side if you need a “picker” experience similar to the DevOps UI.