Python azure devops api

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Python Azure DevOps API

The Python Azure DevOps API allows you to interact with Azure DevOps services programmatically. It provides a range of functionalities for managing projects, repositories, work items, builds, releases, and more. This API follows the RESTful principles and can be used to automate various tasks in Azure DevOps.

Authentication

Before using the Azure DevOps API, you need to authenticate your requests. The most common authentication method is through Personal Access Tokens (PATs) generated in Azure DevOps. To authenticate using a PAT, you need to include an “Authorization” header in your requests with the PAT as the value.

SDKs and Libraries

Microsoft provides an official Python client library for interacting with Azure DevOps called “azure-devops” library. You can install it using pip: pip install azure-devops. This library simplifies the process of making API calls and handling responses by providing convenient methods and classes.

Example: Get List of Projects

Here’s an example that demonstrates how to use the Python Azure DevOps API to get a list of projects in an Azure DevOps organization: 


    from azure.devops.connection import Connection
    from msrest.authentication import BasicAuthentication

    # Personal Access Token (PAT)
    personal_access_token = 'YOUR_PAT'

    # Organization URL
    organization_url = 'https://dev.azure.com/YOUR_ORGANIZATION'

    # Create a connection
    credentials = BasicAuthentication('', personal_access_token)
    connection = Connection(base_url=organization_url, creds=credentials)

    # Get the project client
    project_client = connection.clients.get_project_client()

    # Get the list of projects
    projects = project_client.get_projects()

    # Print project names
    for project in projects:
        print(project.name)

Make sure to replace “YOUR_PAT” with your actual Personal Access Token and “YOUR_ORGANIZATION” with the URL of your Azure DevOps organization. This example demonstrates how to authenticate using Basic Authentication and fetch the list of projects using the Azure DevOps Python SDK.

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