Parent Article

Last modified: 11 March 2025

Resource	`/api/articles/{articleID}/parentArticle`
Returned entity	Article. For the description of the entity attributes, see Supported Fields section.
Supported methods	`GET`: Parent Article.

Article attributes

Attributes

This table describes attributes of the Article entity.

Field	Type	Description
id	String	The ID of the article. `Read-only`.
attachments	Array of ArticleAttachments	The list of files attached to the article.
childArticles	Array of Articles	The list of sub-articles of the current one.
comments	Array of ArticleComments	The list of comments to the article.
content	String	The content of the article. `Can be null`.
created	Long	The timestamp in milliseconds indicating the moment when the article was created. Stored as a unix timestamp at UTC. `Read-only`.
externalArticle	ExternalArticle	The reference to the article or a similar object in the originating third-party system. `Read-only`. `Can be null`.
hasChildren	Boolean	When `true`, the article has sub-articles. `Read-only`.
hasStar	Boolean	`true` if the current user added the "Star" tag to this article. Otherwise, `false`.
idReadable	String	The article ID. `Read-only`.
ordinal	Long	The position of the article in the tree. `Read-only`.
parentArticle	Article	The parent article of the current one. `Can be null`.
pinnedComments	Array of ArticleComments	The list of comments that are pinned in the article. `Read-only`.
project	Project	The project where the article belongs. `Read-only`.
reporter	User	The user who created the article. `Can be null`.
summary	String	The article title. `Can be null`.
tags	Array of Tags	The list of tags that are added to the article.
updated	Long	The timestamp in milliseconds indicating the last update of the article. Stored as a unix timestamp at UTC. `Read-only`.
updatedBy	User	The user who last updated the article. `Read-only`. `Can be null`.
visibility	Visibility	Visibility settings of the article. These settings describe who is allowed to see the article. `Can be null`.

Read a Specific Article

GET /api/articles/{articleID}/parentArticle?{fields}

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

Sample

https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/articles/NP-A-1/parentArticle?fields=id,idReadable,summary

{
  "idReadable": "NP-A-7",
  "summary": "Let's test!",
  "id": "226-6",
  "$type": "Article"
}

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