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# Get chronological history of work items for a context

GET https://example.itential.io/work-center-service/work-items

Returns chronological history of work items for a context.

Reference: https://docs.itential.com/itential-cloud/api-reference/work-center-service/get-context-history

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (basic auth, required) — Basic authentication of the form `Basic <base64(username:password)>`.

## Request

### Query parameters

- `rootExecutionId` (string, optional) — Unique identifier of the root execution that started the ancestry chain.

## Response

### 200

Context work items retrieved successfully

- `items` (list of object, required) — Chronological list of work items in the context.
  - `id` (string, required) — Unique identifier (UUID) of the work item.
  - `name` (string, required) — Human-readable name of the work item.
  - `summary` (string, required) — Brief summary of the work item.
  - `status` (enum, required) — Current status of the work item.
    - Allowed values: `pending`, `completed`, `canceled`
  - `view` (string, required) — Relative URL path to the UI view for this task.
  - `execution` (object, required) — Execution that invoked createWorkItem.
    - `id` (string, required) — Unique identifier of the running job or session that invoked createWorkItem.
    - `name` (string, required) — Human-readable name of the parent job or session.
    - `type` (string, required) — Opaque execution type passed to the ancestry adapter (e.g. job, session).
    - `url` (string, optional) — Optional URL to access the execution.
    - `description` (string, optional) — Optional description of the execution, useful for differentiating between concurrent executions.
  - `metrics` (object, required) — Work item operational metrics.
    - `owner` (string, required) — Account ID of the operator who claimed the work item.
    - `claimTime` (string, required) — ISO 8601 timestamp when the work item was claimed.
    - `finishState` (string, required) — Opaque finish state string emitted by the view component on completion.
    - `ownerUsername` (string, optional) — Resolved username of the operator who claimed the work item.
  - `createdAt` (string, required) — ISO 8601 creation timestamp.
  - `updatedAt` (string, required) — ISO 8601 last updated timestamp.
  - `canView` (boolean, required) — Whether the requesting user has write access to this work item.
  - `description` (string, optional) — Optional detailed description of the work item.

## Errors

### 500 Internal Server Error

Error response from API

- `any`

## Examples

**Response**

```json
{
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "string",
      "name": "string",
      "summary": "string",
      "status": "pending",
      "view": "string",
      "execution": {
        "id": "string",
        "name": "string",
        "type": "string",
        "url": "string",
        "description": "string"
      },
      "metrics": {
        "owner": "string",
        "claimTime": "string",
        "finishState": "string",
        "ownerUsername": "string"
      },
      "createdAt": "string",
      "updatedAt": "string",
      "canView": true,
      "description": "string"
    }
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

url = "https://example.itential.io/work-center-service/work-items"

response = requests.get(url)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://example.itential.io/work-center-service/work-items';
const options = {method: 'GET'};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://example.itential.io/work-center-service/work-items"

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", url, nil)

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://example.itential.io/work-center-service/work-items")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(url)

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get("https://example.itential.io/work-center-service/work-items")
  .asString();
```

```php
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('GET', 'https://example.itential.io/work-center-service/work-items');

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://example.itential.io/work-center-service/work-items");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.GET);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://example.itential.io/work-center-service/work-items")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "GET"

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```