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# Search work items with filtering, sorting, and pagination

POST https://example.itential.io/work-center-service/work-items/search
Content-Type: application/json

Searches work items with filtering, sorting, and pagination.

Reference: https://docs.itential.com/itential-cloud/api-reference/work-center-service/search-work-items

## Authentication

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

## Request

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects an object.

- `filters` (list of object, optional) — Filter criteria. Multiple filters are ANDed together.
  - `field` (enum, required) — The field name to filter on.
    - Allowed values: `name`, `summary`, `owner`, `createdAt`, `executionStartTime`, `triggerType`, `triggerLabel`, `executionName`, `executionDescription`
  - `operator` (enum, required) — The filter operator.
    - Allowed values: `contains`, `equals`, `in`, `before`, `after`
  - `value` (string, required) — The filter value. Can be a string, array of strings, or null.
- `sort` (object, optional) — Sort configuration. Defaults to createdAt descending.
  - `field` (enum, required) — The field to sort by.
    - Allowed values: `createdAt`, `executionStartTime`, `triggerLabel`, `triggerType`, `executionName`, `owner`, `name`, `summary`, `executionDescription`
  - `order` (enum, required) — The sort direction.
    - Allowed values: `asc`, `desc`
- `skip` (double, optional) — Number of items to skip. Defaults to 0.
- `limit` (double, optional) — Number of items to return (1-100). Defaults to 25.

## Response

### 200

Paginated work item summaries

- `data` (list of object, required) — Paginated list of work item summaries.
  - `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`
  - `groups` (object, required) — Access control groups.
    - `read` (list of string, required) — Array of group identifiers with read access to the work item.
    - `write` (list of string, required) — Array of group identifiers with write access to the work item.
  - `rootExecution` (object, required) — Root execution metadata.
    - `id` (string, required) — Unique identifier of the root execution that started the ancestry chain.
    - `name` (string, required) — Human-readable name of the root execution.
    - `trigger` (object, required) — Trigger information defining what initiated the root execution.
      - `type` (enum, required) — Type of trigger that initiated the work item.
        - Allowed values: `manual`, `endpoint`, `schedule`, `eventSystem`, `job`, `session`
      - `label` (string, required) — Human-readable label for the trigger.
    - `startTime` (string, required) — ISO 8601 timestamp when the root execution started.
    - `url` (string, optional) — Optional URL to access the root execution (e.g., workflow execution UI link).
  - `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.

## Errors

### 500 Internal Server Error

Error response from API

- `any`

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "string",
      "name": "string",
      "summary": "string",
      "status": "pending",
      "groups": {
        "read": [
          "string"
        ],
        "write": [
          "string"
        ]
      },
      "rootExecution": {
        "id": "string",
        "name": "string",
        "trigger": {
          "type": "manual",
          "label": "string"
        },
        "startTime": "2024-01-15T09:30:00Z",
        "url": "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"
    }
  ]
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python
import requests

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

payload = {}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.json())
```

```javascript
const url = 'https://example.itential.io/work-center-service/work-items/search';
const options = {method: 'POST', headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'}, body: '{}'};

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"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

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

	payload := strings.NewReader("{}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	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/search")

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

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{}"

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.post("https://example.itential.io/work-center-service/work-items/search")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{}")
  .asString();
```

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

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('POST', 'https://example.itential.io/work-center-service/work-items/search', [
  'body' => '{}',
  'headers' => [
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

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

```csharp
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://example.itential.io/work-center-service/work-items/search");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift
import Foundation

let headers = ["Content-Type": "application/json"]
let parameters = [] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://example.itential.io/work-center-service/work-items/search")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "POST"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

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()
```