TFS VSO REST API workitems (wit) paths give 404 errors

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I recently discovered that TFS has a RESTFul API and I am trying to pull information about workitems based on the documentation here: Work Items

I've been able to get information about projects using this path:

[host]/tfs/TFS_DefaultCollection/_apis/projects

but when I try

[host]/tfs/TFS_DefaultCollection/_apis/wit/workitems

or

[host]/tfs/TFS_DefaultCollection/_apis/wit/workitems?version=1.0-preview

I get a 404 error. I've tried a bunch of things based on various examples but I've not yet gotten anything back for any URI under the /wit/ path.

This question has an answer that suggests that this feature may not yet be supported in on-premises installations. Has anyone gotten this to work? There's a blurb about how you can get a 404 if you don't have premissions on the main REST Basics page for TFS. Is there some authorization setting required or am I just going to have to wait for a later version? We are running 2013 (Version 12.0.31101.0)

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resttfs
The VSO REST APIs are the VSO REST APIs. They will arrive in on-premises TFS in the next major version. - Edward Thomson
If there are supported endpoints, make sure to double check the path. The default collection's name is DefaultCollection, not TFS_DefaultCollection. - Edward Thomson
As noted above, DefaultCollection doesn't work for projects (or anything else that I've tried) but TFS_DefaultCollection does work for projects and teams. - James Watson

1 Answers

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You're getting a 404 because those particular APIs aren't in the on-premise TFS 2013 product. They APIs are available from TFS 2015 CTP1 onwards.