How do I get a release definition from the VSTS Rest API by release definition name?
the name query string parameter is ignored when I GET from
https://{instance}vsrm.visualstudio.com/{project}/_apis/release/definitions?api-version=4.0-preview.3&name={definition name}
I need a way to fetch the release when I don't know the release id.
according to the docs you can use the searchText parameter:
Optional. Get release definitions with names starting with searchText
I quickly tried and it worked with this query:
https://{instance}vsrm.visualstudio.com/{project}/_apis/release/definitions?api-version=4.0-preview.3&searchText=definitionName
However if you would have multiple definitions starting with that string you might get back more than one definition.
Edit: I just saw that on top of that you can specify the isExactNameMatch parameter.
'true'to gets the release definitions with exact match as specified in searchText. Default is 'false'.
