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API: Obtain list of child requirements [RQ] belonging to parent

Goran Kurucev (gorank@menu.app) — Thu, 07 Oct 2021 12:36:24 -0400

Currently, Im trying to find a way to calculate contribution of each requirements weight within whole requirement structure. I already have a custom property on requirement level named Weight (it takes values from a list 2^n where n>0 and n<10 i.e 2,4,8,16...1024). So I want to compare all requirements on the same indentation level to get their relative contribution in terms of that Weight values. So, my question is, as stated in the title - is there any way to get the list of children requirements of a particular requirement using API?

In general, this API call retrieves requirements based on a filter: http://api.inflectra.com/Spir

David J (adam.sandman+support@inflectra.com) — Fri, 08 Oct 2021 12:28:03 -0400

In general, this API call retrieves requirements based on a filter: http://api.inflectra.com/Spira/Services/v6_0/RestServiceOperation.aspx?uri=projects%2f%7bproject_id%7d%2frequirements%2fsearch%3fstarting_row%3d%7bstarting_row%7d%26number_of_rows%3d%7bnumber_of_rows%7d&method=POST However I dont think it will get requirements that are children of a specific one, it relies on filtering by a field. I would log a help desk ticket to get an enhancement raised since it is a good idea.

Thanks for your reply. I managed to successfully get the list of direct children requirements by us

Goran Kurucev (gorank@menu.app) — Sun, 10 Oct 2021 09:21:24 -0400

Thanks for your reply. I managed to successfully get the list of direct children requirements by using IndentLevel property. If parent is known, its direct children (only) have a length of IndentLevel property that is 3 greater than parents IndentLevel, and childs IndentLevel property substring after trimming the last three chars is the same as their parents IndentLevel. Nevertheless, it would be quite useful to have a parentId property, if possible.