Download entire folder from Version Control via TF

Question

Is there a way to get the download url for an entire folder from TFS 2015 Version Control using the RestFul apis?

I can get metadata about items via the /_apis//tfvc/items/ api, but no downloadUrl property is available.

I can see the downloadUrl property for build artifacts via the /_apis//build/builds/{buildNumber}/artifacts api.

I could download every file in the folder via the GET api for that item, but that could require a lot of requests.

I am using api version 2.0.

Answer 1

There isn't any download url for items/folders with currently Version Control API.

To get an entire folder, you can zip it and download it with the Rest Api with following format:

[Get] https://xxx/defaultcollection/_apis/tfvc/items?path=<Folder Path>&api-version=1.0

And add following in the request header: Accept: application/zip