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Labels API
NOTE:
The description_html
- was added to response JSON in GitLab 12.7.
List labels
Get all labels for a given project.
By default, this request returns 20 results at a time because the API results are paginated.
GET /projects/:id/labels
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user |
with_counts |
boolean | no | Whether or not to include issue and merge request counts. Defaults to false . (Introduced in GitLab 12.2) |
include_ancestor_groups |
boolean | no | Include ancestor groups. Defaults to true . |
search |
string | no | Keyword to filter labels by. Introduced in GitLab 13.6 |
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/labels?with_counts=true"
Example response:
[
{
"id" : 1,
"name" : "bug",
"color" : "#d9534f",
"text_color" : "#FFFFFF",
"description": "Bug reported by user",
"description_html": "Bug reported by user",
"open_issues_count": 1,
"closed_issues_count": 0,
"open_merge_requests_count": 1,
"subscribed": false,
"priority": 10,
"is_project_label": true
},
{
"id" : 4,
"color" : "#d9534f",
"text_color" : "#FFFFFF",
"name" : "confirmed",
"description": "Confirmed issue",
"description_html": "Confirmed issue",
"open_issues_count": 2,
"closed_issues_count": 5,
"open_merge_requests_count": 0,
"subscribed": false,
"priority": null,
"is_project_label": true
},
{
"id" : 7,
"name" : "critical",
"color" : "#d9534f",
"text_color" : "#FFFFFF",
"description": "Critical issue. Need fix ASAP",
"description_html": "Critical issue. Need fix ASAP",
"open_issues_count": 1,
"closed_issues_count": 3,
"open_merge_requests_count": 1,
"subscribed": false,
"priority": null,
"is_project_label": true
},
{
"id" : 8,
"name" : "documentation",
"color" : "#f0ad4e",
"text_color" : "#FFFFFF",
"description": "Issue about documentation",
"description_html": "Issue about documentation",
"open_issues_count": 1,
"closed_issues_count": 0,
"open_merge_requests_count": 2,
"subscribed": false,
"priority": null,
"is_project_label": false
},
{
"id" : 9,
"color" : "#5cb85c",
"text_color" : "#FFFFFF",
"name" : "enhancement",
"description": "Enhancement proposal",
"description_html": "Enhancement proposal",
"open_issues_count": 1,
"closed_issues_count": 0,
"open_merge_requests_count": 1,
"subscribed": true,
"priority": null,
"is_project_label": true
}
]
Get a single project label
Get a single label for a given project.
GET /projects/:id/labels/:label_id
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user |
label_id |
integer or string | yes | The ID or title of a project's label. |
include_ancestor_groups |
boolean | no | Include ancestor groups. Defaults to true . |
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/labels/bug"
Example response:
{
"id" : 1,
"name" : "bug",
"color" : "#d9534f",
"text_color" : "#FFFFFF",
"description": "Bug reported by user",
"description_html": "Bug reported by user",
"open_issues_count": 1,
"closed_issues_count": 0,
"open_merge_requests_count": 1,
"subscribed": false,
"priority": 10,
"is_project_label": true
}
Create a new label
Creates a new label for the given repository with the given name and color.
POST /projects/:id/labels
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user |
name |
string | yes | The name of the label |
color |
string | yes | The color of the label given in 6-digit hex notation with leading '#' sign (e.g. #FFAABB) or one of the CSS color names |
description |
string | no | The description of the label |
priority |
integer | no | The priority of the label. Must be greater or equal than zero or null to remove the priority. |
curl --data "name=feature&color=#5843AD" --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/labels"
Example response:
{
"id" : 10,
"name" : "feature",
"color" : "#5843AD",
"text_color" : "#FFFFFF",
"description":null,
"description_html":null,
"open_issues_count": 0,
"closed_issues_count": 0,
"open_merge_requests_count": 0,
"subscribed": false,
"priority": null,
"is_project_label": true
}
Delete a label
Deletes a label with a given name.
DELETE /projects/:id/labels/:label_id
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user |
label_id |
integer or string | yes | The ID or title of a group's label. |
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/labels/bug"
NOTE:
An older endpoint DELETE /projects/:id/labels
with name
in the parameters is still available, but deprecated.
Edit an existing label
Updates an existing label with new name or new color. At least one parameter is required, to update the label.
PUT /projects/:id/labels/:label_id
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user |
label_id |
integer or string | yes | The ID or title of a group's label. |
new_name |
string | yes if color is not provided |
The new name of the label |
color |
string | yes if new_name is not provided |
The color of the label given in 6-digit hex notation with leading '#' sign (e.g. #FFAABB) or one of the CSS color names |
description |
string | no | The new description of the label |
priority |
integer | no | The new priority of the label. Must be greater or equal than zero or null to remove the priority. |
curl --request PUT --data "new_name=docs&color=#8E44AD&description=Documentation" \
--header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/labels/documentation"
Example response:
{
"id" : 8,
"name" : "docs",
"color" : "#8E44AD",
"text_color" : "#FFFFFF",
"description": "Documentation",
"description_html": "Documentation",
"open_issues_count": 1,
"closed_issues_count": 0,
"open_merge_requests_count": 2,
"subscribed": false,
"priority": null,
"is_project_label": true
}
NOTE:
An older endpoint PUT /projects/:id/labels
with name
or label_id
in the parameters is still available, but deprecated.
Promote a project label to a group label
- Introduced in GitLab 12.3.
- In GitLab 13.6 and later, promoting a project label keeps that label's ID and changes it into a group label. Previously, promoting a project label created a new group label with a new ID and deleted the old label.
Promotes a project label to a group label. The label keeps its ID.
PUT /projects/:id/labels/:label_id/promote
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user |
label_id |
integer or string | yes | The ID or title of a group's label. |
curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/labels/documentation/promote"
Example response:
{
"id" : 8,
"name" : "documentation",
"color" : "#8E44AD",
"description": "Documentation",
"description_html": "Documentation",
"open_issues_count": 1,
"closed_issues_count": 0,
"open_merge_requests_count": 2,
"subscribed": false
}
NOTE:
An older endpoint PUT /projects/:id/labels/promote
with name
in the parameters is still available, but deprecated.
Subscribe to a label
Subscribes the authenticated user to a label to receive notifications.
If the user is already subscribed to the label, the status code 304
is returned.
POST /projects/:id/labels/:label_id/subscribe
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user |
label_id |
integer or string | yes | The ID or title of a project's label |
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/labels/1/subscribe"
Example response:
{
"id" : 1,
"name" : "bug",
"color" : "#d9534f",
"text_color" : "#FFFFFF",
"description": "Bug reported by user",
"description_html": "Bug reported by user",
"open_issues_count": 1,
"closed_issues_count": 0,
"open_merge_requests_count": 1,
"subscribed": true,
"priority": null,
"is_project_label": true
}
Unsubscribe from a label
Unsubscribes the authenticated user from a label to not receive notifications
from it. If the user is not subscribed to the label, the
status code 304
is returned.
POST /projects/:id/labels/:label_id/unsubscribe
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer/string | yes | The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user |
label_id |
integer or string | yes | The ID or title of a project's label |
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/labels/1/unsubscribe"