Labels API

List labels

Get all labels for a given project.

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

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/labels

Example response:

[
  {
    "id" : 1,
    "name" : "bug",
    "color" : "#d9534f",
    "description": "Bug reported by user",
    "open_issues_count": 1,
    "closed_issues_count": 0,
    "open_merge_requests_count": 1,
    "subscribed": false,
    "priority": 10
  },
  {
    "id" : 4,
    "color" : "#d9534f",
    "name" : "confirmed",
    "description": "Confirmed issue",
    "open_issues_count": 2,
    "closed_issues_count": 5,
    "open_merge_requests_count": 0,
    "subscribed": false,
    "priority": null
  },
  {
    "id" : 7,
    "name" : "critical",
    "color" : "#d9534f",
    "description": "Critical issue. Need fix ASAP",
    "open_issues_count": 1,
    "closed_issues_count": 3,
    "open_merge_requests_count": 1,
    "subscribed": false,
    "priority": null
  },
  {
    "id" : 8,
    "name" : "documentation",
    "color" : "#f0ad4e",
    "description": "Issue about documentation",
    "open_issues_count": 1,
    "closed_issues_count": 0,
    "open_merge_requests_count": 2,
    "subscribed": false,
    "priority": null
  },
  {
    "id" : 9,
    "color" : "#5cb85c",
    "name" : "enhancement",
    "description": "Enhancement proposal",
    "open_issues_count": 1,
    "closed_issues_count": 0,
    "open_merge_requests_count": 1,
    "subscribed": true,
    "priority": null
  }
]

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: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/labels"

Example response:

{
  "id" : 10,
  "name" : "feature",
  "color" : "#5843AD",
  "description":null,
  "open_issues_count": 0,
  "closed_issues_count": 0,
  "open_merge_requests_count": 0,
  "subscribed": false,
  "priority": null
}

Delete a label

Deletes a label with a given name.

DELETE /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

curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/labels?name=bug"

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

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 existing 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 "name=documentation&new_name=docs&color=#8E44AD&description=Documentation" --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/labels"

Example response:

{
  "id" : 8,
  "name" : "docs",
  "color" : "#8E44AD",
  "description": "Documentation",
  "open_issues_count": 1,
  "closed_issues_count": 0,
  "open_merge_requests_count": 2,
  "subscribed": false,
  "priority": null
}

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: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/labels/1/subscribe

Example response:

{
  "id" : 1,
  "name" : "bug",
  "color" : "#d9534f",
  "description": "Bug reported by user",
  "open_issues_count": 1,
  "closed_issues_count": 0,
  "open_merge_requests_count": 1,
  "subscribed": true,
  "priority": null
}

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: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/labels/1/unsubscribe