gitlab-org--gitlab-foss/doc/api/labels.md

# Labels

## List labels

Get all labels for a given project.

```
GET /projects/:id/labels
```

| Attribute | Type    | Required | Description           |
| --------- | ------- | -------- | --------------------- |
| `id`      | integer | yes      | The ID of the project |

```bash
curl -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/projects/1/labels
```

Example response:

```json
[
   {
      "name" : "bug",
      "color" : "#d9534f",
      "description": "Bug reported by user",
      "open_issues_count": 1,
      "closed_issues_count": 0,
      "open_merge_requests_count": 1
   },
   {
      "color" : "#d9534f",
      "name" : "confirmed",
      "description": "Confirmed issue",
      "open_issues_count": 2,
      "closed_issues_count": 5,
      "open_merge_requests_count": 0
   },
   {
      "name" : "critical",
      "color" : "#d9534f",
      "description": "Criticalissue. Need fix ASAP",
      "open_issues_count": 1,
      "closed_issues_count": 3,
      "open_merge_requests_count": 1
   },
   {
      "name" : "documentation",
      "color" : "#f0ad4e",
      "description": "Issue about documentation",
      "open_issues_count": 1,
      "closed_issues_count": 0,
      "open_merge_requests_count": 2
   },
   {
      "color" : "#5cb85c",
      "name" : "enhancement",
      "description": "Enhancement proposal",
      "open_issues_count": 1,
      "closed_issues_count": 0,
      "open_merge_requests_count": 1
   }
]
```

## Create a new label

Creates a new label for the given repository with the given name and color.

It returns 200 if the label was successfully created, 400 for wrong parameters
and 409 if the label already exists.

```
POST /projects/:id/labels
```

| Attribute     | Type    | Required | Description                  |
| ------------- | ------- | -------- | ---------------------------- |
| `id`          | integer | yes      | The ID of the project        |
| `name`        | string  | yes      | The name of the label        |
| `color`       | string  | yes      | The color of the label in 6-digit hex notation with leading `#` sign |
| `description` | string  | no       | The description of the label |

```bash
curl --data "name=feature&color=#5843AD" -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/projects/1/labels"
```

Example response:

```json
{
   "name" : "feature",
   "color" : "#5843AD",
   "description":null
}
```

## Delete a label

Deletes a label with a given name.

It returns 200 if the label was successfully deleted, 400 for wrong parameters
and 404 if the label does not exist.
In case of an error, an additional error message is returned.

```
DELETE /projects/:id/labels
```

| Attribute | Type    | Required | Description           |
| --------- | ------- | -------- | --------------------- |
| `id`      | integer | yes      | The ID of the project |
| `name`    | string  | yes      | The name of the label |

```bash
curl -X DELETE -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/projects/1/labels?name=bug"
```

Example response:

```json
{
   "title" : "feature",
   "color" : "#5843AD",
   "description": "New feature proposal",
   "updated_at" : "2015-11-03T21:22:30.737Z",
   "template" : false,
   "project_id" : 1,
   "created_at" : "2015-11-03T21:22:30.737Z",
   "id" : 9
}
```

## Edit an existing label

Updates an existing label with new name or new color. At least one parameter
is required, to update the label.

It returns 200 if the label was successfully deleted, 400 for wrong parameters
and 404 if the label does not exist.
In case of an error, an additional error message is returned.

```
PUT /projects/:id/labels
```

| Attribute       | Type    | Required                          | Description                      |
| --------------- | ------- | --------------------------------- | -------------------------------  |
| `id`            | integer | yes                               | The ID of the project            |
| `name`          | string  | yes                               | The name of the existing label   |
| `new_name`      | string  | yes if `color` if not provided    | The new name of the label        |
| `color`         | string  | yes if `new_name` is not provided | The new color of the label in 6-digit hex notation with leading `#` sign |
| `description`   | string  | no                                | The new description of the label |

```bash
curl -X PUT --data "name=documentation&new_name=docs&color=#8E44AD&description=Documentation" -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/projects/1/labels"
```

Example response:

```json
{
   "color" : "#8E44AD",
   "name" : "docs",
   "description": "Documentation"
}
```