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

# Issues

## List issues

Get all issues created by authenticated user. This function takes pagination parameters
`page` and `per_page` to restrict the list of issues.

```
GET /issues
GET /issues?state=opened
GET /issues?state=closed
GET /issues?labels=foo
GET /issues?labels=foo,bar
GET /issues?labels=foo,bar&state=opened
```

Parameters:

- `state` (optional) - Return `all` issues or just those that are `opened` or `closed`
- `labels` (optional) - Comma-separated list of label names

```json
[
  {
    "id": 43,
    "iid": 3,
    "project_id": 8,
    "title": "4xx/5xx pages",
    "description": "",
    "labels": [],
    "milestone": null,
    "assignee": null,
    "author": {
      "id": 1,
      "username": "john_smith",
      "email": "john@example.com",
      "name": "John Smith",
      "state": "active",
      "created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z"
    },
    "state": "closed",
    "updated_at": "2012-07-02T17:53:12Z",
    "created_at": "2012-07-02T17:53:12Z"
  },
  {
    "id": 42,
    "iid": 4,
    "project_id": 8,
    "title": "Add user settings",
    "description": "",
    "labels": [
      "feature"
    ],
    "milestone": {
      "id": 1,
      "title": "v1.0",
      "description": "",
      "due_date": "2012-07-20",
      "state": "reopenend",
      "updated_at": "2012-07-04T13:42:48Z",
      "created_at": "2012-07-04T13:42:48Z"
    },
    "assignee": {
      "id": 2,
      "username": "jack_smith",
      "email": "jack@example.com",
      "name": "Jack Smith",
      "state": "active",
      "created_at": "2012-05-23T08:01:01Z"
    },
    "author": {
      "id": 1,
      "username": "john_smith",
      "email": "john@example.com",
      "name": "John Smith",
      "state": "active",
      "created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z"
    },
    "state": "opened",
    "updated_at": "2012-07-12T13:43:19Z",
    "created_at": "2012-06-28T12:58:06Z"
  }
]
```

## List project issues

Get a list of project issues. This function accepts pagination parameters `page` and `per_page`
to return the list of project issues.

```
GET /projects/:id/issues
GET /projects/:id/issues?state=opened
GET /projects/:id/issues?state=closed
GET /projects/:id/issues?labels=foo
GET /projects/:id/issues?labels=foo,bar
GET /projects/:id/issues?labels=foo,bar&state=opened
GET /projects/:id/issues?milestone=1.0.0
GET /projects/:id/issues?milestone=1.0.0&state=opened
```

Parameters:

- `id` (required) - The ID of a project
- `state` (optional) - Return `all` issues or just those that are `opened` or `closed`
- `labels` (optional) - Comma-separated list of label names
- `milestone` (optional) - Milestone title

## Single issue

Gets a single project issue.

```
GET /projects/:id/issues/:issue_id
```

Parameters:

- `id` (required) - The ID of a project
- `issue_id` (required) - The ID of a project issue

```json
{
  "id": 42,
  "iid": 3,
  "project_id": 8,
  "title": "Add user settings",
  "description": "",
  "labels": [
    "feature"
  ],
  "milestone": {
    "id": 1,
    "title": "v1.0",
    "description": "",
    "due_date": "2012-07-20",
    "state": "closed",
    "updated_at": "2012-07-04T13:42:48Z",
    "created_at": "2012-07-04T13:42:48Z"
  },
  "assignee": {
    "id": 2,
    "username": "jack_smith",
    "email": "jack@example.com",
    "name": "Jack Smith",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2012-05-23T08:01:01Z"
  },
  "author": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "john_smith",
    "email": "john@example.com",
    "name": "John Smith",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2012-05-23T08:00:58Z"
  },
  "state": "opened",
  "updated_at": "2012-07-12T13:43:19Z",
  "created_at": "2012-06-28T12:58:06Z"
}
```

## New issue

Creates a new project issue.

```
POST /projects/:id/issues
```

Parameters:

- `id` (required) - The ID of a project
- `title` (required) - The title of an issue
- `description` (optional) - The description of an issue
- `assignee_id` (optional) - The ID of a user to assign issue
- `milestone_id` (optional) - The ID of a milestone to assign issue
- `labels` (optional) - Comma-separated label names for an issue

If the operation is successful, 200 and the newly created issue is returned.
If an error occurs, an error number and a message explaining the reason is returned.

## Edit issue

Updates an existing project issue. This function is also used to mark an issue as closed.

```
PUT /projects/:id/issues/:issue_id
```

Parameters:

- `id` (required) - The ID of a project
- `issue_id` (required) - The ID of a project's issue
- `title` (optional) - The title of an issue
- `description` (optional) - The description of an issue
- `assignee_id` (optional) - The ID of a user to assign issue
- `milestone_id` (optional) - The ID of a milestone to assign issue
- `labels` (optional) - Comma-separated label names for an issue
- `state_event` (optional) - The state event of an issue ('close' to close issue and 'reopen' to reopen it)

If the operation is successful, 200 and the updated issue is returned.
If an error occurs, an error number and a message explaining the reason is returned.

## Delete existing issue (**Deprecated**)

The function is deprecated and returns a `405 Method Not Allowed` error if called. An issue gets now closed and is done by calling `PUT /projects/:id/issues/:issue_id` with parameter `closed` set to 1.

```
DELETE /projects/:id/issues/:issue_id
```

Parameters:

- `id` (required) - The project ID
- `issue_id` (required) - The ID of the issue

## Comments on issues

Comments are done via the notes resource.