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

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

Example response:

[
   {
      "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

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

Example response:

{
   "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

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

Example response:

{
   "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

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:

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