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
• order_by (optional) - Return requests ordered by created_at or updated_at fields. Default is created_at
• sort (optional) - Return requests sorted in asc or desc order. Default is desc

[
  {
    "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": "reopened",
      "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
GET /projects/:id/issues?iid=42

Parameters:

• id (required) - The ID of a project
• iid (optional) - Return the issue having the given iid
• 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
• order_by (optional) - Return requests ordered by created_at or updated_at fields. Default is created_at
• sort (optional) - Return requests sorted in asc or desc order. Default is desc

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

{
  "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 state_event set to close.

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.