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"
}
Subscribe to a label
Subscribes the authenticated user to a label to receive notifications. If the
operation is successful, status code 201
together with the updated label is
returned. If the user is already subscribed to the label, the status code 304
is returned. If the project or label is not found, status code 404
is
returned.
POST /projects/:id/labels/:label_id/subscription
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer | yes | The ID of a project |
label_id |
integer or string | yes | The ID or title of a project's label |
curl -X POST -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/projects/5/labels/1/subscription
Example response:
{
"name": "Docs",
"color": "#cc0033",
"description": "",
"open_issues_count": 0,
"closed_issues_count": 0,
"open_merge_requests_count": 0,
"subscribed": true
}
Unsubscribe from a label
Unsubscribes the authenticated user from a label to not receive notifications
from it. If the operation is successful, status code 200
together with the
updated label is returned. If the user is not subscribed to the label, the
status code 304
is returned. If the project or label is not found, status code
404
is returned.
DELETE /projects/:id/labels/:label_id/subscription
Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|
id |
integer | yes | The ID of a project |
label_id |
integer or string | yes | The ID or title of a project's label |
curl -X DELETE -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/projects/5/labels/1/subscription
Example response:
{
"name": "Docs",
"color": "#cc0033",
"description": "",
"open_issues_count": 0,
"closed_issues_count": 0,
"open_merge_requests_count": 0,
"subscribed": false
}