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": "Critical issue. 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
}