Labels API

NOTE: The description_html - was added to response JSON in GitLab 12.7.

List labels

Get all labels for a given project.

By default, this request returns 20 results at a time because the API results are paginated.

GET /projects/:id/labels

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
`with_counts`	boolean	no	Whether or not to include issue and merge request counts. Defaults to `false`. (Introduced in GitLab 12.2)
`include_ancestor_groups`	boolean	no	Include ancestor groups. Defaults to `true`.
`search`	string	no	Keyword to filter labels by. Introduced in GitLab 13.6

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/labels?with_counts=true"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id" : 1,
    "name" : "bug",
    "color" : "#d9534f",
    "text_color" : "#FFFFFF",
    "description": "Bug reported by user",
    "description_html": "Bug reported by user",
    "open_issues_count": 1,
    "closed_issues_count": 0,
    "open_merge_requests_count": 1,
    "subscribed": false,
    "priority": 10,
    "is_project_label": true,
    "remove_on_close": false
  },
  {
    "id" : 4,
    "color" : "#d9534f",
    "text_color" : "#FFFFFF",
    "name" : "confirmed",
    "description": "Confirmed issue",
    "description_html": "Confirmed issue",
    "open_issues_count": 2,
    "closed_issues_count": 5,
    "open_merge_requests_count": 0,
    "subscribed": false,
    "priority": null,
    "is_project_label": true,
    "remove_on_close": false
  },
  {
    "id" : 7,
    "name" : "critical",
    "color" : "#d9534f",
    "text_color" : "#FFFFFF",
    "description": "Critical issue. Need fix ASAP",
    "description_html": "Critical issue. Need fix ASAP",
    "open_issues_count": 1,
    "closed_issues_count": 3,
    "open_merge_requests_count": 1,
    "subscribed": false,
    "priority": null,
    "is_project_label": true,
    "remove_on_close": true
  },
  {
    "id" : 8,
    "name" : "documentation",
    "color" : "#f0ad4e",
    "text_color" : "#FFFFFF",
    "description": "Issue about documentation",
    "description_html": "Issue about documentation",
    "open_issues_count": 1,
    "closed_issues_count": 0,
    "open_merge_requests_count": 2,
    "subscribed": false,
    "priority": null,
    "is_project_label": false,
    "remove_on_close": false
  },
  {
    "id" : 9,
    "color" : "#5cb85c",
    "text_color" : "#FFFFFF",
    "name" : "enhancement",
    "description": "Enhancement proposal",
    "description_html": "Enhancement proposal",
    "open_issues_count": 1,
    "closed_issues_count": 0,
    "open_merge_requests_count": 1,
    "subscribed": true,
    "priority": null,
    "is_project_label": true,
    "remove_on_close": false
  }
]

Get a single project label

Get a single label for a given project.

GET /projects/:id/labels/:label_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
`label_id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or title of a project's label.
`include_ancestor_groups`	boolean	no	Include ancestor groups. Defaults to `true`.

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/labels/bug"

Example response:

{
  "id" : 1,
  "name" : "bug",
  "color" : "#d9534f",
  "text_color" : "#FFFFFF",
  "description": "Bug reported by user",
  "description_html": "Bug reported by user",
  "open_issues_count": 1,
  "closed_issues_count": 0,
  "open_merge_requests_count": 1,
  "subscribed": false,
  "priority": 10,
  "is_project_label": true,
  "remove_on_close": true
}

Create a new label

Creates a new label for the given repository with the given name and color.

POST /projects/:id/labels

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
`name`	string	yes	The name of the label
`color`	string	yes	The color of the label given in 6-digit hex notation with leading '#' sign (e.g. #FFAABB) or one of the CSS color names
`description`	string	no	The description of the label
`priority`	integer	no	The priority of the label. Must be greater or equal than zero or `null` to remove the priority.
`remove_on_close`	boolean	no	Whether the label should be removed from an issue when the issue is closed. (Introduced in GitLab 13.12)

curl --data "name=feature&color=#5843AD" --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/labels"

Example response:

{
  "id" : 10,
  "name" : "feature",
  "color" : "#5843AD",
  "text_color" : "#FFFFFF",
  "description":null,
  "description_html":null,
  "open_issues_count": 0,
  "closed_issues_count": 0,
  "open_merge_requests_count": 0,
  "subscribed": false,
  "priority": null,
  "is_project_label": true,
  "remove_on_close": true
}

Delete a label

Deletes a label with a given name.

DELETE /projects/:id/labels/:label_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
`label_id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or title of a group's label.

curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/labels/bug"

NOTE: An older endpoint DELETE /projects/:id/labels with name in the parameters is still available, but deprecated.

Edit an existing label

Updates an existing label with new name or new color. At least one parameter is required, to update the label.

PUT /projects/:id/labels/:label_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
`label_id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or title of a group's label.
`new_name`	string	yes if `color` is not provided	The new name of the label
`color`	string	yes if `new_name` is not provided	The color of the label given in 6-digit hex notation with leading '#' sign (e.g. #FFAABB) or one of the CSS color names
`description`	string	no	The new description of the label
`priority`	integer	no	The new priority of the label. Must be greater or equal than zero or `null` to remove the priority.
`remove_on_close`	boolean	no	Boolean option specifying whether the label should be removed from issues when they are closed.

curl --request PUT --data "new_name=docs&color=#8E44AD&description=Documentation" --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/labels/documentation"

Example response:

{
  "id" : 8,
  "name" : "docs",
  "color" : "#8E44AD",
  "text_color" : "#FFFFFF",
  "description": "Documentation",
  "description_html": "Documentation",
  "open_issues_count": 1,
  "closed_issues_count": 0,
  "open_merge_requests_count": 2,
  "subscribed": false,
  "priority": null,
  "is_project_label": true,
  "remove_on_close": true
}

NOTE: An older endpoint PUT /projects/:id/labels with name or label_id in the parameters is still available, but deprecated.

Promote a project label to a group label

Introduced in GitLab 12.3.

In GitLab 13.6 and later, promoting a project label keeps that label's ID and changes it into a group label. Previously, promoting a project label created a new group label with a new ID and deleted the old label.

Promotes a project label to a group label. The label keeps its ID.

PUT /projects/:id/labels/:label_id/promote

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
`label_id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or title of a group's label.

curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/labels/documentation/promote"

Example response:

{
  "id" : 8,
  "name" : "documentation",
  "color" : "#8E44AD",
  "description": "Documentation",
  "description_html": "Documentation",
  "open_issues_count": 1,
  "closed_issues_count": 0,
  "open_merge_requests_count": 2,
  "subscribed": false,
  "remove_on_close": true
}

NOTE: An older endpoint PUT /projects/:id/labels/promote with name in the parameters is still available, but deprecated.

Subscribe to a label

Subscribes the authenticated user to a label to receive notifications. If the user is already subscribed to the label, the status code 304 is returned.

POST /projects/:id/labels/:label_id/subscribe

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
`label_id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or title of a project's label

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/labels/1/subscribe"

Example response:

{
  "id" : 1,
  "name" : "bug",
  "color" : "#d9534f",
  "text_color" : "#FFFFFF",
  "description": "Bug reported by user",
  "description_html": "Bug reported by user",
  "open_issues_count": 1,
  "closed_issues_count": 0,
  "open_merge_requests_count": 1,
  "subscribed": true,
  "priority": null,
  "is_project_label": true,
  "remove_on_close": true
}

Unsubscribe from a label

Unsubscribes the authenticated user from a label to not receive notifications from it. If the user is not subscribed to the label, the status code 304 is returned.

POST /projects/:id/labels/:label_id/unsubscribe

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project owned by the authenticated user
`label_id`	integer or string	yes	The ID or title of a project's label

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/labels/1/unsubscribe"