Labels

• List labels for a repository
• Get a label
• Create a label
• Update a label
• Delete a label
• List labels for an issue
• Add labels to an issue
• Remove a label from an issue
• Set labels for an issue
• Remove all labels from an issue
• List labels for issues in a milestone

List labels for a repository

GET /repos/:owner/:repo/labels

Response

Status: 200 OK
Link: <https://api.github.com/resource?page=2>; rel="next",
      <https://api.github.com/resource?page=5>; rel="last"

[
  {
    "id": 208045946,
    "node_id": "MDU6TGFiZWwyMDgwNDU5NDY=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/bug",
    "name": "bug",
    "description": "Something isn't working",
    "color": "f29513",
    "default": true
  },
  {
    "id": 208045947,
    "node_id": "MDU6TGFiZWwyMDgwNDU5NDc=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/enhancement",
    "name": "enhancement",
    "description": "New feature or request",
    "color": "a2eeef",
    "default": false
  }
]

Get a label

GET /repos/:owner/:repo/labels/:name

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "id": 208045946,
  "node_id": "MDU6TGFiZWwyMDgwNDU5NDY=",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/bug",
  "name": "bug",
  "description": "Something isn't working",
  "color": "f29513",
  "default": true
}

Create a label

POST /repos/:owner/:repo/labels

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
name	string	Required. The name of the label. Emoji can be added to label names, using either native emoji or colon-style markup. For example, typing :strawberry: will render the emoji . For a full list of available emoji and codes, see emoji-cheat-sheet.com.
color	string	Required. The hexadecimal color code for the label, without the leading #.
description	string	A short description of the label.

Example

{
  "name": "bug",
  "description": "Something isn't working",
  "color": "f29513"
}

Response

Status: 201 Created
Location: https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/bug

{
  "id": 208045946,
  "node_id": "MDU6TGFiZWwyMDgwNDU5NDY=",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/bug",
  "name": "bug",
  "description": "Something isn't working",
  "color": "f29513",
  "default": true
}

Update a label

PATCH /repos/:owner/:repo/labels/:name

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
new_name	string	The new name of the label. Emoji can be added to label names, using either native emoji or colon-style markup. For example, typing :strawberry: will render the emoji . For a full list of available emoji and codes, see emoji-cheat-sheet.com.
color	string	The hexadecimal color code for the label, without the leading #.
description	string	A short description of the label.

Example

{
  "new_name": "bug :bug:",
  "description": "Small bug fix required",
  "color": "b01f26"
}

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "id": 208045946,
  "node_id": "MDU6TGFiZWwyMDgwNDU5NDY=",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/bug%20:bug:",
  "name": "bug :bug:",
  "description": "Small bug fix required",
  "color": "b01f26",
  "default": true
}

Delete a label

DELETE /repos/:owner/:repo/labels/:name

Response

Status: 204 No Content

List labels for an issue

GET /repos/:owner/:repo/issues/:issue_number/labels

Response

Status: 200 OK
Link: <https://api.github.com/resource?page=2>; rel="next",
      <https://api.github.com/resource?page=5>; rel="last"

[
  {
    "id": 208045946,
    "node_id": "MDU6TGFiZWwyMDgwNDU5NDY=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/bug",
    "name": "bug",
    "description": "Something isn't working",
    "color": "f29513",
    "default": true
  },
  {
    "id": 208045947,
    "node_id": "MDU6TGFiZWwyMDgwNDU5NDc=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/enhancement",
    "name": "enhancement",
    "description": "New feature or request",
    "color": "a2eeef",
    "default": false
  }
]

Add labels to an issue

POST /repos/:owner/:repo/issues/:issue_number/labels

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
labels	array of strings	Required. The name of the label to add to the issue. Must contain at least one label. Note: Alternatively, you can pass a single label as a string or an array of labels directly, but GitHub recommends passing an object with the labels key.

Example

{
  "labels": ["bug", "enhancement"]
}

Response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "id": 208045946,
    "node_id": "MDU6TGFiZWwyMDgwNDU5NDY=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/bug",
    "name": "bug",
    "description": "Something isn't working",
    "color": "f29513",
    "default": true
  },
  {
    "id": 208045947,
    "node_id": "MDU6TGFiZWwyMDgwNDU5NDc=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/enhancement",
    "name": "enhancement",
    "description": "New feature or request",
    "color": "a2eeef",
    "default": false
  }
]

Remove a label from an issue

Removes the specified label from the issue, and returns the remaining labels on the issue. This endpoint returns a 404 Not Found status if the label does not exist.

DELETE /repos/:owner/:repo/issues/:issue_number/labels/:name

Response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "id": 208045946,
    "node_id": "MDU6TGFiZWwyMDgwNDU5NDY=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/bug",
    "name": "bug",
    "description": "Something isn't working",
    "color": "f29513",
    "default": true
  }
]

Set labels for an issue

Removes any previous labels and sets the new labels for an issue.

PUT /repos/:owner/:repo/issues/:issue_number/labels

Parameters

Name	Type	Description
labels	array of strings	The names of the labels to add to the issue. You can pass an empty array to remove all labels. Note: Alternatively, you can pass a single label as a string or an array of labels directly, but GitHub recommends passing an object with the labels key.

Example

{
  "labels": ["bug", "enhancement"]
}

Response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "id": 208045946,
    "node_id": "MDU6TGFiZWwyMDgwNDU5NDY=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/bug",
    "name": "bug",
    "description": "Something isn't working",
    "color": "f29513",
    "default": true
  },
  {
    "id": 208045947,
    "node_id": "MDU6TGFiZWwyMDgwNDU5NDc=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/enhancement",
    "name": "enhancement",
    "description": "New feature or request",
    "color": "a2eeef",
    "default": false
  }
]

Remove all labels from an issue

DELETE /repos/:owner/:repo/issues/:issue_number/labels

Response

Status: 204 No Content

List labels for issues in a milestone

GET /repos/:owner/:repo/milestones/:milestone_number/labels

Response

Status: 200 OK
Link: <https://api.github.com/resource?page=2>; rel="next",
      <https://api.github.com/resource?page=5>; rel="last"

[
  {
    "id": 208045946,
    "node_id": "MDU6TGFiZWwyMDgwNDU5NDY=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/bug",
    "name": "bug",
    "description": "Something isn't working",
    "color": "f29513",
    "default": true
  },
  {
    "id": 208045947,
    "node_id": "MDU6TGFiZWwyMDgwNDU5NDc=",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/enhancement",
    "name": "enhancement",
    "description": "New feature or request",
    "color": "a2eeef",
    "default": false
  }
]