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
}