Labels - GitHub Enterprise Server 3.6 Docs

Use the REST API to manage labels for repositories, issues and pull requests.

About labels

You can use the REST API to manage labels for a repository and add or remove labels to issues and pull requests. Every pull request is an issue, but not every issue is a pull request. For this reason, "shared" actions for both features, like managing assignees, labels, and milestones, are provided within the Issues endpoints.

List labels for an issue

Works with GitHub Apps

Lists all labels for an issue.

Parameters for "List labels for an issue"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner` string Required The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo` string Required The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.
`issue_number` integer Required The number that identifies the issue.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`per_page` integer The number of results per page (max 100). Default: `30`
`page` integer Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`

HTTP response status codes for "List labels for an issue"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`301`	Moved permanently
`404`	Resource not found
`410`	Gone

Code samples for "List labels for an issue"

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/labels

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/issues/ISSUE_NUMBER/labels

Response

Status: 200

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

Add labels to an issue

Works with GitHub Apps

Adds labels to an issue. If you provide an empty array of labels, all labels are removed from the issue.

Parameters for "Add labels to an issue"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner` string Required The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo` string Required The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.
`issue_number` integer Required The number that identifies the issue.

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`labels` array of strings The names of the labels to add to the issue's existing labels. You can pass an empty array to remove all labels. 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. You can also replace all of the labels for an issue. For more information, see "Set labels for an issue."

HTTP response status codes for "Add labels to an issue"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`301`	Moved permanently
`404`	Resource not found
`410`	Gone
`422`	Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples for "Add labels to an issue"

post/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/labels

curl -L \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \
  http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/issues/ISSUE_NUMBER/labels \
  -d '{"labels":["bug","enhancement"]}'

Response

Status: 200

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

Set labels for an issue

Works with GitHub Apps

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

Parameters for "Set labels for an issue"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner` string Required The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo` string Required The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.
`issue_number` integer Required The number that identifies the issue.

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description