Group Labels API

Introduced in GitLab 11.8.

This API supports managing of group labels. It allows to list, create, update, and delete group labels. Furthermore, users can subscribe and unsubscribe to and from group labels.

List group labels

Get all labels for a given group.

GET /groups/:id/labels
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group owned by the authenticated user. 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/5/labels

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 7,
    "name": "bug",
    "color": "#FF0000",
    "text_color" : "#FFFFFF",
    "description": null,
    "open_issues_count": 0,
    "closed_issues_count": 0,
    "open_merge_requests_count": 0,
    "subscribed": false
  },
  {
    "id": 4,
    "name": "feature",
    "color": "#228B22",
    "text_color" : "#FFFFFF",
    "description": null,
    "open_issues_count": 0,
    "closed_issues_count": 0,
    "open_merge_requests_count": 0,
    "subscribed": false
  }
]

Create a new group label

Create a new group label for a given group.

POST /groups/:id/labels
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group 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, 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"name": "Feature Proposal", "color": "#FFA500", "description": "Describes new ideas" }' https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/5/labels

Example response:

{
  "id": 9,
  "name": "Feature Proposal",
  "color": "#FFA500",
  "text_color" : "#FFFFFF",
  "description": "Describes new ideas",
  "open_issues_count": 0,
  "closed_issues_count": 0,
  "open_merge_requests_count": 0,
  "subscribed": false
}

Update a group label

Updates an existing group label. At least one parameter is required, to update the group label.

PUT /groups/:id/labels
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group owned by the authenticated user
name string yes The name of the label
new_name string no The new name of the label
color string no 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. 
curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" --header "Content-Type: application/json" --data '{"name": "Feature Proposal", "new_name": "Feature Idea" }' https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/5/labels

Example response:

{
  "id": 9,
  "name": "Feature Idea",
  "color": "#FFA500",
  "text_color" : "#FFFFFF",
  "description": "Describes new ideas",
  "open_issues_count": 0,
  "closed_issues_count": 0,
  "open_merge_requests_count": 0,
  "subscribed": false
}

Delete a group label

Deletes a group label with a given name.

DELETE /groups/:id/labels
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group owned by the authenticated user
name string yes The name of the label. 
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/5/labels?name=bug

Subscribe to a group label

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

POST /groups/:id/labels/:label_id/subscribe
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group owned by the authenticated user
label_id integer or string yes The ID or title of a group’s label. 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/5/labels/9/subscribe

Example response:

{
  "id": 9,
  "name": "Feature Idea",
  "color": "#FFA500",
  "text_color" : "#FFFFFF",
  "description": "Describes new ideas",
  "open_issues_count": 0,
  "closed_issues_count": 0,
  "open_merge_requests_count": 0,
  "subscribed": true
}

Unsubscribe from a group label

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

POST /groups/:id/labels/:label_id/unsubscribe
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group owned by the authenticated user
label_id integer or string yes The ID or title of a group’s label. 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/5/labels/9/unsubscribe

Example response:

{
  "id": 9,
  "name": "Feature Idea",
  "color": "#FFA500",
  "text_color" : "#FFFFFF",
  "description": "Describes new ideas",
  "open_issues_count": 0,
  "closed_issues_count": 0,
  "open_merge_requests_count": 0,
  "subscribed": false
}