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.
with_counts	boolean	no	Whether or not to include issue and merge request counts. Defaults to false. (Introduced in GitLab 12.2)

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/5/labels?with_counts=true

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
}