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Resource label events API

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Resource label events keep track about who, when, and which label was added to (or removed from) an issue, merge request, or epic.

Issues

List project issue label events

Gets a list of all label events for a single issue.

GET /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/resource_label_events
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
issue_iid integer yes The IID of an issue
[
  {
    "id": 142,
    "user": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/root"
    },
    "created_at": "2018-08-20T13:38:20.077Z",
    "resource_type": "Issue",
    "resource_id": 253,
    "label": {
      "id": 73,
      "name": "a1",
      "color": "#34495E",
      "description": ""
    },
    "action": "add"
  },
  {
    "id": 143,
    "user": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/root"
    },
    "created_at": "2018-08-20T13:38:20.077Z",
    "resource_type": "Issue",
    "resource_id": 253,
    "label": {
      "id": 74,
      "name": "p1",
      "color": "#0033CC",
      "description": ""
    },
    "action": "remove"
  }
]
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/issues/11/resource_label_events"

Get single issue label event

Returns a single label event for a specific project issue

GET /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/resource_label_events/:resource_label_event_id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
issue_iid integer yes The IID of an issue
resource_label_event_id integer yes The ID of a label event
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/issues/11/resource_label_events/1"

Epics

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WARNING: The Epics REST API was deprecated in GitLab 17.0 and is planned for removal in v5 of the API. In GitLab 17.4 or later, if your administrator enabled the new look for epics, use the Work Items API instead. This change is a breaking change.

List group epic label events

Gets a list of all label events for a single epic.

GET /groups/:id/epics/:epic_id/resource_label_events
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group
epic_id integer yes The ID of an epic
[
  {
    "id": 106,
    "user": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/root"
    },
    "created_at": "2018-08-19T11:43:01.746Z",
    "resource_type": "Epic",
    "resource_id": 33,
    "label": {
      "id": 73,
      "name": "a1",
      "color": "#34495E",
      "description": ""
    },
    "action": "add"
  },
  {
    "id": 107,
    "user": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/root"
    },
    "created_at": "2018-08-19T11:43:01.746Z",
    "resource_type": "Epic",
    "resource_id": 33,
    "label": {
      "id": 37,
      "name": "glabel2",
      "color": "#A8D695",
      "description": ""
    },
    "action": "add"
  }
]
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/1/epics/11/resource_label_events"

Get single epic label event

Returns a single label event for a specific group epic

GET /groups/:id/epics/:epic_id/resource_label_events/:resource_label_event_id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group
epic_id integer yes The ID of an epic
resource_label_event_id integer yes The ID of a label event
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/1/epics/11/resource_label_events/107"

Merge requests

List project merge request label events

Gets a list of all label events for a single merge request.

GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/resource_label_events
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
merge_request_iid integer yes The IID of a merge request
[
  {
    "id": 119,
    "user": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/root"
    },
    "created_at": "2018-08-20T06:17:28.394Z",
    "resource_type": "MergeRequest",
    "resource_id": 28,
    "label": {
      "id": 74,
      "name": "p1",
      "color": "#0033CC",
      "description": ""
    },
    "action": "add"
  },
  {
    "id": 120,
    "user": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/root"
    },
    "created_at": "2018-08-20T06:17:28.394Z",
    "resource_type": "MergeRequest",
    "resource_id": 28,
    "label": {
      "id": 41,
      "name": "project",
      "color": "#D1D100",
      "description": ""
    },
    "action": "add"
  }
]
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/merge_requests/11/resource_label_events"

Get single merge request label event

Returns a single label event for a specific project merge request

GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/resource_label_events/:resource_label_event_id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
merge_request_iid integer yes The IID of a merge request
resource_label_event_id integer yes The ID of a label event
curl --request GET --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/merge_requests/11/resource_label_events/120"