Get a label

GET/repos/{owner}/{repo}/labels/{name}

Source: github-v3-rest.json
Revision: f5f067c1e6f6
Active snapshot: 85e53e3d0d65

Request

Path Parameters

owner string required
repo string required
name string required

Responses

application/json Label object

Response

color string

required

6-character hex code, without the leading #, identifying the color

Example: FFFFFF

default boolean

required

Example: true

description string

requirednullable

Example: Something isn't working

id integer<int64>

required

Example: 208045946

name string

required

The name of the label.

Example: bug

node_id string

required

Example: MDU6TGFiZWwyMDgwNDU5NDY=

url string<uri>

required

URL for the label

Example: https://api.github.com/repositories/42/labels/bug

Response Example: 200 application/json

{
  "color": "f29513",
  "default": true,
  "description": "Something isn't working",
  "id": 208045946,
  "name": "bug",
  "node_id": "MDU6TGFiZWwyMDgwNDU5NDY=",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/labels/bug"
}

application/json Basic Error object

Resource not found

documentation_url string

optional

message string

optional

status string

optional

url string

optional

Request configuration

This OpenAPI document does not declare an authentication scheme. Check the API provider's documentation before sending credentials; Manja cannot infer or validate an undocumented scheme.

Common bearer example: Authorization: Bearer YOUR_ACCESS_TOKEN

hostname

Self-hosted Enterprise Server or Enterprise Cloud hostname

protocol

Self-hosted Enterprise Server or Enterprise Cloud protocol

owner *

repo *

name *

Request Sample: Shell / cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url {protocol}://{hostname}/api/v3/repos/{owner}/{repo}/labels/{name}