Issues

Every API call to issues must be authenticated.

If a user is not a member of a project and the project is private, a GET request on that project will result to a 404 status code.

Issues pagination

By default, GET requests return 20 results at a time because the API results are paginated.

List issues

Get all issues created by the authenticated user.

GET /issues
GET /issues?state=opened
GET /issues?state=closed
GET /issues?labels=foo
GET /issues?labels=foo,bar
GET /issues?labels=foo,bar&state=opened

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`state`	string	no	Return all issues or just those that are `opened` or `closed`
`labels`	string	no	Comma-separated list of label names
`order_by`	string	no	Return requests ordered by `created_at` or `updated_at` fields. Default is `created_at`
`sort`	string	no	Return requests sorted in `asc` or `desc` order. Default is `desc`

curl -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/issues

Example response:

[
   {
      "state" : "opened",
      "description" : "Ratione dolores corrupti mollitia soluta quia.",
      "author" : {
         "state" : "active",
         "id" : 18,
         "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/u/eileen.lowe",
         "name" : "Alexandra Bashirian",
         "avatar_url" : null,
         "username" : "eileen.lowe"
      },
      "milestone" : {
         "project_id" : 1,
         "description" : "Ducimus nam enim ex consequatur cumque ratione.",
         "state" : "closed",
         "due_date" : null,
         "iid" : 2,
         "created_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:39.996Z",
         "title" : "v4.0",
         "id" : 17,
         "updated_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:39.996Z"
      },
      "project_id" : 1,
      "assignee" : {
         "state" : "active",
         "id" : 1,
         "name" : "Administrator",
         "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/u/root",
         "avatar_url" : null,
         "username" : "root"
      },
      "updated_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:51.081Z",
      "id" : 76,
      "title" : "Consequatur vero maxime deserunt laboriosam est voluptas dolorem.",
      "created_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:51.081Z",
      "iid" : 6,
      "labels" : []
   },
]

List project issues

Get a list of a project's issues.

GET /projects/:id/issues
GET /projects/:id/issues?state=opened
GET /projects/:id/issues?state=closed
GET /projects/:id/issues?labels=foo
GET /projects/:id/issues?labels=foo,bar
GET /projects/:id/issues?labels=foo,bar&state=opened
GET /projects/:id/issues?milestone=1.0.0
GET /projects/:id/issues?milestone=1.0.0&state=opened
GET /projects/:id/issues?iid=42

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	The ID of a project
`iid`	integer	no	Return the issue having the given `iid`
`state`	string	no	Return all issues or just those that are `opened` or `closed`
`labels`	string	no	Comma-separated list of label names
`milestone`	string	no	The milestone title
`order_by`	string	no	Return requests ordered by `created_at` or `updated_at` fields. Default is `created_at`
`sort`	string	no	Return requests sorted in `asc` or `desc` order. Default is `desc`

curl -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/projects/4/issues

Example response:

[
   {
      "project_id" : 4,
      "milestone" : {
         "due_date" : null,
         "project_id" : 4,
         "state" : "closed",
         "description" : "Rerum est voluptatem provident consequuntur molestias similique ipsum dolor.",
         "iid" : 3,
         "id" : 11,
         "title" : "v3.0",
         "created_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:39.788Z",
         "updated_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:39.788Z"
      },
      "author" : {
         "state" : "active",
         "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/u/root",
         "avatar_url" : null,
         "username" : "root",
         "id" : 1,
         "name" : "Administrator"
      },
      "description" : "Omnis vero earum sunt corporis dolor et placeat.",
      "state" : "closed",
      "iid" : 1,
      "assignee" : {
         "avatar_url" : null,
         "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/u/lennie",
         "state" : "active",
         "username" : "lennie",
         "id" : 9,
         "name" : "Dr. Luella Kovacek"
      },
      "labels" : [],
      "id" : 41,
      "title" : "Ut commodi ullam eos dolores perferendis nihil sunt.",
      "updated_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:46.176Z",
      "created_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:46.176Z"
   }
]

Single issue

Get a single project issue.

GET /projects/:id/issues/:issue_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	The ID of a project
`issue_id`	integer	yes	The ID of a project's issue

curl -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/projects/4/issues/41

Example response:

{
   "project_id" : 4,
   "milestone" : {
      "due_date" : null,
      "project_id" : 4,
      "state" : "closed",
      "description" : "Rerum est voluptatem provident consequuntur molestias similique ipsum dolor.",
      "iid" : 3,
      "id" : 11,
      "title" : "v3.0",
      "created_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:39.788Z",
      "updated_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:39.788Z"
   },
   "author" : {
      "state" : "active",
      "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/u/root",
      "avatar_url" : null,
      "username" : "root",
      "id" : 1,
      "name" : "Administrator"
   },
   "description" : "Omnis vero earum sunt corporis dolor et placeat.",
   "state" : "closed",
   "iid" : 1,
   "assignee" : {
      "avatar_url" : null,
      "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/u/lennie",
      "state" : "active",
      "username" : "lennie",
      "id" : 9,
      "name" : "Dr. Luella Kovacek"
   },
   "labels" : [],
   "id" : 41,
   "title" : "Ut commodi ullam eos dolores perferendis nihil sunt.",
   "updated_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:46.176Z",
   "created_at" : "2016-01-04T15:31:46.176Z"
}

New issue

Creates a new project issue.

If the operation is successful, a status code of 200 and the newly-created issue is returned. If an error occurs, an error number and a message explaining the reason is returned.

POST /projects/:id/issues

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	The ID of a project
`title`	string	yes	The title of an issue
`description`	string	no	The description of an issue
`assignee_id`	integer	no	The ID of a user to assign issue
`milestone_id`	integer	no	The ID of a milestone to assign issue
`labels`	string	no	Comma-separated label names for an issue

curl -X POST -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/projects/4/issues?title=Issues%20with%20auth&labels=bug

Example response:

{
   "project_id" : 4,
   "id" : 84,
   "created_at" : "2016-01-07T12:44:33.959Z",
   "iid" : 14,
   "title" : "Issues with auth",
   "state" : "opened",
   "assignee" : null,
   "labels" : [
      "bug"
   ],
   "author" : {
      "name" : "Alexandra Bashirian",
      "avatar_url" : null,
      "state" : "active",
      "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/u/eileen.lowe",
      "id" : 18,
      "username" : "eileen.lowe"
   },
   "description" : null,
   "updated_at" : "2016-01-07T12:44:33.959Z",
   "milestone" : null
}

Edit issue

Updates an existing project issue. This call is also used to mark an issue as closed.

If the operation is successful, a code of 200 and the updated issue is returned. If an error occurs, an error number and a message explaining the reason is returned.

PUT /projects/:id/issues/:issue_id

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
`id`	integer	yes	The ID of a project
`issue_id`	integer	yes	The ID of a project's issue
`title`	string	no	The title of an issue
`description`	string	no	The description of an issue
`assignee_id`	integer	no	The ID of a user to assign the issue to
`milestone_id`	integer	no	The ID of a milestone to assign the issue to
`labels`	string	no	Comma-separated label names for an issue
`state_event`	string	no	The state event of an issue. Set `close` to close the issue and `reopen` to reopen it

curl -X PUT -H "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/projects/4/issues/85?state_event=close

Example response:

{
   "created_at" : "2016-01-07T12:46:01.410Z",
   "author" : {
      "name" : "Alexandra Bashirian",
      "avatar_url" : null,
      "username" : "eileen.lowe",
      "id" : 18,
      "state" : "active",
      "web_url" : "https://gitlab.example.com/u/eileen.lowe"
   },
   "state" : "closed",
   "title" : "Issues with auth",
   "project_id" : 4,
   "description" : null,
   "updated_at" : "2016-01-07T12:55:16.213Z",
   "iid" : 15,
   "labels" : [
      "bug"
   ],
   "id" : 85,
   "assignee" : null,
   "milestone" : null
}

Delete existing issue (Deprecated)

This call is deprecated and returns a 405 Method Not Allowed error if called. An issue gets now closed and is done by calling PUT /projects/:id/issues/:issue_id with the parameter state_event set to close. See edit issue for more details.

DELETE /projects/:id/issues/:issue_id

Comments on issues

Comments are done via the notes resource.

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