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issues

Get a label

Gets a label using the given name.

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

Path parameters

ownerstring required

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repostring required

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

namestring required

Response

idinteger required

Unique identifier for the label.

node_idstring required

urlstring uri required

URL for the label

namestring required

The name of the label.

descriptionstring nullable required

Optional description of the label, such as its purpose.

colorstring required

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

defaultboolean required

Whether this label comes by default in a new repository.

Example response

{
  "id": 208045946,
  "node_id": "MDU6TGFiZWwyMDgwNDU5NDY=",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repositories/42/labels/bug",
  "name": "bug",
  "description": "Something isn't working",
  "color": "FFFFFF",
  "default": true
}