Add a label to an issue

POST

/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{index}/labels

Authorizations

• BasicAuth
• AuthorizationHeaderToken
• SudoParam
• SudoHeader
• TOTPHeader

Parameters

Path Parameters

owner

required

string

Owner of the repo

repo

required

string

Name of the repo

index

required

integer format: int64

Index of the issue

Request Body

Media typeapplication/json

IssueLabelsOption a collection of labels

object

labels

Labels can be a list of integers representing label IDs or a list of strings representing label names

Array

updated_at

string format: date-time

Example^generated

{
  "labels": [
    "example"
  ],
  "updated_at": "2026-04-15T12:00:00Z"
}

Responses

200

LabelListWithoutPagination - Labels for a specific issue (no pagination headers)

Media typeapplication/json

Array<object>

Label a label to an issue or a pr

object

color

string

description

string

exclusive

boolean

id

integer format: int64

is_archived

boolean

name

string

url

string

Example

[
  {
    "color": "00aabb",
    "exclusive": false,
    "is_archived": false
  }
]

403

APIForbiddenError is a forbidden error response

Media typeapplication/json

object

message

string

url

string

Example^generated

{
  "message": "example",
  "url": "example"
}

404

APINotFound is a not found error response

Media typeapplication/json

object

errors

Array<string>

message

string

url

string

Example^generated

{
  "errors": [
    "example"
  ],
  "message": "example",
  "url": "example"
}