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List labels for a repository

Changed on Sep 17, 2026

Lists all labels for a repository.

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

Request

Base URL: https://api.github.com
URL: https://api.github.com/repos/{owner}/{repo}/labels
Auth: none declared

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.

Query parameters

per_pageinteger

The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

pageinteger

The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

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.

archived_atstring date-time nullable required

Timestamp indicating when the label was archived, or null if it has not been archived.

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,
    "archived_at": "2023-01-01T12:00:00Z",
    "archived_by": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "starred_at": "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\"",
      "user_view_type": "public"
    }
  }
]

Changes

Sep 17, 20262026-03-106ea91bcbb8e2 Revision changes
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  added the required property / to the response with the status
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  added the required property / to the response with the status

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