---
title: "Add an emoji reaction to a snippet"
method: POST
path: "/api/v4/projects/{id}/snippets/{snippet_id}/award_emoji"
tags: ["award_emoji"]
---

# Add an emoji reaction to a snippet

`POST /api/v4/projects/{id}/snippets/{snippet_id}/award_emoji`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://gitlab.com`
- URL: `https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/{id}/snippets/{snippet_id}/award_emoji`
- Auth: none declared

Adds an emoji reaction to a snippet.

## Path parameters

- `id` integer, required
- `snippet_id` integer, required

## Request body

- PostApiV4ProjectsIdSnippetsSnippetIdAwardEmoji: Add an emoji reaction to a snippet
  - `name` string, required: Name of the emoji without colons.

## Response `201`

Add an emoji reaction to a snippet

- APIEntitiesAwardEmoji: API_Entities_AwardEmoji model
  - `id` integer, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `user` APIEntitiesUserBasic, required: API_Entities_UserBasic model
    - `id` integer, required
    - `username` string, required
    - `public_email` string, required
    - `name` string, required
    - `state` string, required
    - `locked` boolean, required
    - `avatar_url` string, required
    - `avatar_path` string
    - `custom_attributes` APIEntitiesCustomAttribute[]
      - `key` string, required
      - `value` string, required
    - `web_url` string, required
  - `created_at` string, date-time, required
  - `updated_at` string, date-time, required
  - `awardable_id` integer, required
  - `awardable_type` string, required
  - `url` string, required

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request
- `404`: Not Found

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/gitlab/apis/gitlab-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/gitlab/apis/gitlab-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/gitlab/apis/gitlab-api/revisions/b234947ef3f2?raw)