---
title: "Create or retrieve a label by name"
method: POST
path: "/v1/projects/{project_id}/labels"
tags: ["Label"]
---

# Create or retrieve a label by name

`POST /v1/projects/{project_id}/labels`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.telerivet.com`
- URL: `https://api.telerivet.com/v1/projects/{project_id}/labels`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP basic
  - OAuth 2 (authorization code, authorization URL `https://telerivet.com/oauth/authorize`, token URL `https://api.telerivet.com/oauth/token`)

Gets or creates a label by name.

## Path parameters

- `project_id` string, required

## Request body

- object
  - `name` string, required: Name of the label

## Response `200`

Successful response

- Label: Represents a label used to organize messages within Telerivet.
  - `id` string: ID of the label
  - `name` string: Name of the label
  - `time_created` integer: Time the label was created in Telerivet
  - `vars` object: Custom variables stored for this label. Variable names may be up to 32 characters in length and can contain the characters a-z, A-Z, 0-9, and _. Values may be strings, numbers, or boolean (true/false). String values may be up to 4096 bytes in length when encoded as UTF-8. Up to 100 variables are supported per object. Setting a variable to null will delete the variable.
  - `project_id` string: ID of the project this label belongs to

## Other responses

- `400`: Invalid request parameters
- `401`: Invalid or missing API key or Bearer token
- `404`: Resource not found

---

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