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Create a label

POST
/v1/labels
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.pealboard.com/v1/labels \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--data '{ "repositoryId": "2489E9AD-2EE2-8E00-8EC9-32D5F69181C0", "name": "example", "color": "0F3D34", "description": "example" }'

Creates the label in one repository. A name the repository already uses is a conflict, and is reported rather than quietly ignored — the alternative would leave the caller believing they had set the colour.

To apply a label to an issue, send its name in PATCH /v1/issues/{issueId}; a label the repository does not have is created there automatically.

Access. Requires the member role or above (member, admin, owner). Creating a label writes to the customer’s GitHub repository under their installation. API-key scope: issues:write.

Media typeapplication/json
object
repositoryId
required

A UUID this API issued.

string format: uuid
name
required
string
>= 1 characters <= 50 characters
color
required
string
/^[0-9a-fA-F]{6}$/
Example
0F3D34
description
string
<= 100 characters

The label.

Media typeapplication/json
object
id
required

A UUID this API issued.

string format: uuid
nodeId
required
string
repositoryId
required

A UUID this API issued.

string format: uuid
name
required
string
color
required

Six hexadecimal digits, with no leading #.

string
description
required
string | null
Example
{
"color": "0F3D34"
}

No valid credentials.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

A stable identifier for the kind of failure. Safe to branch on.

string
message
required

What went wrong, written for a person.

string
detail

Structured particulars, when there are any.

object
key
additional properties
remedy

What to do about it, when there is something to do.

string
requestId
required

Quote this when asking about a specific failure.

string
Examplegenerated
{
"error": {
"code": "example",
"message": "example",
"detail": {
"additionalProperty": "example"
},
"remedy": "example",
"requestId": "example"
}
}

Authenticated, but not permitted.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

A stable identifier for the kind of failure. Safe to branch on.

string
message
required

What went wrong, written for a person.

string
detail

Structured particulars, when there are any.

object
key
additional properties
remedy

What to do about it, when there is something to do.

string
requestId
required

Quote this when asking about a specific failure.

string
Examplegenerated
{
"error": {
"code": "example",
"message": "example",
"detail": {
"additionalProperty": "example"
},
"remedy": "example",
"requestId": "example"
}
}

No such resource, or it is not visible to you.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

A stable identifier for the kind of failure. Safe to branch on.

string
message
required

What went wrong, written for a person.

string
detail

Structured particulars, when there are any.

object
key
additional properties
remedy

What to do about it, when there is something to do.

string
requestId
required

Quote this when asking about a specific failure.

string
Examplegenerated
{
"error": {
"code": "example",
"message": "example",
"detail": {
"additionalProperty": "example"
},
"remedy": "example",
"requestId": "example"
}
}

The request conflicts with the current state.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

A stable identifier for the kind of failure. Safe to branch on.

string
message
required

What went wrong, written for a person.

string
detail

Structured particulars, when there are any.

object
key
additional properties
remedy

What to do about it, when there is something to do.

string
requestId
required

Quote this when asking about a specific failure.

string
Examplegenerated
{
"error": {
"code": "example",
"message": "example",
"detail": {
"additionalProperty": "example"
},
"remedy": "example",
"requestId": "example"
}
}

The request did not match the expected shape.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

A stable identifier for the kind of failure. Safe to branch on.

string
message
required

What went wrong, written for a person.

string
detail

Structured particulars, when there are any.

object
key
additional properties
remedy

What to do about it, when there is something to do.

string
requestId
required

Quote this when asking about a specific failure.

string
Examplegenerated
{
"error": {
"code": "example",
"message": "example",
"detail": {
"additionalProperty": "example"
},
"remedy": "example",
"requestId": "example"
}
}

Rate limited. Retry after the interval in the header.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

A stable identifier for the kind of failure. Safe to branch on.

string
message
required

What went wrong, written for a person.

string
detail

Structured particulars, when there are any.

object
key
additional properties
remedy

What to do about it, when there is something to do.

string
requestId
required

Quote this when asking about a specific failure.

string
Examplegenerated
{
"error": {
"code": "example",
"message": "example",
"detail": {
"additionalProperty": "example"
},
"remedy": "example",
"requestId": "example"
}
}

GitHub or another dependency refused or did not answer. Nothing in the workspace changed.

Media typeapplication/json
object
error
required
object
code
required

A stable identifier for the kind of failure. Safe to branch on.

string
message
required

What went wrong, written for a person.

string
detail

Structured particulars, when there are any.

object
key
additional properties
remedy

What to do about it, when there is something to do.

string
requestId
required

Quote this when asking about a specific failure.

string
Examplegenerated
{
"error": {
"code": "example",
"message": "example",
"detail": {
"additionalProperty": "example"
},
"remedy": "example",
"requestId": "example"
}
}