---
title: "Label"
url: "https://kiwi.arashsheyda.me/apis/git-hub-v3-rest-api-1/versions/4cb06d26-20a0-409c-8492-8406889b7eb4/schemas/label"
---

> Full API specification: https://kiwi.arashsheyda.me/apis/git-hub-v3-rest-api-1/versions/4cb06d26-20a0-409c-8492-8406889b7eb4.md

# Label

Color-coded labels help you categorize and filter your issues (just like labels in Gmail).

## OpenAPI definition

```yaml
openapi: 3.0.3
info:
  title: GitHub v3 REST API
  version: 1.1.4
servers:
  - url: "{protocol}://{hostname}/api/v3"
    variables:
      hostname:
        description: Self-hosted Enterprise Server or Enterprise Cloud hostname
        default: HOSTNAME
      protocol:
        description: Self-hosted Enterprise Server or Enterprise Cloud protocol
        default: http
components:
  schemas:
    label:
      title: Label
      description: Color-coded labels help you categorize and filter your issues (just
        like labels in Gmail).
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          format: int64
          example: 208045946
        node_id:
          type: string
          example: MDU6TGFiZWwyMDgwNDU5NDY=
        url:
          description: URL for the label
          example: https://api.github.com/repositories/42/labels/bug
          type: string
          format: uri
        name:
          description: The name of the label.
          example: bug
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
          example: Something isn't working
          nullable: true
        color:
          description: "6-character hex code, without the leading #, identifying the color"
          example: FFFFFF
          type: string
        default:
          type: boolean
          example: true
      required:
        - id
        - node_id
        - url
        - name
        - description
        - color
        - default
```