GitHub API (unofficial showcase)
GET/repos/{owner}/{repo}/labels/{name}

Get a label

Retrieves a label from a repository by its name. Use owner and repo to identify the repository and name to specify the label.

3 parameters
ownerstringrequired
The account owner of the repository; the name is not case sensitive.
repostringrequired
The repository name without the `.git` extension; the name is not case sensitive.
namestringrequired
The name of the label to retrieve.

2 status codes
200Returns the label object, including its identifier, name, description, color, default status, and archive details.
idintegerrequired
Unique identifier for the label.
node_idstringrequired
urlstringrequired
URL for the label
namestringrequired
The name of the label.
descriptionstringrequired
Optional description of the label, such as its purpose.
colorstringrequired
6-character hex code, without the leading #, identifying the color
defaultbooleanrequired
Whether this label comes by default in a new repository.
archived_atstringrequired
Timestamp indicating when the label was archived, or `null` if it has not been archived.
archived_byobjectrequired
The user who archived the label, or `null` if it has not been archived.
404Returned when the repository or label cannot be found.
messagestringoptional
documentation_urlstringoptional
urlstringoptional
statusstringoptional

Error handling

A 404 is returned if the repository or label cannot be found. The owner path parameter and repo path parameter must identify the repository, and the name path parameter must identify a label in that repository.