GitHub API (unofficial showcase)
POST/repos/{owner}/{repo}/issues/{issue_number}/relates_to

Add a related issue

Adds a relationship marking one issue as related to another issue in a repository. Identify the issue with owner, repo, and issue_number, and provide the related issue's issue_id in the request body. Creating content too quickly with this operation may result in secondary rate limiting.

  • IdempotentThe SDK sends Idempotency-Key, so a retried request is only applied once.

3 parameters · 1 body field
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.
issue_numberintegerrequired
The number that identifies the issue to which you want to add a related issue.

Details of the issue to mark as related.

issue_idintegerrequired
The id of the issue to mark as related to the current issue

6 status codes
201Returns the issue object created as the related issue relationship.
idintegerrequired
node_idstringrequired
urlstringrequired
URL for the issue
repository_urlstringrequired
labels_urlstringrequired
comments_urlstringrequired
events_urlstringrequired
html_urlstringrequired
numberintegerrequired
Number uniquely identifying the issue within its repository
statestringrequired
State of the issue; either 'open' or 'closed'
state_reasonstringoptional
The reason for the current state
Allowed:completedreopenednot_plannedduplicate
titlestringrequired
Title of the issue
bodystringoptional
Contents of the issue
userobjectrequired
A GitHub user.
labelsarray<string>required
Labels to associate with this issue; pass one or more label names to replace the set of labels on this issue; send an empty array to clear all labels from the issue; note that the labels are silently dropped for users without push access to the repository
assigneeobjectrequired
A GitHub user.
assigneesarray<SimpleUser>optional
milestoneobjectrequired
A collection of related issues and pull requests.
lockedbooleanrequired
active_lock_reasonstringoptional
commentsintegerrequired
pull_requestobjectoptional
closed_atstringrequired
created_atstringrequired
updated_atstringrequired
draftbooleanoptional
closed_byobjectoptional
A GitHub user.
body_htmlstringoptional
body_textstringoptional
timeline_urlstringoptional
typeobjectoptional
The type assigned to the issue. This is only present for issues in repositories where issue types are supported.
repositoryobjectoptional
A repository on GitHub.
performed_via_github_appobjectoptional
GitHub apps are a new way to extend GitHub. They can be installed directly on organizations and user accounts and granted access to specific repositories. They come with granular permissions and built-in webhooks. GitHub apps are first class actors within GitHub.
author_associationstringoptional
How the author is associated with the repository.
Allowed:COLLABORATORCONTRIBUTORFIRST_TIMERFIRST_TIME_CONTRIBUTORMANNEQUINMEMBERNONEOWNER
reactionsobjectoptional
sub_issues_summaryobjectoptional
parent_issue_urlstringoptional
URL to get the parent issue of this issue, if it is a sub-issue
pinned_commentobjectoptional
Comments provide a way for people to collaborate on an issue.
issue_dependencies_summaryobjectoptional
issue_field_valuesarray<IssueFieldValue>optional
301Returned when the requested resource has moved permanently.
messagestringoptional
documentation_urlstringoptional
urlstringoptional
statusstringoptional
403Returned when you do not have permission to add the relationship.
messagestringoptional
documentation_urlstringoptional
urlstringoptional
statusstringoptional
404Returned when the repository or issue cannot be found.
messagestringoptional
documentation_urlstringoptional
urlstringoptional
statusstringoptional
410Returned when the requested resource is no longer available.
messagestringoptional
documentation_urlstringoptional
urlstringoptional
statusstringoptional
422Returned when validation fails or the endpoint has been spammed.
messagestringrequired
documentation_urlstringrequired
errorsarray<object>optional

Error handling

A 403 is returned when you do not have permission to add the relationship; a 404 is returned when the repository or issue cannot be found. A 410 indicates that the requested resource is no longer available; a 422 is returned when validation fails or the endpoint has been spammed. The request body must include issue_id, the integer identifier of the issue to relate.