Create a label

POST/api/v1/workspaces/{slug}/projects/{project_id}/labels/

Create a new label in the specified project with name, color, and description.

Path Parameters

project_id:requiredstring

Project ID

slug:requiredstring

Workspace slug

Body Parameters

name:requiredstring

Name.

color:optionalstring

Color.

description:optionalstring

Description.

external_source:optionalstring

External source.

external_id:optionalstring

External id.

parent:optionalstring

Parent.

sort_order:optionalnumber

Sort order.

Scopes

projects.labels:write

Create a label

curl -X POST \
  "https://api.plane.so/api/v1/workspaces/my-workspace/projects/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/labels/" \
  -H "X-API-Key: $PLANE_API_KEY" \
  # Or use -H "Authorization: Bearer $PLANE_OAUTH_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
  "name": "Example Name",
  "color": "#ff0000",
  "description": "Example description",
  "external_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "external_source": "github"
}'

import requests

response = requests.post(
    "https://api.plane.so/api/v1/workspaces/my-workspace/projects/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/labels/",
    headers={"X-API-Key": "your-api-key"},
    json={
      "name": "Example Name",
      "color": "#ff0000",
      "description": "Example description",
      "external_id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
      "external_source": "github"
    }
)
print(response.json())

const response = await fetch(
  "https://api.plane.so/api/v1/workspaces/my-workspace/projects/550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000/labels/",
  {
    method: "POST",
    headers: {
      "X-API-Key": "your-api-key",
      "Content-Type": "application/json",
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({
      name: "Example Name",
      color: "#ff0000",
      description: "Example description",
      external_id: "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
      external_source: "github",
    }),
  }
);
const data = await response.json();

Response201

{
  "id": "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000",
  "name": "Example Name",
  "color": "#ff4444",
  "description": "Example description",
  "created_at": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z",
  "updated_at": "2024-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}