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Group issue boards API

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Every API call to group issue boards must be authenticated.

If a user is not a member of a group and the group is private, a GET request results in 404 status code.

List all group issue boards in a group

Lists issue boards in the given group.

GET /groups/:id/boards
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group. 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/5/boards"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "group issue board",
    "group": {
      "id": 5,
      "name": "Documentcloud",
      "web_url": "http://example.com/groups/documentcloud"
    },
    "milestone":   {
      "id": 12,
      "title": "10.0"
    },
    "lists" : [
      {
        "id" : 1,
        "label" : {
          "name" : "Testing",
          "color" : "#F0AD4E",
          "description" : null
        },
        "position" : 1
      },
      {
        "id" : 2,
        "label" : {
          "name" : "Ready",
          "color" : "#FF0000",
          "description" : null
        },
        "position" : 2
      },
      {
        "id" : 3,
        "label" : {
          "name" : "Production",
          "color" : "#FF5F00",
          "description" : null
        },
        "position" : 3
      }
    ]
  }
]

Users on GitLab Premium or Ultimate see different parameters, due to the ability to have multiple group boards.

Example response:

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "group issue board",
    "group": {
      "id": 5,
      "name": "Documentcloud",
      "web_url": "http://example.com/groups/documentcloud"
    },
    "milestone":   {
      "id": 12,
      "title": "10.0"
    },
    "lists" : [
      {
        "id" : 1,
        "label" : {
          "name" : "Testing",
          "color" : "#F0AD4E",
          "description" : null
        },
        "position" : 1
      },
      {
        "id" : 2,
        "label" : {
          "name" : "Ready",
          "color" : "#FF0000",
          "description" : null
        },
        "position" : 2
      },
      {
        "id" : 3,
        "label" : {
          "name" : "Production",
          "color" : "#FF5F00",
          "description" : null
        },
        "position" : 3
      }
    ]
  }
]

Single group issue board

Gets a single group issue board.

GET /groups/:id/boards/:board_id
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group.
board_id integer yes The ID of a board. 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/5/boards/1"

Example response:

  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "group issue board",
    "group": {
      "id": 5,
      "name": "Documentcloud",
      "web_url": "http://example.com/groups/documentcloud"
    },
    "milestone":   {
      "id": 12,
      "title": "10.0"
    },
    "lists" : [
      {
        "id" : 1,
        "label" : {
          "name" : "Testing",
          "color" : "#F0AD4E",
          "description" : null
        },
        "position" : 1
      },
      {
        "id" : 2,
        "label" : {
          "name" : "Ready",
          "color" : "#FF0000",
          "description" : null
        },
        "position" : 2
      },
      {
        "id" : 3,
        "label" : {
          "name" : "Production",
          "color" : "#FF5F00",
          "description" : null
        },
        "position" : 3
      }
    ]
  }

Users on GitLab Premium or Ultimate see different parameters, due to the ability to have multiple group issue boards.

Example response:

  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "group issue board",
    "group": {
      "id": 5,
      "name": "Documentcloud",
      "web_url": "http://example.com/groups/documentcloud"
    },
    "milestone":   {
      "id": 12,
      "title": "10.0"
    },
    "lists" : [
      {
        "id" : 1,
        "label" : {
          "name" : "Testing",
          "color" : "#F0AD4E",
          "description" : null
        },
        "position" : 1
      },
      {
        "id" : 2,
        "label" : {
          "name" : "Ready",
          "color" : "#FF0000",
          "description" : null
        },
        "position" : 2
      },
      {
        "id" : 3,
        "label" : {
          "name" : "Production",
          "color" : "#FF5F00",
          "description" : null
        },
        "position" : 3
      }
    ]
  }

Create a group issue board

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Creates a group issue board.

POST /groups/:id/boards
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group.
name string yes The name of the new board. 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/5/boards?name=newboard"

Example response:

  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "newboard",
    "project": null,
    "lists" : [],
    "group": {
      "id": 5,
      "name": "Documentcloud",
      "web_url": "http://example.com/groups/documentcloud"
    },
    "milestone": null,
    "assignee" : null,
    "labels" : [],
    "weight" : null
  }

Update a group issue board

Updates a group issue board.

PUT /groups/:id/boards/:board_id
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group.
board_id integer yes The ID of a board.
name string no The new name of the board.
hide_backlog_list boolean no Hide the Open list.
hide_closed_list boolean no Hide the Closed list.
assignee_id integer no The assignee the board should be scoped to. Premium and Ultimate only.
milestone_id integer no The milestone the board should be scoped to. Premium and Ultimate only.
labels string no Comma-separated list of label names which the board should be scoped to. Premium and Ultimate only.
weight integer no The weight range from 0 to 9, to which the board should be scoped to. Premium and Ultimate only. 
curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/5/boards/1?name=new_name&milestone_id=44&assignee_id=1&labels=GroupLabel&weight=4"

Example response:

  {
    "id": 1,
    "project": null,
    "lists": [],
    "name": "new_name",
    "group": {
      "id": 5,
      "name": "Documentcloud",
      "web_url": "http://example.com/groups/documentcloud"
    },
    "milestone": {
      "id": 44,
      "iid": 1,
      "group_id": 5,
      "title": "Group Milestone",
      "description": "Group Milestone Desc",
      "state": "active",
      "created_at": "2018-07-03T07:15:19.271Z",
      "updated_at": "2018-07-03T07:15:19.271Z",
      "due_date": null,
      "start_date": null,
      "web_url": "http://example.com/groups/documentcloud/-/milestones/1"
    },
    "assignee": {
      "id": 1,
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://example.com/root"
    },
    "labels": [{
      "id": 11,
      "name": "GroupLabel",
      "color": "#428BCA",
      "description": ""
    }],
    "weight": 4
  }

Delete a group issue board

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Deletes a group issue board.

DELETE /groups/:id/boards/:board_id
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group.
board_id integer yes The ID of a board. 
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/5/boards/1"

List group issue board lists

Get a list of the board's lists. Does not include open and closed lists

GET /groups/:id/boards/:board_id/lists
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group.
board_id integer yes The ID of a board. 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/5/boards/1/lists"

Example response:

[
  {
    "id" : 1,
    "label" : {
      "name" : "Testing",
      "color" : "#F0AD4E",
      "description" : null
    },
    "position" : 1
  },
  {
    "id" : 2,
    "label" : {
      "name" : "Ready",
      "color" : "#FF0000",
      "description" : null
    },
    "position" : 2
  },
  {
    "id" : 3,
    "label" : {
      "name" : "Production",
      "color" : "#FF5F00",
      "description" : null
    },
    "position" : 3
  }
]

Single group issue board list

Get a single board list.

GET /groups/:id/boards/:board_id/lists/:list_id
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group.
board_id integer yes The ID of a board.
list_id integer yes The ID of a board's list. 
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/5/boards/1/lists/1"

Example response:

{
  "id" : 1,
  "label" : {
    "name" : "Testing",
    "color" : "#F0AD4E",
    "description" : null
  },
  "position" : 1
}

New group issue board list

Creates an issue board list.

POST /groups/:id/boards/:board_id/lists
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group.
board_id integer yes The ID of a board.
label_id integer yes The ID of a label. 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/4/boards/12/lists?milestone_id=7"

Example response:

{
  "id": 9,
  "label": null,
  "position": 0,
  "milestone": {
    "id": 7,
    "iid": 3,
    "group_id": 12,
    "title": "Milestone with due date",
    "description": "",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2017-09-03T07:16:28.596Z",
    "updated_at": "2017-09-03T07:16:49.521Z",
    "due_date": null,
    "start_date": null,
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/groups/issue-reproduce/-/milestones/3"
  }
}

Edit group issue board list

Updates an existing issue board list. This call is used to change list position.

PUT /groups/:id/boards/:board_id/lists/:list_id
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group.
board_id integer yes The ID of a board.
list_id integer yes The ID of a board's list.
position integer yes The position of the list. 
curl --request PUT --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/group/5/boards/1/lists/1?position=2"

Example response:

{
  "id" : 1,
  "label" : {
    "name" : "Testing",
    "color" : "#F0AD4E",
    "description" : null
  },
  "position" : 1
}

Delete a group issue board list

Only for administrators and group owners. Deletes the board list in question.

DELETE /groups/:id/boards/:board_id/lists/:list_id
Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group.
board_id integer yes The ID of a board.
list_id integer yes The ID of a board's list. 
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/5/boards/1/lists/1"