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Notes

Notes are comments on snippets, issues or merge requests.

Issues

List project issue notes

Gets a list of all notes for a single issue.

GET /projects/:id/issues/:issue_id/notes

Parameters:

  • id (required) - The ID of a project
  • issue_id (required) - The ID of an issue
[
  {
    "id": 302,
    "body": "closed",
    "attachment": null,
    "author": {
      "id": 1,
      "username": "pipin",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "name": "Pip",
      "state": "active",
      "created_at": "2013-09-30T13:46:01Z"
    },
    "created_at": "2013-10-02T09:22:45Z",
    "updated_at": "2013-10-02T10:22:45Z",
    "system": true,
    "upvote": false,
    "downvote": false,
    "noteable_id": 377,
    "noteable_type": "Issue"
  },
  {
    "id": 305,
    "body": "Text of the comment\r\n",
    "attachment": null,
    "author": {
      "id": 1,
      "username": "pipin",
      "email": "[email protected]",
      "name": "Pip",
      "state": "active",
      "created_at": "2013-09-30T13:46:01Z"
    },
    "created_at": "2013-10-02T09:56:03Z",
    "updated_at": "2013-10-02T09:56:03Z",
    "system": true,
    "upvote": false,
    "downvote": false,
    "noteable_id": 121,
    "noteable_type": "Issue"
  }
]

Get single issue note

Returns a single note for a specific project issue

GET /projects/:id/issues/:issue_id/notes/:note_id

Parameters:

  • id (required) - The ID of a project
  • issue_id (required) - The ID of a project issue
  • note_id (required) - The ID of an issue note

Create new issue note

Creates a new note to a single project issue. If you create a note where the body only contains an Award Emoji, you'll receive this object back.

POST /projects/:id/issues/:issue_id/notes

Parameters:

  • id (required) - The ID of a project
  • issue_id (required) - The ID of an issue
  • body (required) - The content of a note
  • created_at (optional) - Date time string, ISO 8601 formatted, e.g. 2016-03-11T03:45:40Z

Modify existing issue note

Modify existing note of an issue.

PUT /projects/:id/issues/:issue_id/notes/:note_id

Parameters:

  • id (required) - The ID of a project
  • issue_id (required) - The ID of an issue
  • note_id (required) - The ID of a note
  • body (required) - The content of a note

Delete an issue note

Deletes an existing note of an issue.

DELETE /projects/:id/issues/:issue_id/notes/:note_id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer yes The ID of a project
issue_id integer yes The ID of an issue
note_id integer yes The ID of a note 
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/projects/5/issues/11/notes/636

Example Response:

{
  "id": 636,
  "body": "This is a good idea.",
  "attachment": null,
  "author": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "pipin",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "name": "Pip",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2013-09-30T13:46:01Z",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5224fd70153710e92fb8bcf79ac29d67?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/pipin"
  },
  "created_at": "2016-04-05T22:10:44.164Z",
  "system": false,
  "noteable_id": 11,
  "noteable_type": "Issue",
  "upvote": false,
  "downvote": false
}

Snippets

List all snippet notes

Gets a list of all notes for a single snippet. Snippet notes are comments users can post to a snippet.

GET /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id/notes

Parameters:

  • id (required) - The ID of a project
  • snippet_id (required) - The ID of a project snippet

Get single snippet note

Returns a single note for a given snippet.

GET /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id/notes/:note_id

Parameters:

  • id (required) - The ID of a project
  • snippet_id (required) - The ID of a project snippet
  • note_id (required) - The ID of an snippet note
{
  "id": 52,
  "title": "Snippet",
  "file_name": "snippet.rb",
  "author": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "pipin",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "name": "Pip",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2013-09-30T13:46:01Z"
  },
  "expires_at": null,
  "updated_at": "2013-10-02T07:34:20Z",
  "created_at": "2013-10-02T07:34:20Z"
}

Create new snippet note

Creates a new note for a single snippet. Snippet notes are comments users can post to a snippet. If you create a note where the body only contains an Award Emoji, you'll receive this object back.

POST /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id/notes

Parameters:

  • id (required) - The ID of a project
  • snippet_id (required) - The ID of a snippet
  • body (required) - The content of a note

Modify existing snippet note

Modify existing note of a snippet.

PUT /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id/notes/:note_id

Parameters:

  • id (required) - The ID of a project
  • snippet_id (required) - The ID of a snippet
  • note_id (required) - The ID of a note
  • body (required) - The content of a note

Delete a snippet note

Deletes an existing note of a snippet.

DELETE /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id/notes/:note_id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer yes The ID of a project
snippet_id integer yes The ID of a snippet
note_id integer yes The ID of a note 
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/projects/5/snippets/52/notes/1659

Example Response:

{
  "id": 1659,
  "body": "This is a good idea.",
  "attachment": null,
  "author": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "pipin",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "name": "Pip",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2013-09-30T13:46:01Z",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5224fd70153710e92fb8bcf79ac29d67?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/pipin"
  },
  "created_at": "2016-04-06T16:51:53.239Z",
  "system": false,
  "noteable_id": 52,
  "noteable_type": "Snippet",
  "upvote": false,
  "downvote": false
}

Merge Requests

List all merge request notes

Gets a list of all notes for a single merge request.

GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_id/notes

Parameters:

  • id (required) - The ID of a project
  • merge_request_id (required) - The ID of a project merge request

Get single merge request note

Returns a single note for a given merge request.

GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_id/notes/:note_id

Parameters:

  • id (required) - The ID of a project
  • merge_request_id (required) - The ID of a project merge request
  • note_id (required) - The ID of a merge request note
{
  "id": 301,
  "body": "Comment for MR",
  "attachment": null,
  "author": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "pipin",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "name": "Pip",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2013-09-30T13:46:01Z"
  },
  "created_at": "2013-10-02T08:57:14Z",
  "updated_at": "2013-10-02T08:57:14Z",
  "system": false,
  "upvote": false,
  "downvote": false,
  "noteable_id": 2,
  "noteable_type": "MergeRequest"
}

Create new merge request note

Creates a new note for a single merge request. If you create a note where the body only contains an Award Emoji, you'll receive this object back.

POST /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_id/notes

Parameters:

  • id (required) - The ID of a project
  • merge_request_id (required) - The ID of a merge request
  • body (required) - The content of a note

Modify existing merge request note

Modify existing note of a merge request.

PUT /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_id/notes/:note_id

Parameters:

  • id (required) - The ID of a project
  • merge_request_id (required) - The ID of a merge request
  • note_id (required) - The ID of a note
  • body (required) - The content of a note

Delete a merge request note

Deletes an existing note of a merge request.

DELETE /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_id/notes/:note_id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer yes The ID of a project
merge_request_id integer yes The ID of a merge request
note_id integer yes The ID of a note 
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: 9koXpg98eAheJpvBs5tK" https://gitlab.example.com/api/v3/projects/5/merge_requests/7/notes/1602

Example Response:

{
  "id": 1602,
  "body": "This is a good idea.",
  "attachment": null,
  "author": {
    "id": 1,
    "username": "pipin",
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "name": "Pip",
    "state": "active",
    "created_at": "2013-09-30T13:46:01Z",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/5224fd70153710e92fb8bcf79ac29d67?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.example.com/pipin"
  },
  "created_at": "2016-04-05T22:11:59.923Z",
  "system": false,
  "noteable_id": 7,
  "noteable_type": "MergeRequest",
  "upvote": false,
  "downvote": false
}