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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": "Status changed to closed",
    "attachment": null,
    "author": {
      "id": 1,
      "username": "pipin",
      "email": "admin@example.com",
      "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": "admin@example.com",
      "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. On success, this API method returns 200 and the deleted note. If the note does not exist, the API returns 404.

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": "admin@example.com",
    "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": "admin@example.com",
    "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. On success, this API method returns 200 and the deleted note. If the note does not exist, the API returns 404.

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": "admin@example.com",
    "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": "admin@example.com",
    "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. On success, this API method returns 200 and the deleted note. If the note does not exist, the API returns 404.

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": "admin@example.com",
    "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
}