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---
stage: Plan
group: Product Planning
info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/product/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
---
# Epic Issues API
DETAILS:
**Tier:** Premium, Ultimate
**Offering:** GitLab.com, Self-managed, GitLab Dedicated
WARNING:
The Epics REST API was [deprecated](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/issues/460668) in GitLab 17.0
and is planned for removal in v5 of the API.
In GitLab 17.4 or later, if your administrator [enabled the new look for epics](../user/group/epics/epic_work_items.md), use the
[Work Items API](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/architecture/design-documents/work_items/) instead. For more information, see the [guide how to migrate your existing APIs](../api/graphql/epic_work_items_api_migration_guide.md).
This change is a breaking change.
Every API call to the epic issues API endpoint must be authenticated.
If a user is not a member of a group and the group is private, a `GET` request on that group
results in a `404` status code.
Epics are available only in GitLab [Premium and Ultimate](https://about.gitlab.com/pricing/).
If the Epics feature is not available, a `403` status code is returned.
## Epic Issues pagination
API results [are paginated](rest/index.md#pagination). Requests that return
multiple issues default to returning 20 results at a time.
## List issues for an epic
Gets all issues that are assigned to an epic and the authenticated user has access to.
```plaintext
GET /groups/:id/epics/:epic_iid/issues
```
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| ------------------- | ---------------- | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](rest/index.md#namespaced-paths) |
| `epic_iid` | integer/string | yes | The internal ID of the epic. |
```shell
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/1/epics/5/issues/"
```
Example response:
```json
[
{
"id": 76,
"iid": 6,
"project_id": 8,
"title" : "Consequatur vero maxime deserunt laboriosam est voluptas dolorem.",
"description" : "Ratione dolores corrupti mollitia soluta quia.",
"state": "opened",
"created_at": "2017-11-15T13:39:24.670Z",
"updated_at": "2018-01-04T10:49:19.506Z",
"closed_at": null,
"labels": [],
"milestone": {
"id": 38,
"iid": 3,
"project_id": 8,
"title": "v2.0",
"description": "In tempore culpa inventore quo accusantium.",
"state": "closed",
"created_at": "2017-11-15T13:39:13.825Z",
"updated_at": "2017-11-15T13:39:13.825Z",
"due_date": null,
"start_date": null
},
"assignees": [{
"id": 7,
"name": "Pamella Huel",
"username": "arnita",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a2f5c6fcef64c9c69cb8779cb292be1b?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3001/arnita"
}],
"assignee": {
"id": 7,
"name": "Pamella Huel",
"username": "arnita",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a2f5c6fcef64c9c69cb8779cb292be1b?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3001/arnita"
},
"author": {
"id": 13,
"name": "Michell Johns",
"username": "chris_hahn",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/30e3b2122ccd6b8e45e8e14a3ffb58fc?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3001/chris_hahn"
},
"user_notes_count": 8,
"upvotes": 0,
"downvotes": 0,
"due_date": null,
"confidential": false,
"weight": null,
"discussion_locked": null,
"web_url": "http://localhost:3001/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/issues/6",
"time_stats": {
"time_estimate": 0,
"total_time_spent": 0,
"human_time_estimate": null,
"human_total_time_spent": null
},
"_links":{
"self": "http://localhost:3001/api/v4/projects/8/issues/6",
"notes": "http://localhost:3001/api/v4/projects/8/issues/6/notes",
"award_emoji": "http://localhost:3001/api/v4/projects/8/issues/6/award_emoji",
"project": "http://localhost:3001/api/v4/projects/8"
},
"epic_issue_id": 2
}
]
```
**Note**: `assignee` column is deprecated, now we show it as a single-sized array `assignees` to conform to the GitLab EE API.
## Assign an issue to the epic
Creates an epic - issue association. If the issue in question belongs to another epic it is unassigned from that epic.
```plaintext
POST /groups/:id/epics/:epic_iid/issues/:issue_id
```
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| ------------------- | ---------------- | ---------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](rest/index.md#namespaced-paths) |
| `epic_iid` | integer/string | yes | The internal ID of the epic. |
| `issue_id` | integer/string | yes | The ID of the issue. |
```shell
curl --header POST "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/1/epics/5/issues/55"
```
Example response:
```json
{
"id": 11,
"epic": {
"id": 30,
"iid": 5,
"title": "Ea cupiditate dolores ut vero consequatur quasi veniam voluptatem et non.",
"description": "Molestias dolorem eos vitae expedita impedit necessitatibus quo voluptatum.",
"author": {
"id": 7,
"name": "Pamella Huel",
"username": "arnita",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a2f5c6fcef64c9c69cb8779cb292be1b?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3001/arnita"
},
"start_date": null,
"end_date": null
},
"issue": {
"id": 55,
"iid": 13,
"project_id": 8,
"title": "Beatae laborum voluptatem voluptate eligendi ex accusamus.",
"description": "Quam veritatis debitis omnis aliquam sit.",
"state": "opened",
"created_at": "2017-11-05T13:59:12.782Z",
"updated_at": "2018-01-05T10:33:03.900Z",
"closed_at": null,
"labels": [],
"milestone": {
"id": 48,
"iid": 6,
"project_id": 8,
"title": "Sprint - Sed sed maxime temporibus ipsa ullam qui sit.",
"description": "Quos veritatis qui expedita sunt deleniti accusamus.",
"state": "active",
"created_at": "2017-11-05T13:59:12.445Z",
"updated_at": "2017-11-05T13:59:12.445Z",
"due_date": "2017-11-13",
"start_date": "2017-11-05"
},
"assignees": [{
"id": 10,
"name": "Lu Mayer",
"username": "kam",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/018729e129a6f31c80a6327a30196823?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3001/kam"
}],
"assignee": {
"id": 10,
"name": "Lu Mayer",
"username": "kam",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/018729e129a6f31c80a6327a30196823?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3001/kam"
},
"author": {
"id": 25,
"name": "User 3",
"username": "user3",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/97d6d9441ff85fdc730e02a6068d267b?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3001/user3"
},
"user_notes_count": 0,
"upvotes": 0,
"downvotes": 0,
"due_date": null,
"confidential": false,
"weight": null,
"discussion_locked": null,
"web_url": "http://localhost:3001/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/issues/13",
"time_stats": {
"time_estimate": 0,
"total_time_spent": 0,
"human_time_estimate": null,
"human_total_time_spent": null
}
}
}
```
**Note**: `assignee` column is deprecated, now we show it as a single-sized array `assignees` to conform to the GitLab EE API.
## Remove an issue from the epic
Removes an epic - issue association.
```plaintext
DELETE /groups/:id/epics/:epic_iid/issues/:epic_issue_id
```
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| ------------------- | ---------------- | ---------- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](rest/index.md#namespaced-paths) |
| `epic_iid` | integer/string | yes | The internal ID of the epic. |
| `epic_issue_id` | integer/string | yes | The ID of the issue - epic association. |
```shell
curl --header DELETE "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/1/epics/5/issues/11"
```
Example response:
```json
{
"id": 11,
"epic": {
"id": 30,
"iid": 5,
"title": "Ea cupiditate dolores ut vero consequatur quasi veniam voluptatem et non.",
"description": "Molestias dolorem eos vitae expedita impedit necessitatibus quo voluptatum.",
"author": {
"id": 7,
"name": "Pamella Huel",
"username": "arnita",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a2f5c6fcef64c9c69cb8779cb292be1b?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3001/arnita"
},
"start_date": null,
"end_date": null
},
"issue": {
"id": 223,
"iid": 13,
"project_id": 8,
"title": "Beatae laborum voluptatem voluptate eligendi ex accusamus.",
"description": "Quam veritatis debitis omnis aliquam sit.",
"state": "opened",
"created_at": "2017-11-05T13:59:12.782Z",
"updated_at": "2018-01-05T10:33:03.900Z",
"closed_at": null,
"labels": [],
"milestone": {
"id": 48,
"iid": 6,
"project_id": 8,
"title": "Sprint - Sed sed maxime temporibus ipsa ullam qui sit.",
"description": "Quos veritatis qui expedita sunt deleniti accusamus.",
"state": "active",
"created_at": "2017-11-05T13:59:12.445Z",
"updated_at": "2017-11-05T13:59:12.445Z",
"due_date": "2017-11-13",
"start_date": "2017-11-05"
},
"assignees": [{
"id": 10,
"name": "Lu Mayer",
"username": "kam",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/018729e129a6f31c80a6327a30196823?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3001/kam"
}],
"assignee": {
"id": 10,
"name": "Lu Mayer",
"username": "kam",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/018729e129a6f31c80a6327a30196823?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3001/kam"
},
"author": {
"id": 25,
"name": "User 3",
"username": "user3",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/97d6d9441ff85fdc730e02a6068d267b?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3001/user3"
},
"user_notes_count": 0,
"upvotes": 0,
"downvotes": 0,
"due_date": null,
"confidential": false,
"weight": null,
"discussion_locked": null,
"web_url": "http://localhost:3001/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/issues/13",
"time_stats": {
"time_estimate": 0,
"total_time_spent": 0,
"human_time_estimate": null,
"human_total_time_spent": null
}
}
}
```
**Note**: `assignee` column is deprecated, now we show it as a single-sized array `assignees` to conform to the GitLab EE API.
## Update epic - issue association
Updates an epic - issue association.
```plaintext
PUT /groups/:id/epics/:epic_iid/issues/:epic_issue_id
```
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| ------------------- | ---------------- | ---------- | -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the group](rest/index.md#namespaced-paths) |
| `epic_iid` | integer/string | yes | The internal ID of the epic. |
| `epic_issue_id` | integer/string | yes | The ID of the issue - epic association. |
| `move_before_id` | integer/string | no | The ID of the issue - epic association that should be placed before the link in the question. |
| `move_after_id` | integer/string | no | The ID of the issue - epic association that should be placed after the link in the question. |
```shell
curl --header PUT "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/1/epics/5/issues/11?move_before_id=20"
```
Example response:
```json
[
{
"id": 30,
"iid": 6,
"project_id": 8,
"title" : "Consequatur vero maxime deserunt laboriosam est voluptas dolorem.",
"description" : "Ratione dolores corrupti mollitia soluta quia.",
"state": "opened",
"created_at": "2017-11-15T13:39:24.670Z",
"updated_at": "2018-01-04T10:49:19.506Z",
"closed_at": null,
"labels": [],
"milestone": {
"id": 38,
"iid": 3,
"project_id": 8,
"title": "v2.0",
"description": "In tempore culpa inventore quo accusantium.",
"state": "closed",
"created_at": "2017-11-15T13:39:13.825Z",
"updated_at": "2017-11-15T13:39:13.825Z",
"due_date": null,
"start_date": null
},
"assignees": [{
"id": 7,
"name": "Pamella Huel",
"username": "arnita",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a2f5c6fcef64c9c69cb8779cb292be1b?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3001/arnita"
}],
"assignee": {
"id": 7,
"name": "Pamella Huel",
"username": "arnita",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/a2f5c6fcef64c9c69cb8779cb292be1b?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3001/arnita"
},
"author": {
"id": 13,
"name": "Michell Johns",
"username": "chris_hahn",
"state": "active",
"avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/30e3b2122ccd6b8e45e8e14a3ffb58fc?s=80&d=identicon",
"web_url": "http://localhost:3001/chris_hahn"
},
"user_notes_count": 8,
"upvotes": 0,
"downvotes": 0,
"due_date": null,
"confidential": false,
"weight": null,
"discussion_locked": null,
"web_url": "http://localhost:3001/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/issues/6",
"time_stats": {
"time_estimate": 0,
"total_time_spent": 0,
"human_time_estimate": null,
"human_total_time_spent": null
},
"_links":{
"self": "http://localhost:3001/api/v4/projects/8/issues/6",
"notes": "http://localhost:3001/api/v4/projects/8/issues/6/notes",
"award_emoji": "http://localhost:3001/api/v4/projects/8/issues/6/award_emoji",
"project": "http://localhost:3001/api/v4/projects/8"
},
"subscribed": true,
"epic_issue_id": 11,
"relative_position": 55
}
]
```
|
