Award emojis API

An awarded emoji tells a thousand words.

We call GitLab objects on which you can award an emoji “awardables”. You can award emojis on the following:

Emojis can also be awarded on comments (also known as notes). See also Notes API.

Issues, merge requests, and snippets

See Award emojis on comments for information on using these endpoints with comments.

List an awardable’s award emojis

Changed in GitLab 15.1 to allow unauthenticated access to public awardables.

Get a list of all award emojis for a specified awardable. This endpoint can be accessed without authentication if the awardable is publicly accessible. 

GET /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/award_emoji
GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/award_emoji
GET /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id/award_emoji

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
issue_iid/merge_request_iid/snippet_id integer yes ID (iid for merge requests/issues, id for snippets) of an awardable.

Example request: 

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/80/award_emoji"

Example response: 

[
  {
    "id": 4,
    "name": "1234",
    "user": {
      "name": "Administrator",
      "username": "root",
      "id": 1,
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/root"
    },
    "created_at": "2016-06-15T10:09:34.206Z",
    "updated_at": "2016-06-15T10:09:34.206Z",
    "awardable_id": 80,
    "awardable_type": "Issue"
  },
  {
    "id": 1,
    "name": "microphone",
    "user": {
      "name": "User 4",
      "username": "user4",
      "id": 26,
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7e65550957227bd38fe2d7fbc6fd2f7b?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/user4"
    },
    "created_at": "2016-06-15T10:09:34.177Z",
    "updated_at": "2016-06-15T10:09:34.177Z",
    "awardable_id": 80,
    "awardable_type": "Issue"
  }
]

Get single award emoji

Changed in GitLab 15.1 to allow unauthenticated access to public awardables.

Get a single award emoji from an issue, snippet, or merge request. This endpoint can be accessed without authentication if the awardable is publicly accessible. 

GET /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/award_emoji/:award_id
GET /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/award_emoji/:award_id
GET /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id/award_emoji/:award_id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
issue_iid/merge_request_iid/snippet_id integer yes ID (iid for merge requests/issues, id for snippets) of an awardable.
award_id integer yes ID of the award emoji.

Example request: 

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/80/award_emoji/1"

Example response: 

{
  "id": 1,
  "name": "microphone",
  "user": {
    "name": "User 4",
    "username": "user4",
    "id": 26,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7e65550957227bd38fe2d7fbc6fd2f7b?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/user4"
  },
  "created_at": "2016-06-15T10:09:34.177Z",
  "updated_at": "2016-06-15T10:09:34.177Z",
  "awardable_id": 80,
  "awardable_type": "Issue"
}

Award a new emoji

Create an award emoji on the specified awardable. 

POST /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/award_emoji
POST /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/award_emoji
POST /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id/award_emoji

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
issue_iid/merge_request_iid/snippet_id integer yes ID (iid for merge requests/issues, id for snippets) of an awardable.
name string yes Name of the emoji without colons. 
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/80/award_emoji?name=blowfish"

Example Response: 

{
  "id": 344,
  "name": "blowfish",
  "user": {
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "root",
    "id": 1,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/root"
  },
  "created_at": "2016-06-17T17:47:29.266Z",
  "updated_at": "2016-06-17T17:47:29.266Z",
  "awardable_id": 80,
  "awardable_type": "Issue"
}

Delete an award emoji

Sometimes it’s just not meant to be and you need to remove the award.

Only an administrator or the author of the award can delete an award emoji. 

DELETE /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/award_emoji/:award_id
DELETE /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/award_emoji/:award_id
DELETE /projects/:id/snippets/:snippet_id/award_emoji/:award_id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
issue_iid/merge_request_iid/snippet_id integer yes ID (iid for merge requests/issues, id for snippets) of an awardable.
award_id integer yes ID of an award emoji. 
curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/80/award_emoji/344"

Award emojis on comments

Comments (also known as notes) are a sub-resource of issues, merge requests, and snippets.

note
The examples below describe working with award emojis on an issue’s comments, but can be adapted to comments on merge requests and snippets. Therefore, you have to replace issue_iid either with merge_request_iid or with the snippet_id.

List a comment’s award emojis

Changed in GitLab 15.1 to allow unauthenticated access to public comments.

Get all award emojis for a comment (note). This endpoint can be accessed without authentication if the comment is publicly accessible. 

GET /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/notes/:note_id/award_emoji

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
issue_iid integer yes Internal ID of an issue.
note_id integer yes ID of a comment (note).

Example request: 

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/80/notes/1/award_emoji"

Example response: 

[
  {
    "id": 2,
    "name": "mood_bubble_lightning",
    "user": {
      "name": "User 4",
      "username": "user4",
      "id": 26,
      "state": "active",
      "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7e65550957227bd38fe2d7fbc6fd2f7b?s=80&d=identicon",
      "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/user4"
    },
    "created_at": "2016-06-15T10:09:34.197Z",
    "updated_at": "2016-06-15T10:09:34.197Z",
    "awardable_id": 1,
    "awardable_type": "Note"
  }
]

Get an award emoji for a comment

Changed in GitLab 15.1 to allow unauthenticated access to public comments.

Get a single award emoji for a comment (note). This endpoint can be accessed without authentication if the comment is publicly accessible. 

GET /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/notes/:note_id/award_emoji/:award_id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
issue_iid integer yes Internal ID of an issue.
note_id integer yes ID of a comment (note).
award_id integer yes ID of the award emoji.

Example request: 

curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/80/notes/1/award_emoji/2"

Example response: 

{
  "id": 2,
  "name": "mood_bubble_lightning",
  "user": {
    "name": "User 4",
    "username": "user4",
    "id": 26,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/7e65550957227bd38fe2d7fbc6fd2f7b?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/user4"
  },
  "created_at": "2016-06-15T10:09:34.197Z",
  "updated_at": "2016-06-15T10:09:34.197Z",
  "awardable_id": 1,
  "awardable_type": "Note"
}

Award a new emoji on a comment

Create an award emoji on the specified comment (note). 

POST /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/notes/:note_id/award_emoji

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
issue_iid integer yes Internal ID of an issue.
note_id integer yes ID of a comment (note).
name string yes Name of the emoji without colons.

Example request: 

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/80/notes/1/award_emoji?name=rocket"

Example response: 

{
  "id": 345,
  "name": "rocket",
  "user": {
    "name": "Administrator",
    "username": "root",
    "id": 1,
    "state": "active",
    "avatar_url": "http://www.gravatar.com/avatar/e64c7d89f26bd1972efa854d13d7dd61?s=80&d=identicon",
    "web_url": "http://gitlab.example.com/root"
  },
  "created_at": "2016-06-17T19:59:55.888Z",
  "updated_at": "2016-06-17T19:59:55.888Z",
  "awardable_id": 1,
  "awardable_type": "Note"
}

Delete an award emoji from a comment

Sometimes it’s just not meant to be and you need to remove the award.

Only an administrator or the author of the award can delete an award emoji. 

DELETE /projects/:id/issues/:issue_iid/notes/:note_id/award_emoji/:award_id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes ID or URL-encoded path of the project.
issue_iid integer yes Internal ID of an issue.
note_id integer yes ID of a comment (note).
award_id integer yes ID of an award emoji.

Example request: 

curl --request DELETE --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/1/issues/80/award_emoji/345"