Action: Add Labels to Issue

GitHub Operation

This GitHub action applies specified labels to an existing issue.

Example User Story

I want to add "bug" and "high-priority" labels to an issue so the team can quickly identify and address critical problems.

Fields

Field Name	Field Type	Required
issueNumber	Integer	Yes
labels	String	Yes

Related Connections

GitHub

Related Automations

Example link

Code (Apache v2.0): Operation

{
  "handle": "add-labels-to-issue",
  "state": "inDev",
  "meta": {
    "short": "Add Labels to Issue",
    "description": "Adds one or more labels to a specified GitHub issue."
  },
  "input": [
    {
      "name": "issueNumber",
      "type": "Integer",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "The number of the issue to add labels to."
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "labels",
      "type": "String",
      "required": true,
      "meta": {
        "description": "A comma-separated list of labels to add to the issue."
      }
    }
  ],
  "output": [
    {
      "name": "status",
      "type": "String",
      "selector": [
        "status"
      ],
      "meta": {
        "description": "The status of the operation."
      }
    }
  ],
  "steps": [
    {
      "type": "http",
      "http": {
        "method": "POST",
        "path": "/issues/{{issueNumber}}/labels",
        "headers": {
          "Accept": "application/vnd.github.v3+json",
          "Content-Type": "application/json"
        },
        "bodyTemplate": {
          "value": "{\"labels\": [{{labels}}]}",
          "placeholders": [
            {
              "name": "labels",
              "type": "String",
              "description": "A comma-separated list of labels to add to the issue.",
              "required": true
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}