Group milestones API

Introduced in GitLab 9.5.

This page describes the group milestones API. There’s a separate project milestones API page.

List group milestones

Returns a list of group milestones.

GET /groups/:id/milestones
GET /groups/:id/milestones?iids[]=42
GET /groups/:id/milestones?iids[]=42&iids[]=43
GET /groups/:id/milestones?state=active
GET /groups/:id/milestones?state=closed
GET /groups/:id/milestones?title=1.0
GET /groups/:id/milestones?search=version

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group owned by the authenticated user
iids[] integer array no Return only the milestones having the given iid (Note: ignored if include_parent_milestones is set as true)
state string no Return only active or closed milestones
title string no Return only the milestones having the given title
search string no Return only milestones with a title or description matching the provided string
include_parent_milestones boolean optional Include milestones from parent group and its ancestors. Introduced in GitLab 13.4
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/groups/5/milestones"

Example Response:

[
  {
    "id": 12,
    "iid": 3,
    "group_id": 16,
    "title": "10.0",
    "description": "Version",
    "due_date": "2013-11-29",
    "start_date": "2013-11-10",
    "state": "active",
    "updated_at": "2013-10-02T09:24:18Z",
    "created_at": "2013-10-02T09:24:18Z",
    "expired": false,
    "web_url": "https://gitlab.com/groups/gitlab-org/-/milestones/42"
  }
]

Get single milestone

Gets a single group milestone.

GET /groups/:id/milestones/:milestone_id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group owned by the authenticated user
milestone_id integer yes The ID of the group milestone

Create new milestone

Creates a new group milestone.

POST /groups/:id/milestones

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group owned by the authenticated user
title string yes The title of a milestone
description string no The description of the milestone
due_date date no The due date of the milestone, in YYYY-MM-DD format (ISO 8601)
start_date date no The start date of the milestone, in YYYY-MM-DD format (ISO 8601)

Edit milestone

Updates an existing group milestone.

PUT /groups/:id/milestones/:milestone_id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group owned by the authenticated user
milestone_id integer yes The ID of a group milestone
title string no The title of a milestone
description string no The description of a milestone
due_date date no The due date of the milestone, in YYYY-MM-DD format (ISO 8601)
start_date date no The start date of the milestone, in YYYY-MM-DD format (ISO 8601)
state_event string no The state event of the milestone (close or activate)

Delete group milestone

Only for users with Developer access to the group.

DELETE /groups/:id/milestones/:milestone_id

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group owned by the authenticated user
milestone_id integer yes The ID of the group’s milestone

Get all issues assigned to a single milestone

Gets all issues assigned to a single group milestone.

GET /groups/:id/milestones/:milestone_id/issues

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group owned by the authenticated user
milestone_id integer yes The ID of a group milestone

Currently, this API endpoint doesn’t return issues from any subgroups. If you want to get all the milestones’ issues, you can instead use the List issues API and filter for a particular milestone (for example, GET /issues?milestone=1.0.0&state=opened).

Get all merge requests assigned to a single milestone

Gets all merge requests assigned to a single group milestone.

GET /groups/:id/milestones/:milestone_id/merge_requests

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group owned by the authenticated user
milestone_id integer yes The ID of a group milestone

Get all burndown chart events for a single milestone

Version history
  • Introduced in GitLab 12.1
  • Moved to GitLab Premium in 13.9.

Get all burndown chart events for a single milestone.

GET /groups/:id/milestones/:milestone_id/burndown_events

Parameters:

Attribute Type Required Description
id integer/string yes The ID or URL-encoded path of the group owned by the authenticated user
milestone_id integer yes The ID of a group milestone