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---
stage: Create
group: Source Code
info: To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments
---
# Tags API **(FREE)**
## List project repository tags
> `version` value for the `order_by` attribute [introduced](https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab/-/merge_requests/95150) in GitLab 15.4.
Get a list of repository tags from a project, sorted by update date and time in descending order. This endpoint can be accessed without authentication if the
repository is publicly accessible.
```plaintext
GET /projects/:id/repository/tags
```
Parameters:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| --------- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| `id` | integer or string| yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user. |
| `order_by` | string | no | Return tags ordered by `name`, `updated`, or `version`. Default is `updated`. |
| `sort` | string | no | Return tags sorted in `asc` or `desc` order. Default is `desc`. |
| `search` | string | no | Return list of tags matching the search criteria. You can use `^term` and `term$` to find tags that begin and end with `term` respectively. No other regular expressions are supported. |
```json
[
{
"commit": {
"id": "2695effb5807a22ff3d138d593fd856244e155e7",
"short_id": "2695effb",
"title": "Initial commit",
"created_at": "2017-07-26T11:08:53.000+02:00",
"parent_ids": [
"2a4b78934375d7f53875269ffd4f45fd83a84ebe"
],
"message": "Initial commit",
"author_name": "John Smith",
"author_email": "john@example.com",
"authored_date": "2012-05-28T04:42:42-07:00",
"committer_name": "Jack Smith",
"committer_email": "jack@example.com",
"committed_date": "2012-05-28T04:42:42-07:00"
},
"release": {
"tag_name": "1.0.0",
"description": "Amazing release. Wow"
},
"name": "v1.0.0",
"target": "2695effb5807a22ff3d138d593fd856244e155e7",
"message": null,
"protected": true
}
]
```
## Get a single repository tag
Get a specific repository tag determined by its name. This endpoint can be
accessed without authentication if the repository is publicly accessible.
```plaintext
GET /projects/:id/repository/tags/:tag_name
```
Parameters:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| --------- | ---- | -------- | ----------- |
| `id` | integer/string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user |
| `tag_name` | string | yes | The name of the tag |
```shell
curl --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/tags/v1.0.0"
```
Example Response:
```json
{
"name": "v5.0.0",
"message": null,
"target": "60a8ff033665e1207714d6670fcd7b65304ec02f",
"commit": {
"id": "60a8ff033665e1207714d6670fcd7b65304ec02f",
"short_id": "60a8ff03",
"title": "Initial commit",
"created_at": "2017-07-26T11:08:53.000+02:00",
"parent_ids": [
"f61c062ff8bcbdb00e0a1b3317a91aed6ceee06b"
],
"message": "v5.0.0\n",
"author_name": "Arthur Verschaeve",
"author_email": "contact@arthurverschaeve.be",
"authored_date": "2015-02-01T21:56:31.000+01:00",
"committer_name": "Arthur Verschaeve",
"committer_email": "contact@arthurverschaeve.be",
"committed_date": "2015-02-01T21:56:31.000+01:00"
},
"release": null,
"protected": false
}
```
## Create a new tag
Creates a new tag in the repository that points to the supplied ref.
```plaintext
POST /projects/:id/repository/tags
```
Parameters:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| --------------------- | -------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `id` | integer or string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user |
| `tag_name` | string | yes | The name of a tag |
| `ref` | string | yes | Create tag using commit SHA, another tag name, or branch name |
| `message` | string | no | Creates annotated tag |
```shell
curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/repository/tags?tag_name=test&ref=master"
```
Example response:
```json
{
"commit": {
"id": "2695effb5807a22ff3d138d593fd856244e155e7",
"short_id": "2695effb",
"title": "Initial commit",
"created_at": "2017-07-26T11:08:53.000+02:00",
"parent_ids": [
"2a4b78934375d7f53875269ffd4f45fd83a84ebe"
],
"message": "Initial commit",
"author_name": "John Smith",
"author_email": "john@example.com",
"authored_date": "2012-05-28T04:42:42-07:00",
"committer_name": "Jack Smith",
"committer_email": "jack@example.com",
"committed_date": "2012-05-28T04:42:42-07:00"
},
"release": null,
"name": "v1.0.0",
"target": "2695effb5807a22ff3d138d593fd856244e155e7",
"message": null,
"protected": false
}
```
The message is `null` when creating a lightweight tag. Otherwise, it contains the annotation.
The target contains the tag objects ID when creating annotated tags,
otherwise it contains the commit ID when creating lightweight tags.
In case of an error,
status code `405` with an explaining error message is returned.
## Delete a tag
Deletes a tag of a repository with given name.
```plaintext
DELETE /projects/:id/repository/tags/:tag_name
```
Parameters:
| Attribute | Type | Required | Description |
| ---------- | -------------- | -------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `id` | integer or string | yes | The ID or [URL-encoded path of the project](index.md#namespaced-path-encoding) owned by the authenticated user |
| `tag_name` | string | yes | The name of a tag |
|
