gh issue view

gh issue view {<number> | <url>} [flags]

Display the title, body, and other information about an issue.

With --web flag, open the issue in a web browser instead.

Options

-c, --comments

View issue comments

-q, --jq <expression>

Filter JSON output using a jq expression

--json <fields>

Output JSON with the specified fields

-t, --template <string>

Format JSON output using a Go template; see "gh help formatting"

-w, --web

Open an issue in the browser

Options inherited from parent commands

-R, --repo <[HOST/]OWNER/REPO>

Select another repository using the [HOST/]OWNER/REPO format

JSON Fields

assignees, author, body, closed, closedAt, comments, createdAt, id, isPinned, labels, milestone, number, projectCards, projectItems, reactionGroups, state, stateReason, title, updatedAt, url

See also

• gh issue

In use

In terminal

By default, we will display items in the terminal.

# Viewing an issue in terminal
~/Projects/my-project$ gh issue view 21
Issue title
opened by user. 0 comments. (label)

  Issue body

View this issue on GitHub: https://github.com/owner/repo/issues/21
~/Projects/my-project$

In the browser

Quickly open an item in the browser using --web or -w

# Viewing an issue in the browser
~/Projects/my-project$ gh issue view 21 --web
Opening https://github.com/owner/repo/issues/21 in your browser.
~/Projects/my-project$