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Operations with Specific ArticleComment

This resource lets you work with comments to an article.

Resource

/api/articles/{articleID}/comments/{commentID}

Returned entity

ArticleComment. For the description of the entity attributes, see Supported Fields section.

Supported methods

ArticleComment attributes

Represents a comment to an article.

Related Resources

Below you can find the list of resources that let you work with this entity.

Attributes

This table describes attributes of the ArticleComment entity.

  • To receive an attribute in the response from the server, specify it explicitly in the fields request parameter.

  • To update an attribute, provide it in the body of a POST request.

Field

Type

Description

id

String

The ID of the article comment. Read-only.

article

Article

The article the comment belongs to. Read-only. Can be null.

attachments

Array of ArticleAttachments

The list of attachments that are attached to the comment.

author

User

The user who created the comment. Read-only. Can be null.

created

Long

The timestamp in milliseconds indicating the moment when the comment was posted. Stored as a unix timestamp at UTC. Read-only.

pinned

Boolean

Determines whether the comment is pinned in the article.

reactions

Array of Reactions

The list of reactions that users added to this comment.

text

String

The text of the comment. Can be null.

updated

Long

The timestamp in milliseconds indicating the last update of the comment. Stored as a unix timestamp at UTC. Read-only.

visibility

Visibility

The visibility settings of the comment. They define who is allowed to see the comment. Can be null.

Read a Specific ArticleComment

Read a comment with a specific ID.

Required permissions

Requires read access to the article. If a user is the author of the comment, comment is always visible to them.

Request syntax

GET /api/articles/{articleID}/comments/{commentID}?{fields}

{commentID}

The database ID of the comment.

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

fields

String

A list of ArticleComment attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified, only the entityID is returned.

Sample

Sample request

https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/articles/NP-A-7/comments/251-0?fields=id,author(id,name),text,created,visibility(permittedGroups(id,name),permittedUsers(id,name))

Sample response body

{ "author": { "name": "John Smith", "id": "24-0", "$type": "User" }, "created": 1629984248559, "visibility": { "$type": "UnlimitedVisibility" }, "text": "Hello world!", "id": "251-0", "$type": "ArticleComment" }

Update a Specific ArticleComment

Update an existing comment to a specific article.

Required permissions

Requires Update Comment permission for own comments and Update Not Own Comment permission for not own comments.

Request syntax

POST /api/articles/{articleID}/comments/{commentID}?{fields}&{muteUpdateNotifications}

{commentID}

The database ID of the comment.

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

fields

String

A list of ArticleComment attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified, only the entityID is returned.

muteUpdateNotifications

Boolean

Set this parameter to true if no notifications should be sent on changes made by this request. This doesn't mute notifications sent by any workflow rules. Using this parameter requires Apply Commands Silently permission in all projects affected by the request. Available since 2021.3.

Sample

Sample request

https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/articles/NP-A-7/comments/251-1?fields=id,author(id,name),text,created,visibility(permittedGroups(id,name),permittedUsers(id,name))

Sample request body

{ "text": "Okay, I will do it, @john.smith. By the way, I am updating this comment using REST API." }

Sample response body

{ "author": { "name": "Jane Doe", "id": "24-1", "$type": "User" }, "created": 1629984781870, "visibility": { "$type": "UnlimitedVisibility" }, "text": "Okay, I will do it, @john.smith. By the way, I am updating this comment using REST API.", "id": "251-1", "$type": "ArticleComment" }

Delete a Specific ArticleComment

Delete an existing comment to a specific article.

Required permissions

Requires Delete Comment permission for own comments and Delete Not Own Comment permission for not own comments.

Request syntax

DELETE /api/articles/{articleID}/comments/{commentID}

{commentID}

The database ID of the comment.

Request parameters

Parameter

Type

Description

fields

String

A list of ArticleComment attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified, only the entityID is returned.

Sample

Sample request

https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/articles/NP-A-7/comments/251-1
Last modified: 7 October 2024