Operations with Specific IssueComment

This resource lets you work with comments of an issue.

Resource	/api/issues/{issueID}/comments/{commentID}
Returned entity	IssueComment. For the description of the entity attributes, see Supported Fields section.
Supported methods	`GET`: Read a Specific IssueComment. `POST`: Update a Specific IssueComment. `DELETE`: Delete a Specific IssueComment.

IssueComment attributes

Represents an existing issue comment.

This table describes attributes of the IssueComment entity.

To receive an attribute in the response from server, specify it explicitly in the request parameter fields.
To update an attribute, provide it in the body of a POST request.

Field	Type	Description
text	String	The text of the comment. `Can be null`.
usesMarkdown	Boolean	When `true`, the comment text is parsed as Markdown. When `false`, the comment text is parsed as YouTrack Wiki. Changing this value does not transform the markup from one syntax to another.
textPreview	String	The comment text as it is shown in UI after processing with wiki/markdown (including HTML markup). `Read-only`.
created	Long	Time the comment was created as a timestamp. `Read-only`. `Can be null`.
updated	Long	Time the comment was last updated as a timestamp. `Read-only`. `Can be null`.
author	User	The user who created the comment. `Read-only`. `Can be null`.
issue	Issue	The issue the comment belongs to. `Read-only`. `Can be null`.
attachments	Array of IssueAttachments	The list of attachments that are attached to the comment.
visibility	Visibility	Visibility settings of the comment. They define who is allowed to see the comment. `Can be null`.
deleted	Boolean	When `true`, the comment is considered to be deleted, otherwise false.

Read a Specific IssueComment

Read a comment with a specific ID.

Required permissions

Requires read access to the issue. If user is the author of the comment, comment is always visible. Otherwise

Request syntax

GET /api/issues/{issueID}/comments/{commentID}?{fields}

{commentID}

Database ID of the comment.

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fields	String	A list of IssueComment attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified,only the `entityID` is returned

Sample

Sample request

https://example.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/api/issues/2-33/comments/4-17?fields=id,created,author(name,id),text
            

Sample response body

{
  "author": {
    "name": "John Doe",
    "id": "1-2",
    "$type": "User"
  },
  "created": 1569502774166,
  "text": "Uh, Houston, we've definitely had a problem.",
  "id": "4-17",
  "$type": "IssueComment"
}
            

Update a Specific IssueComment

Update an existing comment of the specific issue.

Required permissions

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

Request syntax

POST /api/issues/{issueID}/comments/{commentID}?{fields}

{commentID}

Database ID of the comment.

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fields	String	A list of IssueComment attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified,only the `entityID` is returned

Sample

Sample request

https://example.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/api/issues/2-31/comments/4-2/?fields=id,author%28login,name,id%29,deleted,text,updated,visibility%28permittedGroups%28name,id%29,permittedUsers%28id,name,login%29%29
            

Sample request body

{
                    "text": "okay, let'\''s do it, @jane.doe. By the way, I'\''m updating this comment using REST.",
                    "visibility": {
                        "permittedGroups":[{"id":"3-2"}],
                        "$type": "LimitedVisibility"
                    }
                    }
            

Sample response body

{
                    "deleted": false,
                    "author": {
                        "login": "john.doe",
                        "name": "John Doe",
                        "id": "1-2"
                    },
                    "visibility": {
                        "permittedUsers": [],
                        "permittedGroups": [
                            {
                                "name": "Sample Project Team",
                                "id": "3-2"
                            }
                        ],
                        "$type": "LimitedVisibility"
                    },
                    "text": "okay, let's do it, @jane.doe. By the way, I'm updating this comment using REST.",
                    "updated": 1535542466727,
                    "id": "4-2"
                }
            

Delete a Specific IssueComment

Delete an existing comment of the specific issue.

Required permissions

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

Request syntax

DELETE /api/issues/{issueID}/comments/{commentID}

{commentID}

Database ID of the comment.

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fields	String	A list of IssueComment attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified,only the `entityID` is returned

Sample

Sample request

https://example.myjetbrains.com/youtrack/api/issues/2-7/comments/4-5

Last modified: 30 March 2021