Retrieve a List of Comments Posted to a Node

You can use this request to search for and return a paged list of comments posted to a specific node.

/services/v2/node/[nodeId]/comment.json

You can use the following parameters in your retrieve a node's comments list request:

Paging and Sorting: page, pageSize, sort
Search: q, type, lang
Projection: include, exclude, includeOnly
Other options: wrap, v1

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Permissions & Notes:

  • You must have the View the question page and View answers in the question page
    permissions under Anonymous Roles in the Advanced Editor.

  • With the includeOnly parameter set to id and name (/services/v2/node/[nodeID]/comment.json?includeOnly=id,name) to the AnswerHub REST API.

  • We added this request in version 1.6.3.

Sample Request

The Example below is retrieving a list of comments for a question node.
RETRIEVE QUESTION NODE ID: Make a GET request called Retrieve Questions List FIRST. Then add that nodeId to your request to retrieve a list of comments posted.

A GET retrieve a list of comments posted to a node request to retrieve a list of comments for a node (nodeId: 861 - In this case it is the question node) sent to https://apidocs.cloud.answerhub.com using a human-readable Username/Password (answerhub/test123) would look like this:

curl 
-u answerhub:test123 
-H "Accept: application/json" 
-H "Content-type: application/json" 
-X GET "https://apidocs.cloud.answerhub.com/services/v2/node/861/comment.json"

Sample Response

{
    "name": "",
    "sort": "active",
    "page": 1,
    "pageSize": 15,
    "pageCount": 1,
    "listCount": 1,
    "totalCount": 1,
    "sorts": [
        "active",
        "newest",
        "hottest",
        "votes",
        "viewCount",
        "usedCount",
        "answerCount",
        "answerCountAsc",
        "commentCount",
        "favoriteCount",
        "followers",
        "reportCount"
    ],
    "list": [
        {
            "id": 905,
            "type": "comment",
            "creationDate": 1551454306000,
            "creationDateFormatted": "03/01/2019 03:31 PM",
            "body": "<div class=\"fr-view clearfix\"><p>this is a test comment on the post</p></div>",
            "bodyAsHTML": "<div class=\"fr-view clearfix\"><p>this is a test comment on the post</p></div>",
            "author": {
                "id": 112,
                "username": "ricks",
                "reputation": 1
            },
            "lastEditedAction": 1285,
            "activeRevisionId": 908,
            "revisionIds": [
                908
            ],
            "lastActiveUserId": 112,
            "lastActiveDate": 1551454306000,
            "originalParentId": 861,
            "attachments": [],
            "childrenIds": [],
            "commentIds": [],
            "marked": false,
            "topics": [],
            "containerIds": [],
            "wiki": false,
            "score": 0,
            "depth": 0,
            "viewCount": 0,
            "upVoteCount": 0,
            "downVoteCount": 0,
            "nodeStates": []
        }
    ]
}

Community User Interface Results

You Should Get Back One Comment From RickS Attached to Demo3's Question

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