api:comments
Table of Contents
* 01. "Record field format":#dtext-record* 02. "Associated attributes":#dtext-associations
* 03. "Nomenclature":#dtext-nomenclature
* 04. "Index":#dtext-index
* 05. "Show":#dtext-show
* 06. "Create":#dtext-create
* 07. "Update":#dtext-update
* 08. "Delete":#dtext-delete
* 09. "Undelete":#dtext-undelete
* 10. "See also":#dtext-see-also
* 11. "External links":#dtext-external-links
The following includes the details of how to interface with the comment records through the API.
h4#record. Record field format
[table]
[thead]
[tr]
[th]Name[/th]
[th]Type[/th]
[th]Details[/th]
[/tr]
[/thead]
[tbody]
[tr]
[td]
id[/td][td]integer[/td]
[td]>0[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]
post_id[/td][td]integer[/td]
[td]>0[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]
body[/td][td]string[/td]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]
score[/td][td]integer[/td]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]
is_deleted[/td][td]boolean[/td]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]
is_sticky[/td][td]boolean[/td]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]
do_not_bump_post[/td][td]boolean[/td]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]
creator_id[/td][td]integer[/td]
[td]>0[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]
updater_id[/td][td]integer[/td]
[td]>0[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]
created_at[/td][td]timestamp[/td]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]
updated_at[/td][td]timestamp[/td]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]
creator_ip_addr[/td][td]inet[/td]
[td]Limited to Moderator+[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]
updater_ip_addr[/td][td]inet[/td]
[td]Limited to Moderator+[/td]
[/tr]
[/tbody]
[/table]
h4#associations. Associated attributes
[table]
[thead]
[tr]
[th]Name[/th]
[th]Type[/th]
[th]Number[/th]
[th]Availability[/th]
[th]Details[/th]
[/tr]
[/thead]
[tbody]
[tr]
[td]
creator[/td][td]user[/td]
[td]single[/td]
[td]required[/td]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]
updater[/td][td]user[/td]
[td]single[/td]
[td]required[/td]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]
post[/td][td]post[/td]
[td]single[/td]
[td]required[/td]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[/tbody]
[/table]
h4#Nomenclature. Nomenclature
* Plural form: "comments"
** Used in the URL pathname
* Singular form: "comment"
** Used for write parameters (Help:API Write Requests)
* Versions: none
h4#index. Index
[table]
[tbody]
[tr]
[td]HTTP Method[/td]
[td]GET[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Base URL[/td]
[td]
/comments.json[/td][/tr]
[tr]
[td]Type[/td]
[td]read_request[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Description[/td]
[td]The default order is ID descending.[/td]
[/tr]
[/tbody]
[/table]
Note:
group_by as a parameter must be set to comment, or else posts will be returned instead (e.g. group_by=comment).
h5#search-attributes. Search attributes
All of the following are standard attributes with all of their available formats and qualifiers.
* Number_syntax
**
id**
score**
created_at**
updated_at* Text_syntax
**
body* Boolean_syntax
**
is_deleted**
is_sticky**
do_not_bump_post* Post_syntax
**
post* User_syntax
**
creator**
updater
h5#special-search-parameters. Special search parameters
*
body_matches - Case-insensitive wildcard searching on the body text field.*
order - Sets the order of results.**
post_id - Orders by post ID.**
score - Orders by comment score.**
updated_at - Orders by updated_at timestamp.
h4#show. Show
[table]
[tbody]
[tr]
[td]HTTP Method[/td]
[td]GET[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Base URL[/td]
[td]
/comments/$id.json[/td][/tr]
[tr]
[td]Type[/td]
[td]read_request[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Description[/td]
[td]
$id is the comment ID.[/td][/tr]
[/tbody]
[/table]
h4#create. Create
[table]
[tbody]
[tr]
[td]HTTP Method[/td]
[td]POST[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Base URL[/td]
[td]
/comments.json[/td][/tr]
[tr]
[td]Type[/td]
[td]write_request[/td]
[/tr]
[/tbody]
[/table]
h5#create-parameters. Create parameters
* Required:
**
post_id**
body* Optional
**
do_not_bump_post
h6. Restricted to Moderator+
* Optional
**
is_sticky
h4#update. Update
[table]
[tbody]
[tr]
[td]HTTP Method[/td]
[td]PUT/PATCH[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Base URL[/td]
[td]
/comments/$id.json[/td][/tr]
[tr]
[td]Type[/td]
[td]write_request[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Description[/td]
[td]
$id is the comment ID.[/td][/tr]
[/tbody]
[/table]
h5#update-parameters. Update parameters
* Optional:
**
body**
is_deleted
h6. Restricted to Moderator+
* Optional
**
is_sticky
h4#delete. Delete
[table]
[tbody]
[tr]
[td]HTTP Method[/td]
[td]DELETE[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Base URL[/td]
[td]
/comments/$id.json[/td][/tr]
[tr]
[td]Type[/td]
[td]write_request[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Description[/td]
[td]
$id is the comment ID.[/td][/tr]
[/tbody]
[/table]
Note: This action can also be accomplished using the "update comment action":[#dtext-update] by setting
is_deleted to true.
h4#undelete. Undelete
[table]
[tbody]
[tr]
[td]HTTP Method[/td]
[td]POST[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Base URL[/td]
[td]
/comments/$id/undelete.json[/td][/tr]
[tr]
[td]Type[/td]
[td]write_request[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Description[/td]
[td]
$id is the comment ID.[/td][/tr]
[/tbody]
[/table]
Note: This action can also be accomplished using the "update comment action":[#dtext-update] by setting
is_deleted to false.
h4#see-also. See also
* Help:Common URL Parameters
* Help:API
h4#external-links. External links
[table]
[tbody]
[tr]
[td]Controller[/td]
[td]
[td][/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Model[/td]
[td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Policy[/td]
[td]
[/tr]
[/tbody]
[/table]