api:comments
Table of Contents
•01. Record field format•02. Associated attributes
•03. Nomenclature
•04. Index
•05. Show
•06. Create
•07. Update
•08. Delete
•09. Undelete
•10. See also
•11. External links
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The following includes the details of how to interface with the comment records through the API.
Record field format
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[thead]
[tr]
[th]Name[/th]
[th]Type[/th]
[th]Details[/th]
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[/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]
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Associated attributes
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[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]
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Nomenclature
- Plural form: "comments"
- Singular form: "comment"
- Versions: none
Index
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[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]
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Note:
group_by as a parameter must be set to comment, or else posts will be returned instead (e.g. group_by=comment).
Search attributes
All of the following are standard attributes with all of their available formats and qualifiers.
••id
••
score
••
created_at
••
updated_at
•• body
•• is_deleted
••
is_sticky
••
do_not_bump_post
•• post
•• creator
••
updater
Special search parameters
- Case-insensitive wildcard searching on the body text field.body_matches
- Sets the order of results.order
post_id - Orders by post ID.
••
score - Orders by comment score.
••
updated_at - Orders by updated_at timestamp.
Show
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[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]
$id is the comment ID.[/td][/tr]
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Create
[table]
[tbody]
[tr]
[td]HTTP Method[/td]
[td]POST[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Base URL[/td]
[td]
/comments.json[/td][/tr]
[tr]
[td]Type[/td]
[td]write request[/td]
[/tr]
[/tbody]
[/table]
Create parameters
- Required:
post_id
••
body
- Optional
do_not_bump_post
Restricted to Moderator+
- Optional
is_sticky
Update
[table]
[tbody]
[tr]
[td]HTTP Method[/td]
[td]PUT/PATCH[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Base URL[/td]
[td]
/comments/$id.json[/td][/tr]
[tr]
[td]Type[/td]
[td]write request[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Description[/td]
[td]
$id is the comment ID.[/td][/tr]
[/tbody]
[/table]
Update parameters
- Optional:
body
••
is_deleted
Restricted to Moderator+
- Optional
is_sticky
Delete
[table]
[tbody]
[tr]
[td]HTTP Method[/td]
[td]DELETE[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Base URL[/td]
[td]
/comments/$id.json[/td][/tr]
[tr]
[td]Type[/td]
[td]write request[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Description[/td]
[td]
$id is the comment ID.[/td][/tr]
[/tbody]
[/table]
Note: This action can also be accomplished using the "update comment action":[#dtext-update] by setting
is_deleted to true.
Undelete
[table]
[tbody]
[tr]
[td]HTTP Method[/td]
[td]POST[/td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Base URL[/td]
[td]
/comments/$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.
See also
External links
[table]
[tbody]
[tr]
[td]Controller[/td]
[td]
[td][/td]
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[tr]
[td]Model[/td]
[td]
[/tr]
[tr]
[td]Policy[/td]
[td]
[/tr]
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