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Retrieves the message and metadata for a specific comment, as well as information on the user who created the comment.
Request
bearer [ACCESS_TOKEN]
application/json
Path Parameters
stringin pathrequired
12345The ID of the comment.
Query Parameters
string arrayin queryoptional
id,type,nameA comma-separated list of attributes to include in the response. This can be used to request fields that are not normally returned in a standard response.
Be aware that specifying this parameter will have the effect that none of the standard fields are returned in the response unless explicitly specified, instead only fields for the mini representation are returned, additional to the fields requested.
Response
application/jsonComment (Full)
Returns a full comment object.
application/jsonClient error
An unexpected client error.
Request Example
cURL
curl -i -X GET "https://api.box.com/2.0/comments/12345" \
-H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"TypeScript Gen
await client.comments.getCommentById(newComment.id!);Python Gen
client.comments.get_comment_by_id(new_comment.id).NET Gen
await client.Comments.GetCommentByIdAsync(commentId: NullableUtils.Unwrap(newComment.Id));Swift Gen (Beta)
try await client.comments.getCommentById(commentId: newComment.id!)Java
BoxComment comment = new BoxComment(api, "id");
BoxComment.Info info = comment.getInfo();.NET
BoxComment comment = await client.CommentsManager.GetInformationAsync(id: "11111");Node
client.comments.get('11111')
.then(comment => {
/* comment -> {
type: 'comment',
id: '11111',
is_reply_comment: false,
message: 'Great work!',
created_by:
{ type: 'user',
id: '22222',
name: 'Example User',
login: 'user@example.com' },
created_at: '2012-12-12T11:25:01-08:00',
item: { id: '33333', type: 'file' },
modified_at: '2012-12-12T11:25:01-08:00' }
*/
});iOS
client.comments.get(commentId: "55555") { (result: Result<Comment, BoxSDKError>) in
guard case let .success(comment) = result else {
print("Error retrieving comment")
return
}
print("Comment reads: \"\(comment.message)\"")
}Response Example
{
"id": "11446498",
"type": "comment",
"created_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
"created_by": {
"id": "11446498",
"type": "user",
"login": "ceo@example.com",
"name": "Aaron Levie"
},
"is_reply_comment": true,
"item": {
"id": "11446498",
"type": "file"
},
"message": "@Aaron Levie these tigers are cool!",
"modified_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
"tagged_message": "@[1234567:Aaron Levie] these tigers are cool!"
}