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Comment

Standard representation of a comment.

This resource has a few variations that can be encountered when using the API.

The fields that are part of the standard variant are generally returned when the resource is requested via its own API endpoints. For example, when retrieving a file by ID, it will return these fields unless the fields parameter has been specified.

id string

example11446498

The unique identifier for this comment.

type string

examplecomment

comment

Value is always comment

created_at string (date-time)

example2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00

The time this comment was created

created_byUser (Mini) object

A mini user object representing the author of the comment

is_reply_comment boolean

exampletrue

Whether or not this comment is a reply to another comment

item object

The file this comment was placed on

item.id string

example11446498

The unique identifier for this object

item.type string

examplefile

The type for this object

message string

example@Aaron Levie these tigers are cool!

The text of the comment, as provided by the user

modified_at string (date-time)

example2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00

The time this comment was last modified

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"
}