Review Diff Comment Resource¶

Added in 1.6

Provides information on diff comments made on a review.

If the review is a draft, then comments can be added, deleted, or changed on this list. However, if the review is already published, then no changes can be made.

Details¶

Name	`diff_comment`
URI	`/api/review-requests/{review_request_id}/reviews/{review_id}/diff-comments/{comment_id}/`
Token Policy ID	`review_diff_comment`
HTTP Methods	DELETE - Deletes the comment. GET - Returns information on the comment. PUT - Updates a diff comment.
Parent Resource	Review Diff Comment List Resource
Child Resources	None
Anonymous Access	Yes, if anonymous site access is enabled

Fields¶

extra_dataDictionary	Extra data as part of the comment. This depends on what is being commented on, and may be used in conjunction with an extension. Added in 2.0
filediffFile Diff Resource	The per-file diff that the comment was made on.
first_lineInteger	The line number that the comment starts at.
idInteger	The numeric ID of the comment.
interfilediffFile Diff Resource	The second per-file diff in an interdiff that the comment was made on. This will be `null` if the comment wasn’t made on an interdiff.
issue_openedBoolean	Whether or not a comment opens an issue.
issue_statusOne of `dropped`, `open`, `resolved`	The status of an issue.
num_linesInteger	The number of lines the comment spans.
publicBoolean	Whether or not the comment is part of a public review. Added in 2.0
textRich Text	The comment text. Added in 2.0
text_typeOne of `plain`, `markdown`, `html`	The mode for the comment text field. Added in 2.0
timestampString	The date and time that the comment was made (in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS format). Added in 2.0
userUser Resource	The user who made the comment. Added in 2.0

Links¶

Name	Method	Resource
delete	DELETE	Review Diff Comment Resource
self	GET	Review Diff Comment Resource
update	PUT	Review Diff Comment Resource

HTTP DELETE¶

Deletes the comment.

This will remove the comment from the review. This cannot be undone.

Only comments on draft reviews can be deleted. Attempting to delete a published comment will return a Permission Denied error.

Instead of a payload response, this will return HTTP 204 No Content.

Errors¶

100 - Does Not ExistHTTP 404 - Not Found	Object does not exist
101 - Permission DeniedHTTP 403 - Forbidden	You don’t have permission for this
103 - Not Logged InHTTP 401 - Unauthorized	You are not logged in

HTTP GET¶

Returns information on the comment.

Errors¶

100 - Does Not ExistHTTP 404 - Not Found	Object does not exist
101 - Permission DeniedHTTP 403 - Forbidden	You don’t have permission for this
103 - Not Logged InHTTP 401 - Unauthorized	You are not logged in

HTTP PUT¶

Updates a diff comment.

This can update the text or line range of an existing comment.

Request Parameters¶

first_lineInteger	The line number the comment starts at.
force_text_typeOne of `plain`, `markdown`, `html`	The text type, if any, to force for returned text fields. The contents will be converted to the requested type in the payload, but will not be saved as that type. Added in 2.0.9
issue_openedBoolean	Whether or not the comment opens an issue. Added in 2.0
issue_statusOne of `dropped`, `open`, `resolved`	The status of an open issue. Added in 2.0
num_linesInteger	The number of lines the comment spans.
textRich Text	The comment text. Added in 2.0
text_typeOne of `plain`, `markdown`	The new content type for the comment text field. The default is to leave the type unchanged. Added in 2.0

Errors¶

100 - Does Not ExistHTTP 404 - Not Found	Object does not exist
101 - Permission DeniedHTTP 403 - Forbidden	You don’t have permission for this
103 - Not Logged InHTTP 401 - Unauthorized	You are not logged in
105 - Invalid Form DataHTTP 400 - Bad Request	One or more fields had errors

Examples¶

application/vnd.reviewboard.org.review-diff-comment+json¶

$ curl http://reviews.example.com/api/review-requests/8/reviews/8/diff-comments/5/ -H "Accept: application/json"

Vary: Accept, Cookie
ETag: 14f8dda6fb8e4c66feb1c9880220a8c22e2f0ea0
Content-Type: application/vnd.reviewboard.org.review-diff-comment+json
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff

{
  "diff_comment": {
    "extra_data": {}, 
    "first_line": 12, 
    "id": 5, 
    "interfilediff": null, 
    "issue_opened": false, 
    "issue_status": "", 
    "links": {
      "delete": {
        "href": "http://reviews.example.com/api/review-requests/8/reviews/8/diff-comments/5/", 
        "method": "DELETE"
      }, 
      "filediff": {
        "href": "http://reviews.example.com/api/review-requests/8/diffs/3/files/41/", 
        "method": "GET", 
        "title": "/trunk/reviewboard/settings_local.py.tmpl (1797) -> /trunk/reviewboard/settings_local.py.tmpl ((working copy))"
      }, 
      "self": {
        "href": "http://reviews.example.com/api/review-requests/8/reviews/8/diff-comments/5/", 
        "method": "GET"
      }, 
      "update": {
        "href": "http://reviews.example.com/api/review-requests/8/reviews/8/diff-comments/5/", 
        "method": "PUT"
      }, 
      "user": {
        "href": "http://reviews.example.com/api/users/admin/", 
        "method": "GET", 
        "title": "admin"
      }
    }, 
    "num_lines": 3, 
    "public": true, 
    "text": "This is just a sample comment.", 
    "text_type": "plain", 
    "timestamp": "2010-08-22T17:25:41Z"
  }, 
  "stat": "ok"
}