Review Reply General Comment Resource¶

Added in 1.6

Provides information on replies to general comments.

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

Details¶

Name	`general_comment`
URI	`/api/review-requests/{review_request_id}/reviews/{review_id}/replies/{reply_id}/general-comments/{comment_id}/`
Required Features	reviews.general_comments
Token Policy ID	`review_reply_general_comment`
HTTP Methods	DELETE - Deletes a general comment from a draft reply. GET - Returns information on a reply to a general comment. PUT - Updates a reply to a general comment.
Parent Resource	Review Reply General Comment List Resource
Child Resources	None

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
idInteger	The numeric ID of the comment.
issue_openedBoolean	Whether or not a comment opens an issue.
issue_statusOne of `open`, `resolved`, `dropped`, `verifying-resolved`, `verifying-dropped`	The status of an issue.
publicBoolean	Whether or not the comment is part of a public review. Added in 2.0
reply_toReview General Comment Resource	The comment being replied to.
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
timestamp ISO 8601 Date/Time	The date and time that the comment was made. Added in 2.0
userUser Resource	The user who made the comment. Added in 2.0

Links¶

Name	Method	Resource
delete	DELETE	Review Reply General Comment Resource
self	GET	Review Reply General Comment Resource
update	PUT	Review Reply General Comment Resource

HTTP DELETE¶

Deletes a general comment from a draft reply.

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

Only comments on draft replies 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
112 - OAuth2 Missing Scope ErrorHTTP 403 - Forbidden	Your OAuth2 token lacks the necessary scopes for this request.
113 - OAuth2 Access Denied ErrorHTTP 403 - Forbidden	OAuth2 token access for this resource is prohibited.

HTTP GET¶

Returns information on a reply to a general comment.

Much of the information will be identical to that of the comment being replied to.

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
112 - OAuth2 Missing Scope ErrorHTTP 403 - Forbidden	Your OAuth2 token lacks the necessary scopes for this request.
113 - OAuth2 Access Denied ErrorHTTP 403 - Forbidden	OAuth2 token access for this resource is prohibited.

HTTP PUT¶

Updates a reply to a general comment.

This can only update the text in the comment. The comment being replied to cannot change.

Extra data can be stored later lookup. See Storing/Accessing Extra Data for more information.

Request Parameters¶

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
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
112 - OAuth2 Missing Scope ErrorHTTP 403 - Forbidden	Your OAuth2 token lacks the necessary scopes for this request.
113 - OAuth2 Access Denied ErrorHTTP 403 - Forbidden	OAuth2 token access for this resource is prohibited.

Examples¶

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

$ curl https://reviews.example.com/api/review-requests/8/reviews/8/replies/10/general-comments/2/ -H "Accept: application/json"

HTTP 200 OK
Content-Length: 894
Content-Type: application/vnd.reviewboard.org.review-reply-general-comment+json
ETag: 4f3e6b55adf8e8992f9183789569b91671e97a71
Vary: Accept, Cookie
X-Content-Type-Options: nosniff

{
  "general_comment": {
    "extra_data": {},
    "id": 2,
    "issue_opened": false,
    "issue_status": "",
    "links": {
      "delete": {
        "href": "https://reviews.example.com/api/review-requests/8/reviews/8/replies/10/general-comments/2/",
        "method": "DELETE"
      },
      "reply_to": {
        "href": "https://reviews.example.com/api/review-requests/8/reviews/8/general-comments/1/",
        "method": "GET",
        "title": "This is a general comment"
      },
      "self": {
        "href": "https://reviews.example.com/api/review-requests/8/reviews/8/replies/10/general-comments/2/",
        "method": "GET"
      },
      "update": {
        "href": "https://reviews.example.com/api/review-requests/8/reviews/8/replies/10/general-comments/2/",
        "method": "PUT"
      },
      "user": {
        "href": "https://reviews.example.com/api/users/admin/",
        "method": "GET",
        "title": "admin"
      }
    },
    "public": true,
    "text": "This is a reply to a general comment",
    "text_type": "plain",
    "timestamp": "2017-10-03T09:02:43Z"
  },
  "stat": "ok"
}