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REST API endpoints for pull request review comments

Use the REST API to interact with pull request review comments.

About pull request review comments

Pull request review comments are comments made on a portion of the unified diff during a pull request review. These are different from commit comments and issue comments in a pull request. For more information, see REST API endpoints for commit comments and REST API endpoints for issue comments.

List review comments in a repository

Lists review comments for all pull requests in a repository. By default, review comments are in ascending order by ID.

This endpoint supports the following custom media types. For more information, see "Media types."

  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.raw+json: Returns the raw markdown body. Response will include body. This is the default if you do not pass any specific media type.
  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.text+json: Returns a text only representation of the markdown body. Response will include body_text.
  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.html+json: Returns HTML rendered from the body's markdown. Response will include body_html.
  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.full+json: Returns raw, text, and HTML representations. Response will include body, body_text, and body_html.

Fine-grained access tokens for "List review comments in a repository"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

  • "Pull requests" repository permissions (read)

This endpoint can be used without authentication or the aforementioned permissions if only public resources are requested.

Parameters for "List review comments in a repository"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner string Required

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo string Required

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
sort string

Can be one of: created, updated, created_at

direction string

The direction to sort results. Ignored without sort parameter.

Can be one of: asc, desc

since string

Only show results that were last updated after the given time. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

per_page integer

The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

Default: 30

page integer

The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

Default: 1

HTTP response status codes for "List review comments in a repository"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

Code samples for "List review comments in a repository"

Request example

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/comments
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/pulls/comments

Response

Status: 200
[ { "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1", "pull_request_review_id": 42, "id": 10, "node_id": "MDI0OlB1bGxSZXF1ZXN0UmV2aWV3Q29tbWVudDEw", "diff_hunk": "@@ -16,33 +16,40 @@ public class Connection : IConnection...", "path": "file1.txt", "position": 1, "original_position": 4, "commit_id": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e", "original_commit_id": "9c48853fa3dc5c1c3d6f1f1cd1f2743e72652840", "in_reply_to_id": 8, "user": { "login": "octocat", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=", "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat", "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/followers", "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/orgs", "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/repos", "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": false }, "body": "Great stuff!", "created_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z", "updated_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1#discussion-diff-1", "pull_request_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1", "author_association": "NONE", "_links": { "self": { "href": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1" }, "html": { "href": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1#discussion-diff-1" }, "pull_request": { "href": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1" } }, "start_line": 1, "original_start_line": 1, "start_side": "RIGHT", "line": 2, "original_line": 2, "side": "RIGHT" } ]

Get a review comment for a pull request

Provides details for a specified review comment.

This endpoint supports the following custom media types. For more information, see "Media types."

  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.raw+json: Returns the raw markdown body. Response will include body. This is the default if you do not pass any specific media type.
  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.text+json: Returns a text only representation of the markdown body. Response will include body_text.
  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.html+json: Returns HTML rendered from the body's markdown. Response will include body_html.
  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.full+json: Returns raw, text, and HTML representations. Response will include body, body_text, and body_html.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Get a review comment for a pull request"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

  • "Pull requests" repository permissions (read)

This endpoint can be used without authentication or the aforementioned permissions if only public resources are requested.

Parameters for "Get a review comment for a pull request"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner string Required

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo string Required

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

comment_id integer Required

The unique identifier of the comment.

HTTP response status codes for "Get a review comment for a pull request"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

404

Resource not found

Code samples for "Get a review comment for a pull request"

Request example

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/comments/{comment_id}
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/pulls/comments/COMMENT_ID

Response

Status: 200
{ "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1", "pull_request_review_id": 42, "id": 10, "node_id": "MDI0OlB1bGxSZXF1ZXN0UmV2aWV3Q29tbWVudDEw", "diff_hunk": "@@ -16,33 +16,40 @@ public class Connection : IConnection...", "path": "file1.txt", "position": 1, "original_position": 4, "commit_id": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e", "original_commit_id": "9c48853fa3dc5c1c3d6f1f1cd1f2743e72652840", "in_reply_to_id": 8, "user": { "login": "octocat", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=", "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat", "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/followers", "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/orgs", "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/repos", "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": false }, "body": "Great stuff!", "created_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z", "updated_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1#discussion-diff-1", "pull_request_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1", "author_association": "NONE", "_links": { "self": { "href": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1" }, "html": { "href": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1#discussion-diff-1" }, "pull_request": { "href": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1" } }, "start_line": 1, "original_start_line": 1, "start_side": "RIGHT", "line": 2, "original_line": 2, "side": "RIGHT" }

Update a review comment for a pull request

Edits the content of a specified review comment.

This endpoint supports the following custom media types. For more information, see "Media types."

  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.raw+json: Returns the raw markdown body. Response will include body. This is the default if you do not pass any specific media type.
  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.text+json: Returns a text only representation of the markdown body. Response will include body_text.
  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.html+json: Returns HTML rendered from the body's markdown. Response will include body_html.
  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.full+json: Returns raw, text, and HTML representations. Response will include body, body_text, and body_html.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Update a review comment for a pull request"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

  • "Pull requests" repository permissions (write)

Parameters for "Update a review comment for a pull request"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner string Required

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo string Required

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

comment_id integer Required

The unique identifier of the comment.

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
body string Required

The text of the reply to the review comment.

HTTP response status codes for "Update a review comment for a pull request"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

Code samples for "Update a review comment for a pull request"

Request example

patch/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/comments/{comment_id}
curl -L \ -X PATCH \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/pulls/comments/COMMENT_ID \ -d '{"body":"I like this too!"}'

Response

Status: 200
{ "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1", "pull_request_review_id": 42, "id": 10, "node_id": "MDI0OlB1bGxSZXF1ZXN0UmV2aWV3Q29tbWVudDEw", "diff_hunk": "@@ -16,33 +16,40 @@ public class Connection : IConnection...", "path": "file1.txt", "position": 1, "original_position": 4, "commit_id": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e", "original_commit_id": "9c48853fa3dc5c1c3d6f1f1cd1f2743e72652840", "in_reply_to_id": 8, "user": { "login": "octocat", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=", "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat", "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/followers", "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/orgs", "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/repos", "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": false }, "body": "Great stuff!", "created_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z", "updated_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1#discussion-diff-1", "pull_request_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1", "author_association": "NONE", "_links": { "self": { "href": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1" }, "html": { "href": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1#discussion-diff-1" }, "pull_request": { "href": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1" } }, "start_line": 1, "original_start_line": 1, "start_side": "RIGHT", "line": 2, "original_line": 2, "side": "RIGHT" }

Delete a review comment for a pull request

Deletes a review comment.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Delete a review comment for a pull request"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

  • "Pull requests" repository permissions (write)

Parameters for "Delete a review comment for a pull request"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner string Required

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo string Required

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

comment_id integer Required

The unique identifier of the comment.

HTTP response status codes for "Delete a review comment for a pull request"

Status codeDescription
204

No Content

404

Resource not found

Code samples for "Delete a review comment for a pull request"

Request example

delete/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/comments/{comment_id}
curl -L \ -X DELETE \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/pulls/comments/COMMENT_ID

Response

Status: 204

List review comments on a pull request

Lists all review comments for a specified pull request. By default, review comments are in ascending order by ID.

This endpoint supports the following custom media types. For more information, see "Media types."

  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.raw+json: Returns the raw markdown body. Response will include body. This is the default if you do not pass any specific media type.
  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.text+json: Returns a text only representation of the markdown body. Response will include body_text.
  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.html+json: Returns HTML rendered from the body's markdown. Response will include body_html.
  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.full+json: Returns raw, text, and HTML representations. Response will include body, body_text, and body_html.

Fine-grained access tokens for "List review comments on a pull request"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

  • "Pull requests" repository permissions (read)

This endpoint can be used without authentication or the aforementioned permissions if only public resources are requested.

Parameters for "List review comments on a pull request"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner string Required

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo string Required

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

pull_number integer Required

The number that identifies the pull request.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
sort string

The property to sort the results by.

Default: created

Can be one of: created, updated

direction string

The direction to sort results. Ignored without sort parameter.

Can be one of: asc, desc

since string

Only show results that were last updated after the given time. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ.

per_page integer

The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

Default: 30

page integer

The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

Default: 1

HTTP response status codes for "List review comments on a pull request"

Status codeDescription
200

OK

Code samples for "List review comments on a pull request"

Request example

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/comments
curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/pulls/PULL_NUMBER/comments

Response

Status: 200
[ { "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1", "pull_request_review_id": 42, "id": 10, "node_id": "MDI0OlB1bGxSZXF1ZXN0UmV2aWV3Q29tbWVudDEw", "diff_hunk": "@@ -16,33 +16,40 @@ public class Connection : IConnection...", "path": "file1.txt", "position": 1, "original_position": 4, "commit_id": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e", "original_commit_id": "9c48853fa3dc5c1c3d6f1f1cd1f2743e72652840", "in_reply_to_id": 8, "user": { "login": "octocat", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=", "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat", "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/followers", "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/orgs", "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/repos", "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": false }, "body": "Great stuff!", "created_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z", "updated_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1#discussion-diff-1", "pull_request_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1", "author_association": "NONE", "_links": { "self": { "href": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1" }, "html": { "href": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1#discussion-diff-1" }, "pull_request": { "href": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1" } }, "start_line": 1, "original_start_line": 1, "start_side": "RIGHT", "line": 2, "original_line": 2, "side": "RIGHT" } ]

Create a review comment for a pull request

Creates a review comment on the diff of a specified pull request. To add a regular comment to a pull request timeline, see "Create an issue comment."

If your comment applies to more than one line in the pull request diff, you should use the parameters line, side, and optionally start_line and start_side in your request.

The position parameter is closing down. If you use position, the line, side, start_line, and start_side parameters are not required.

This endpoint triggers notifications. Creating content too quickly using this endpoint may result in secondary rate limiting. For more information, see "Rate limits for the API" and "Best practices for using the REST API."

This endpoint supports the following custom media types. For more information, see "Media types."

  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.raw+json: Returns the raw markdown body. Response will include body. This is the default if you do not pass any specific media type.
  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.text+json: Returns a text only representation of the markdown body. Response will include body_text.
  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.html+json: Returns HTML rendered from the body's markdown. Response will include body_html.
  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.full+json: Returns raw, text, and HTML representations. Response will include body, body_text, and body_html.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Create a review comment for a pull request"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

  • "Pull requests" repository permissions (write)

Parameters for "Create a review comment for a pull request"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner string Required

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo string Required

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

pull_number integer Required

The number that identifies the pull request.

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
body string Required

The text of the review comment.

commit_id string Required

The SHA of the commit needing a comment. Not using the latest commit SHA may render your comment outdated if a subsequent commit modifies the line you specify as the position.

path string Required

The relative path to the file that necessitates a comment.

position integer

This parameter is closing down. Use line instead. The position in the diff where you want to add a review comment. Note this value is not the same as the line number in the file. The position value equals the number of lines down from the first "@@" hunk header in the file you want to add a comment. The line just below the "@@" line is position 1, the next line is position 2, and so on. The position in the diff continues to increase through lines of whitespace and additional hunks until the beginning of a new file.

side string

In a split diff view, the side of the diff that the pull request's changes appear on. Can be LEFT or RIGHT. Use LEFT for deletions that appear in red. Use RIGHT for additions that appear in green or unchanged lines that appear in white and are shown for context. For a multi-line comment, side represents whether the last line of the comment range is a deletion or addition. For more information, see "Diff view options" in the GitHub Help documentation.

Can be one of: LEFT, RIGHT

line integer

Required unless using subject_type:file. The line of the blob in the pull request diff that the comment applies to. For a multi-line comment, the last line of the range that your comment applies to.

start_line integer

Required when using multi-line comments unless using in_reply_to. The start_line is the first line in the pull request diff that your multi-line comment applies to. To learn more about multi-line comments, see "Commenting on a pull request" in the GitHub Help documentation.

start_side string

Required when using multi-line comments unless using in_reply_to. The start_side is the starting side of the diff that the comment applies to. Can be LEFT or RIGHT. To learn more about multi-line comments, see "Commenting on a pull request" in the GitHub Help documentation. See side in this table for additional context.

Can be one of: LEFT, RIGHT, side

in_reply_to integer

The ID of the review comment to reply to. To find the ID of a review comment with "List review comments on a pull request". When specified, all parameters other than body in the request body are ignored.

subject_type string

The level at which the comment is targeted.

Can be one of: line, file

HTTP response status codes for "Create a review comment for a pull request"

Status codeDescription
201

Created

403

Forbidden

422

Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Code samples for "Create a review comment for a pull request"

Request example

post/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/comments
curl -L \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/pulls/PULL_NUMBER/comments \ -d '{"body":"Great stuff!","commit_id":"6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e","path":"file1.txt","start_line":1,"start_side":"RIGHT","line":2,"side":"RIGHT"}'

Response

Status: 201
{ "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1", "pull_request_review_id": 42, "id": 10, "node_id": "MDI0OlB1bGxSZXF1ZXN0UmV2aWV3Q29tbWVudDEw", "diff_hunk": "@@ -16,33 +16,40 @@ public class Connection : IConnection...", "path": "file1.txt", "position": 1, "original_position": 4, "commit_id": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e", "original_commit_id": "9c48853fa3dc5c1c3d6f1f1cd1f2743e72652840", "in_reply_to_id": 8, "user": { "login": "octocat", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=", "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat", "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/followers", "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/orgs", "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/repos", "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": false }, "body": "Great stuff!", "created_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z", "updated_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1#discussion-diff-1", "pull_request_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1", "author_association": "NONE", "_links": { "self": { "href": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1" }, "html": { "href": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1#discussion-diff-1" }, "pull_request": { "href": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1" } }, "start_line": 1, "original_start_line": 1, "start_side": "RIGHT", "line": 2, "original_line": 2, "side": "RIGHT" }

Create a reply for a review comment

Creates a reply to a review comment for a pull request. For the comment_id, provide the ID of the review comment you are replying to. This must be the ID of a top-level review comment, not a reply to that comment. Replies to replies are not supported.

This endpoint triggers notifications. Creating content too quickly using this endpoint may result in secondary rate limiting. For more information, see "Rate limits for the API" and "Best practices for using the REST API."

This endpoint supports the following custom media types. For more information, see "Media types."

  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.raw+json: Returns the raw markdown body. Response will include body. This is the default if you do not pass any specific media type.
  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.text+json: Returns a text only representation of the markdown body. Response will include body_text.
  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.html+json: Returns HTML rendered from the body's markdown. Response will include body_html.
  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.full+json: Returns raw, text, and HTML representations. Response will include body, body_text, and body_html.

Fine-grained access tokens for "Create a reply for a review comment"

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

  • "Pull requests" repository permissions (write)

Parameters for "Create a reply for a review comment"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
accept string

Setting to application/vnd.github+json is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
owner string Required

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repo string Required

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

pull_number integer Required

The number that identifies the pull request.

comment_id integer Required

The unique identifier of the comment.

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
body string Required

The text of the review comment.

HTTP response status codes for "Create a reply for a review comment"

Status codeDescription
201

Created

404

Resource not found

Code samples for "Create a reply for a review comment"

Request example

post/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/comments/{comment_id}/replies
curl -L \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \ http(s)://HOSTNAME/api/v3/repos/OWNER/REPO/pulls/PULL_NUMBER/comments/COMMENT_ID/replies \ -d '{"body":"Great stuff!"}'

Response

Status: 201
{ "url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1", "pull_request_review_id": 42, "id": 10, "node_id": "MDI0OlB1bGxSZXF1ZXN0UmV2aWV3Q29tbWVudDEw", "diff_hunk": "@@ -16,33 +16,40 @@ public class Connection : IConnection...", "path": "file1.txt", "position": 1, "original_position": 4, "commit_id": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e", "original_commit_id": "9c48853fa3dc5c1c3d6f1f1cd1f2743e72652840", "in_reply_to_id": 426899381, "user": { "login": "octocat", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=", "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat", "followers_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/followers", "following_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/orgs", "repos_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/repos", "events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://HOSTNAME/users/octocat/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": false }, "body": "Great stuff!", "created_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z", "updated_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1#discussion-diff-1", "pull_request_url": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1", "author_association": "NONE", "_links": { "self": { "href": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1" }, "html": { "href": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1#discussion-diff-1" }, "pull_request": { "href": "https://HOSTNAME/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1" } }, "start_line": 1, "original_start_line": 1, "start_side": "RIGHT", "line": 2, "original_line": 2, "side": "RIGHT" }