Featurebase

Comments

On this page, we'll dive into the different comment endpoints you can use to manage them programmatically. We'll look at how to query, send, update, and delete comments.

The comment model

The comment model contains information about a comment made on a post or changelog.

Properties

  • Name
    id
    Type
    string
    Description

    The id of the comment. Example: "6409cde5f3c4e8d9a7977d89"

  • Name
    content
    Type
    string
    Description

    The content of the comment. In HTML format.

  • Name
    author
    Type
    string
    Description

    The name of the author of the comment.

  • Name
    authorId
    Type
    string
    Description

    The id for the author of the comment.

  • Name
    authorPicture
    Type
    string
    Description

    The profile picture of the author of the comment.

  • Name
    isPrivate
    Type
    boolean
    Description

    Flag indicating whether the comment is private. Private comments are visible only to admins of the organization.

  • Name
    isDeleted
    Type
    boolean
    Description

    Flag indicating whether the comment has been deleted.

  • Name
    upvotes
    Type
    number
    Description

    The number of upvotes the comment has received.

  • Name
    downvotes
    Type
    number
    Description

    The number of downvotes the comment has received.

  • Name
    score
    Type
    number
    Description

    The score of the comment. Calculated by subtracting the number of downvotes from the number of upvotes.

  • Name
    submission
    Type
    string
    Description

    The id of the Featurebase submission if this comment is associated with a submission.

  • Name
    changelog
    Type
    string
    Description

    The id of the Featurebase changelog if this comment is associated with a changelog.

  • Name
    parentComment
    Type
    string
    Description

    The id of the parent comment if this comment is a reply to another comment.

  • Name
    path
    Type
    string
    Description

    The "path" is a string made up of IDs separated by slashes ('/'). It shows the series of steps to reach a specific comment. The first ID in the string refers to either a submission or changelog. Following IDs represent each parent comment, leading up to the top-level comment. The ID of the comment this path relates to is not included in this string.

    Example: 64a5376aca108a14db4a61f1/64bac622fd8b1ea910527b3c

  • Name
    replies
    Type
    Comment
    Description

    An array of comment objects that are replies to this comment. Replies to comments can contain their own replies.

  • Name
    organization
    Type
    string
    Description

    The id of the organization the comment belongs to.

  • Name
    createdAt
    Type
    Date
    Description

    The date when the comment was created.

  • Name
    originalSubmission
    Type
    string
    Description

    The id of the original submission if this comment was merged from another submission.

  • Name
    postStatus
    Type
    string
    Description

    Status change comments have a post status associated with them. This is the status the post was changed to by the status name.

  • Name
    inReview
    Type
    boolean
    Description

    Flag indicating whether the comment is currently under review.

  • Name
    pinned
    Type
    boolean
    Description

    Flag indicating whether the comment is pinned.

GET/v2/comment

Get comments

This endpoint allows you to retrieve a paginated list of all comments for a post/changelog. By default, a maximum of ten comments are shown per page.

Required attributes. One of the following is required.

  • Name
    submissionId
    Type
    string
    Description

    The id of the submission to get comments for.
    Accepts both ObjectId and slug.
    Example: "65f5f3c037fc63b7d43d0f16" or "my-post-slug"

  • Name
    changelogId
    Type
    string
    Description

    The id of the changelog to get comments for.
    Accepts both ObjectId and slug.
    Example: "65f5f3c037fc63b7d43d0f16" or "my-changelog-slug"

Optional filtering attributes

  • Name
    privacy
    Type
    enum
    Description

    Filter comments by privacy setting. Allowed values: "public", "private", "all"

  • Name
    inReview
    Type
    boolean
    Description

    Filter comments by whether they are in review. Set to true to get only comments that are in review.

  • Name
    commentThreadId
    Type
    string
    Description

    Given a specific comment id, this will return all comments in the thread with the root comment being the comment with the given id.

Pagination attributes

  • Name
    limit
    Type
    integer
    Description

    Number of results per page. Default is 10.

  • Name
    page
    Type
    integer
    Description

    Page number. Default is 1.

  • Name
    sortBy
    Type
    enum
    Description

    Sort order of the results.
    Allowed values: "best", "top", "new", "old"
    Default: "best"

Request

GET
/v2/comment
curl -G https://do.featurebase.app/v2/comment?submissionId=63ed5a57cd650fc9c9032925 \
  -H "X-API-Key: {token}"

Response

{
    "results": [
      {
        "upvoted": false,
        "downvoted": false,
        "inReview": false,
        "isSpam": false,
        "pinned": false,
        "emailSent": false,
        "sendNotification": true,
        "organization": "5febde12dc56d60012d47db6",
        "submission": "63ed5a57cd650fc9c9032925",
        "author": "John Steezy",
        "authorId": "63a050296e448a0434d72c9b",
        "authorPicture": "https://fb-usercontent.fra1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/20231002205914057346.png",
        "isPrivate": false,
        "isDeleted": false,
        "confidenceScore": 0,
        "content": "<p>This is an example comment.</p>",
        "upvotes": 1,
        "downvotes": 0,
        "score": 1,
        "parentComment": null,
        "path": "63ed5a57cd650fc9c9032925",
        "replies": [
          {
            "inReview": false,
            "pinned": false,
            "emailSent": false,
            "sendNotification": true,
            "organization": "5febde12dc56d60012d47db6",
            "submission": "63ed5a57cd650fc9c9032925",
            "author": "Admin",
            "authorId": "5febde0bdc56d60012d47db5",
            "authorPicture": "https://fb-usercontent.fra1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/878ab937-3862-4491-ba5c-4a65113a3765.png",
            "isPrivate": false,
            "isDeleted": false,
            "confidenceScore": 0.20654329147389295,
            "content": "<p>This is an example reply.</p>",
            "upvotes": 1,
            "downvotes": 0,
            "score": 1,
            "parentComment": "6409cde5f3c4e8d9a7977d89",
            "path": "63ed5a57cd650fc9c9032925/6409cde5f3c4e8d9a7977d89",
            "replies": [],
            "createdAt": "2023-03-09T12:17:33.599Z",
            "updatedAt": "2023-10-27T19:27:52.338Z",
            "downvoted": false,
            "isSpam": false,
            "upvoted": false,
            "id": "6409ce5df3c4e8d9a7978ce1"
          }
        ],
        "createdAt": "2023-03-09T12:15:33.672Z",
        "updatedAt": "2023-08-10T07:30:39.451Z",
        "id": "6409cde5f3c4e8d9a7977d89"
      },
      {
        "upvoted": false,
        "downvoted": false,
        "inReview": false,
        "isSpam": false,
        "pinned": false,
        "emailSent": false,
        "sendNotification": true,
        "organization": "5febde12dc56d60012d47db6",
        "submission": "63ed5a57cd650fc9c9032925",
        "author": "Admin",
        "authorId": "5febde0bdc56d60012d47db5",
        "authorPicture": "https://fb-usercontent.fra1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/878ab937-3862-4491-ba5c-4a65113a3765.png",
        "isPrivate": false,
        "isDeleted": false,
        "confidenceScore": 0,
        "content": "<p>Thanks a lot for the suggestion!</p>",
        "upvotes": 1,
        "downvotes": 0,
        "score": 1,
        "parentComment": null,
        "path": "63ed5a57cd650fc9c9032925",
        "replies": [
          {
            "upvoted": false,
            "downvoted": false,
            "inReview": false,
            "isSpam": false,
            "pinned": false,
            "emailSent": false,
            "sendNotification": true,
            "organization": "5febde12dc56d60012d47db6",
            "submission": "63ed5a57cd650fc9c9032925",
            "author": "User Two",
            "authorId": "63ed595bcd650fc9c9031a07",
            "authorPicture": "https://fb-usercontent.fra1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/20231002205911291646.jpg",
            "isPrivate": false,
            "isDeleted": false,
            "confidenceScore": 0,
            "content": "<p>No worries, happy to help</p>",
            "upvotes": 1,
            "downvotes": 0,
            "score": 1,
            "parentComment": "63ed5bdacd650fc9c9034208",
            "path": "63ed5a57cd650fc9c9032925/63ed5bdacd650fc9c9034208",
            "replies": [],
            "createdAt": "2023-02-16T02:46:29.013Z",
            "updatedAt": "2023-02-16T02:46:29.013Z",
            "id": "63ed9905cd650fc9c9053aca"
          }
        ],
        "createdAt": "2023-02-15T22:25:30.094Z",
        "updatedAt": "2023-02-15T22:25:30.094Z",
        "id": "63ed5bdacd650fc9c9034208"
      }
    ],
    "page": 1,
    "limit": 10,
    "totalPages": 1,
    "totalResults": 2
  }
POST/v2/comment

Create a new comment

This endpoint allows you to create a new comment or reply to an existing comment. You can create a comment for a submission or changelog.

Required attributes.

  • Name
    submissionId
    Type
    string
    Description

    The id of the submission to get comments for.
    Accepts both ObjectId and slug.
    Example: "65f5f3c037fc63b7d43d0f16" or "my-post-slug"

  • Name
    changelogId
    Type
    string
    Description

    The id of the changelog to get comments for. Accepts both ObjectId and slug. Example: "65f5f3c037fc63b7d43d0f16" or "my-changelog-slug"

  • Name
    content
    Type
    string
    Description

    The content of the comment.

Optional attributes

  • Name
    parentCommentId
    Type
    string
    Description

    The id of the parent comment if this comment is a reply to another comment.

  • Name
    isPrivate
    Type
    boolean
    Description

    Flag indicating whether the comment is private. Private comments are visible only to admins of the organization.

  • Name
    sendNotification
    Type
    boolean
    Description

    Flag indicating whether to notify voters of the submission about the comment. Defaults to true.

  • Name
    createdAt
    Type
    Date
    Description

    Set the date when the comment was created. Useful for importing comments from other platforms.

  • Name
    author
    Type
    Object
    Description

    Post the comment under a specific user. If not provided, the comment will be posted under the owner user of the Featurebase account.
    Example Object:

    {
  "name": "John Doe",
  "email": "email@example.com",
  "profilePicture": "https://example.com/profile.jpg"
}

Request

POST
/v2/comment
curl https://do.featurebase.app/v2/comment \
  -H "X-API-Key: {token}" \
  -d content="This is my cool comment. It's really cool." \
  -d submissionId="65f5f3c037fc63b7d43d0f16"

Response

{
    "success": true,
    "comment": {
      "author": "Admin",
      "authorId": "5fef50c5e9458a0012f82456",
      "authorPicture": "https://fb-usercontent.fra1.cdn.digitaloceanspaces.com/1693132126228.jpg",
      "isPrivate": false,
      "content": "This is my cool comment. It's really cool.",
      "upvotes": 1,
      "downvotes": 0,
      "score": 1,
      "confidenceScore": 0.20654329147389295,
      "submission": "65f5f3c037fc63b7d43d0f16",
      "replies": [],
      "organization": "6595518396205e06b897ad65",
      "upvoted": true,
      "downvoted": false,
      "inReview": false,
      "isSpam": false,
      "pinned": false,
      "emailSent": false,
      "sendNotification": true,
      "path": "65f5f3c037fc63b7d43d0f16",
      "createdAt": "2024-04-19T13:09:03.405Z",
      "updatedAt": "2024-04-19T13:09:03.405Z",
      "id": "66226cefcb28bdf767296403"
    }
  }
PATCH/v2/comment

Update a comment

This endpoint allows you to update a comment by providing the comment id.

Required attributes

  • Name
    id
    Type
    string
    Description

    The id of the comment.

Properties you can update

  • Name
    content
    Type
    string
    Description

    The content of the comment. Example: "This is my updated comment."

  • Name
    isPrivate
    Type
    boolean
    Description

    Flag indicating whether the comment is private. Private comments are visible only to admins of the organization.

  • Name
    pinned
    Type
    boolean
    Description

    Flag indicating whether the comment is pinned. Pinned comments are displayed at the top of the comments section.

  • Name
    inReview
    Type
    boolean
    Description

    Flag indicating whether the comment is in review. In review comments are not visible to other users.

  • Name
    createdAt
    Type
    Date
    Description

    Update the date when the comment was created. Useful for importing comments from other platforms.

Request

PATCH
/v2/comment
curl -X PATCH "https://do.featurebase.app/v2/comment" \
  -H "X-API-Key: {token}" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded" \
  -d "id=6462c35485d966548318efbd" \
  -d "inReview=false" \

Response

{
  "success": true
}
DELETE/v2/comment

Delete a comment

This endpoint allows you to delete comments from your posts. Note: If you are deleting a comment that has replies, we will soft delete the comment. The content/author will be replaced with "[Deleted]". This helps maintain the context of the conversation.

Required attributes

  • Name
    id
    Type
    string
    Description

    The id of the comment.

Request

DELETE
/v2/comment
curl -X DELETE https://do.featurebase.app/v2/comment \
  -H "X-API-Key: {token}" \
  -d "id=6462c35485d966548318efbd"

Response

{
  "success": true
}