# Update a comment

Updates an existing comment by its unique identifier.

You can update:
- content - Comment text (HTML format)
- isPrivate - Privacy status (admin-only visibility)
- isPinned - Pinned status (displayed at top)
- inReview - Moderation status

### Content Format

Content should be formatted as HTML. For images:
- External URLs in img src attributes are automatically pulled into our storage
- Base64 encoded data URIs (data:image/...) are also supported and processed

### Permissions

- Comment authors can update their own comment content
- Admin permissions required for:
  - isPrivate - Requires manage_comments_private permission
  - isPinned - Requires set_comment_pinned permission
  - inReview - Requires moderate_comments permission
  - Updating other users' comments - Requires moderate_comments permission

### Response

Returns the updated comment object with all fields populated.

### Errors

- 400 - Invalid comment ID format or input
- 403 - Not authorized to update this comment
- 404 - Comment not found

Endpoint: PATCH /v2/comments/{id}
Version: 2026-01-01.nova
Security: bearerAuth

## Header parameters:

  - `Featurebase-Version` (string)
    API version for this request. Defaults to your organization's configured API version if not specified.
    Example: "2026-01-01.nova"

## Path parameters:

  - `id` (string, required)
    Comment unique identifier
    Example: "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011"

## Request fields (application/json):

  - `content` (string)
    Comment content in HTML format
    Example: "<p>This is my updated comment.</p>"

  - `isPrivate` (boolean,null)
    Whether the comment is private (only visible to admins)

  - `isPinned` (boolean,null)
    Whether the comment is pinned at the top
    Example: true

  - `inReview` (boolean,null)
    Whether the comment is pending moderation review

  - `createdAt` (string,null)
    Update the creation date (useful for imports)
    Example: "2025-01-15T10:30:00.000Z"

  - `upvotes` (integer,null)
    Set the upvotes count directly. Score will be recalculated as upvotes - downvotes.
    Example: 10

  - `downvotes` (integer,null)
    Set the downvotes count directly. Score will be recalculated as upvotes - downvotes.
    Example: 2

## Response 200 fields (application/json):

  - `object` (string, required)
    Object type identifier
    Enum: "comment"

  - `id` (string, required)
    Unique identifier
    Example: "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011"

  - `postId` (string,null, required)
    Post ID this comment belongs to
    Example: "507f1f77bcf86cd799439012"

  - `changelogId` (string,null, required)
    Changelog ID this comment belongs to
    Example: "507f1f77bcf86cd799439013"

  - `parentCommentId` (string,null, required)
    Parent comment ID for replies, null for root comments
    Example: "507f1f77bcf86cd799439014"

  - `content` (string, required)
    Comment content in HTML format
    Example: "<p>This is a great idea!</p>"

  - `author` (object,null, required)

  - `author.id` (string,null, required)
    Author unique identifier
    Example: "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011"

  - `author.name` (string, required)
    Author display name
    Example: "John Doe"

  - `author.profilePicture` (string,null, required)
    Author profile picture URL
    Example: "https://cdn.example.com/avatars/john.png"

  - `author.type` (string, required)
    Type of user who authored the comment
    Enum: "admin", "customer", "guest", "integration", "bot", "lead"

  - `upvotes` (number, required)
    Number of upvotes
    Example: 5

  - `downvotes` (number, required)
    Number of downvotes

  - `score` (number, required)
    Net score (upvotes - downvotes)
    Example: 5

  - `isPrivate` (boolean, required)
    Whether the comment is private

  - `isDeleted` (boolean, required)
    Whether the comment is deleted

  - `isPinned` (boolean, required)
    Whether the comment is pinned

  - `inReview` (boolean, required)
    Whether the comment is in review

  - `isSpam` (boolean, required)
    Whether the comment is spam

  - `createdAt` (string, required)
    ISO 8601 timestamp when created
    Example: "2023-12-12T00:00:00.000Z"

  - `updatedAt` (string, required)
    ISO 8601 timestamp when updated
    Example: "2023-12-13T00:00:00.000Z"

## Response 400 fields (application/json):

  - `error` (object, required)

  - `error.type` (string, required)
    The type of error returned
    Enum: "invalid_request_error"

  - `error.code` (string, required)
    Machine-readable error code
    Enum: "invalid_id"

  - `error.message` (string, required)
    Human-readable error message
    Example: "An error occurred"

  - `error.param` (string)
    The parameter that caused the error (if applicable)
    Example: "id"

  - `error.status` (number, required)
    HTTP status code
    Enum: 400

## Response 404 fields (application/json):

  - `error` (object, required)

  - `error.type` (string, required)
    The type of error returned
    Enum: "invalid_request_error"

  - `error.code` (string, required)
    Machine-readable error code
    Enum: "comment_not_found"

  - `error.message` (string, required)
    Human-readable error message
    Example: "An error occurred"

  - `error.param` (string)
    The parameter that caused the error (if applicable)
    Example: "id"

  - `error.status` (number, required)
    HTTP status code
    Enum: 404