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Comment

Standard representation of a comment.

This resource has a few variations that can be encountered when using the API.

The fields that are part of the standard variant are generally returned when the resource is requested via its own API endpoints. For example, when retrieving a file by ID, it will return these fields unless the fields parameter has been specified.

string
11446498

The unique identifier for this comment.

string
comment

comment

Value is always comment

string (date-time)
2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00

The time this comment was created

User (Mini) object

A mini user object representing the author of the comment

boolean
true

Whether or not this comment is a reply to another comment

object

The file this comment was placed on

string
11446498

The unique identifier for this object

string
file

The type for this object

string
@Aaron Levie these tigers are cool!

The text of the comment, as provided by the user

string (date-time)
2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00

The time this comment was last modified

Response Example

{
  "id": "11446498",
  "type": "comment",
  "created_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
  "created_by": {
    "id": "11446498",
    "type": "user",
    "login": "ceo@example.com",
    "name": "Aaron Levie"
  },
  "is_reply_comment": true,
  "item": {
    "id": "11446498",
    "type": "file"
  },
  "message": "@Aaron Levie these tigers are cool!",
  "modified_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00"
}