Review Comments
- List comments on a pull request
- List comments in a repository
- Get a single comment
- Create a comment
- Edit a comment
- Delete a comment
- Custom media types
Pull Request Review Comments are comments on a portion of the unified diff. These are separate from Commit Comments (which are applied directly to a commit, outside of the Pull Request view), and Issue Comments (which do not reference a portion of the unified diff).
Pull Request Review Comments use these custom media types. You can read more about the use of media types in the API here.
List comments on a pull request
GET /repos/:owner/:repo/pulls/:number/comments
Response
Status: 200 OK
Link: <https://api.github.com/resource?page=2>; rel="next",
<https://api.github.com/resource?page=5>; rel="last"
[
{
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1",
"id": 1,
"pull_request_review_id": 42,
"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",
"user": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
"gravatar_id": "",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
"followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
"following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
"gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
"starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
"subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
"organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
"repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
"received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/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://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1",
"_links": {
"self": {
"href": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1"
},
"html": {
"href": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1#discussion-diff-1"
},
"pull_request": {
"href": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1"
}
}
}
]
Reactions summary
An additional reactions
object in the review comment payload is currently available for developers to preview.
During the preview period, the APIs may change without advance notice.
Please see the blog post for full details.
To access the API you must provide a custom media type in the Accept
header:
application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview
The reactions
key will have the following payload where url
can be used to construct the API location for listing and creating reactions.
{
"total_count": 5,
"+1": 3,
"-1": 1,
"laugh": 0,
"confused": 0,
"heart": 1,
"hooray": 0,
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1/reactions"
}
List comments in a repository
GET /repos/:owner/:repo/pulls/comments
By default, Review Comments are ordered by ascending ID.
Parameters
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
sort |
string |
Can be either created or updated . Default: created
|
direction |
string |
Can be either asc or desc . Ignored without sort parameter. |
since |
string |
Only comments updated at or after this time are returned. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ . |
Response
Status: 200 OK
Link: <https://api.github.com/resource?page=2>; rel="next",
<https://api.github.com/resource?page=5>; rel="last"
[
{
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1",
"id": 1,
"pull_request_review_id": 42,
"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",
"user": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
"gravatar_id": "",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
"followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
"following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
"gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
"starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
"subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
"organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
"repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
"received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/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://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1",
"_links": {
"self": {
"href": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1"
},
"html": {
"href": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1#discussion-diff-1"
},
"pull_request": {
"href": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1"
}
}
}
]
Reactions summary
An additional reactions
object in the review comment payload is currently available for developers to preview.
During the preview period, the APIs may change without advance notice.
Please see the blog post for full details.
To access the API you must provide a custom media type in the Accept
header:
application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview
The reactions
key will have the following payload where url
can be used to construct the API location for listing and creating reactions.
{
"total_count": 5,
"+1": 3,
"-1": 1,
"laugh": 0,
"confused": 0,
"heart": 1,
"hooray": 0,
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1/reactions"
}
Get a single comment
GET /repos/:owner/:repo/pulls/comments/:id
Response
Status: 200 OK
{
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1",
"id": 1,
"pull_request_review_id": 42,
"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",
"user": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
"gravatar_id": "",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
"followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
"following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
"gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
"starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
"subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
"organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
"repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
"received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/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://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1",
"_links": {
"self": {
"href": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1"
},
"html": {
"href": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1#discussion-diff-1"
},
"pull_request": {
"href": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1"
}
}
}
Reactions summary
An additional reactions
object in the review comment payload is currently available for developers to preview.
During the preview period, the APIs may change without advance notice.
Please see the blog post for full details.
To access the API you must provide a custom media type in the Accept
header:
application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview
The reactions
key will have the following payload where url
can be used to construct the API location for listing and creating reactions.
{
"total_count": 5,
"+1": 3,
"-1": 1,
"laugh": 0,
"confused": 0,
"heart": 1,
"hooray": 0,
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1/reactions"
}
Create a comment
POST /repos/:owner/:repo/pulls/:number/comments
Input
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
body |
string |
Required. The text of the comment |
commit_id |
string |
Required. The SHA of the commit to comment on. |
path |
string |
Required. The relative path of the file to comment on. |
position |
integer |
Required. The line index in the diff to comment on. |
When passing the commit_id
, use the SHA of the latest commit in the pull request or your comment may appear as "outdated" if the specified position
has been modified in a subsequent commit.
To comment on a specific line in a file, you will need to first determine the position in the diff. GitHub offers a application/vnd.github.v3.diff
media type which you can use in a preceding request to view the pull request's diff. The diff needs to be interpreted to translate from the line in the file to a position in the diff. The position
value is the number of lines down from the first "@@" hunk header in the file you would like to comment on. The line just below the "@@" line is position 1, the next line is position 2, and so on. The position in the file's diff continues to increase through lines of whitespace and additional hunks until a new file is reached.
Example
{
"body": "Nice change",
"commit_id": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
"path": "file1.txt",
"position": 4
}
Alternative Input
Instead of passing commit_id
, path
, and position
you can reply to
an existing Pull Request Comment like this:
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
body |
string |
Required. The text of the comment |
in_reply_to |
integer |
Required. The comment id to reply to. |
Example
{
"body": "Nice change",
"in_reply_to": 4
}
Response
Status: 201 Created
Location: https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1
{
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1",
"id": 1,
"pull_request_review_id": 42,
"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",
"user": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
"gravatar_id": "",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
"followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
"following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
"gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
"starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
"subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
"organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
"repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
"received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/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://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1",
"_links": {
"self": {
"href": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1"
},
"html": {
"href": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1#discussion-diff-1"
},
"pull_request": {
"href": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1"
}
}
}
Edit a comment
PATCH /repos/:owner/:repo/pulls/comments/:id
Input
Name | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
body |
string |
Required. The text of the comment |
Example
{
"body": "Nice change"
}
Response
Status: 200 OK
{
"url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1",
"id": 1,
"pull_request_review_id": 42,
"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",
"user": {
"login": "octocat",
"id": 1,
"avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
"gravatar_id": "",
"url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
"html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
"followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
"following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
"gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
"starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
"subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
"organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
"repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
"events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
"received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/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://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1",
"_links": {
"self": {
"href": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1"
},
"html": {
"href": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1#discussion-diff-1"
},
"pull_request": {
"href": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1"
}
}
}
Delete a comment
DELETE /repos/:owner/:repo/pulls/comments/:id
Response
Status: 204 No Content
Custom media types
These are the supported media types for pull request review comments. You can read more about the use of media types in the API here.
application/vnd.github.VERSION.raw+json
application/vnd.github.VERSION.text+json
application/vnd.github.VERSION.html+json
application/vnd.github.VERSION.full+json