View Number of Replies for a Comment on a Client Computer (REST API: GET)

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This operation retrieves the number of replies for a comment on a backed up file or folder on a client computer.

Request

Syntax

GET <webservice>/Subclient/{subclientId}/file/{FILEGUID}/Discussion/{discussionId}/Comment/{commentId}/Replies?depth={depth} HTTP/1.1

Accept: application/xml

Host: <host name>

Authtoken: <authentication token>

where <webservice> is the root path used to route the API requests to the Web Server.

For more information, see Available Web Services for REST API.

Request Parameters

Name

Description

Required

fileguid

The GUID of the file or folder. GUID is a unique identifier for a file or folder and remains the same even when you rename or move the file or folder to another path.

To retrieve the GUID of the file, see View Shared Files and Folders.

Yes

subclientId

The subclient ID for the subclient that was backed up. If the subclient ID is not known, use the GET Subclient API to retrieve it.

Yes

Depth

The number of levels of replies that you want to list.

Yes

discussionId

The unique ID of the discussion. To retrieve the discussion ID, see View Details of a Discussion.

Yes

commentId

The unique ID of the comment. To retrieve the comment ID, see View Details of a Discussion.

Yes

Request Headers

Name

Description

Host

The host name of the Web Server or Web Console used in the API request.

Accept

The format of the response. Valid values are: application/xml or application/json.

Authtoken

The authentication token received after successfully logging on. For details on receiving an authentication token, see Authentication.

Response

Response Parameters

Parameter

Description

Element

depth

The number of levels of replies for the comment.

comments

nbReplies

Number of replies for the comment.

comments

discussionId

The unique ID for the discussion.

comments

created

The date and time when the comment was created, specified in Unix time stamp format.

comments

modified

The date and time when the comment was last modified, specified in Unix time stamp format.

comments

content

The comment text.

comments

commentId

The unique ID of the comment that you edited.

comments

newName

Name of the user entity.

owner

userName

Domainname/username of the user who added the comment.

owner

userId

Unique ID for the user.

owner

Examples

Sample Request

GET <webservice>/Subclient/1234/file/176ebc59e06a47d7af86b5f98cc20b16/Discussion/16/Comment/18/Replies? depth=1 HTTP/1.1

Host: client.mydomain.com

Accept: application/xml

Authtoken: QSDK 38568012f4d1e8ee1841d283a47aa3ba78e124ea58354b5fc6

0f4dab8a63347d05cf5552484dafda3bfa4c5db84e580b1cb37bcf8e65b39f7f

8549a443e6f78a2c7be3f31b3d845e24776c835e498e8e883bb40c46bd15af4f

40ca94e823acedcdd4e9659e74b34a07a85c4586cd2ed914b6dce015874783ef7

68fda78183a4208930954a377f66eb56c8b92cexampl4s437a19317ca6ce7f323

3d5a01aca35dbad93468b833f2cf71010809006a937670adce711ca8be46638e8

NBREPLIES:4

 

Sample Response

XML

<Api_CommentsOperationResp>

    <comments depth="0" nbReplies="0" discussionId="16" created="1503344084" commentId="18" modified="1503419650" content="revised text">

        <owner newName="user1" userName="mydomain\user1" userId="1096" />

    </comments>

</Api_CommentsOperationResp>

JSON

{

  "comments": [

    {

      "depth": 0,

      "nbReplies": 0,

      "discussionId": 16,

      "created": 1504879761,

      "commentId": 18,

      "modified": 1504880895,

      "owner": {

        "newName": "user1",

        "userName": "domainname\\user1",

        "userId": 1096

      }

    }

  ]

}

Supported Error Codes

Code

Status

Description

400

Bad Request

The request is missing required parameters.

401

Unauthorized

The request did not include an authentication token or the authentication token was expired.

403

Forbidden

The user did not  have permission to access the requested resource.

412

Precondition Failed

Prerequisites are not met. For example, MongoDB database is not installed.