View Details of a Comment in Edge Drive (REST API: GET)

This operation retrieves the details of a comment for a file or folder in Edge Drive, based on the discussion and comment IDs.

Request

Syntax

GET <webservice>/drive/file/{fileGuid}/Discussion/{discussionId}/Comment/{commentId} 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
fileOrfolderId	The GUID of the file or folder for which you want to view the comment. To retrieve the GUID of the file or folder, see View Properties of a File or Folder.	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.
Content-type	The media type contained in the request body.
PAGE-SIZE	The size of each page in the response. Default value is 2147483647
SORT-DIRECTION	The sort order of the response. Valid values are 0 or descending, and 1 or ascending.
NBREPLIES	Number of replies you want to view for the discussion.
LAST-COMMENT-ID	The commentId of the last comment in the discussion. If the SORT-DIRECTION is 0, you must add the LAST-COMMENT-ID header.

Response

Response Parameters

Parameter	Description	Element
depth	The level at which the comment was added. For new discussion, the comment level is 0.	comments
nbReplies	Number of replies for the discussion.	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	Domain/username of the user who created the discussion.	owner
userId	Unique ID for the user.	owner

Examples

Sample Request

GET <webservice>/drive/file/6eaf968caa5145dcaf17508d4cf0c454/Discussion/16/Comment/18 HTTP/1.1

 Host: client.mydomain.com

 Accept: application/xml

 Authtoken: QSDK 38568012f4d1e8ee1841d283a47aa3ba78e124ea58354b5fc6

 0f4dab8a63347d05cf5552484dafda3bfa4c5db84e580b1cb37bcf8e65b39f7f

 8549a443e6f78a2c7be3f31b3d845e24776c835e498e8e883bb40c46bd15af4f

 40ca94e823acedcdd4e9659e74b34a07a85c4586cd2ed914b6dce015874783ef7

 68fda78183a4208930954a377f66eb56c8b92cexampl4s437a19317ca6ce7f323

 3d5a01aca35dbad93468b833f2cf71010809006a937670adce711ca8be46638e8

 PAGE-SIZE: 20

 SORT-DIRECTION: 0

 NBREPLIES:4

 LAST-COMMENT-ID:123456

Sample Response

XML

<Api_CommentOperationResp>

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

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

 </comment>

 </Api_CommentOperationResp>

JSON

{

 "comment": {

 "depth": 0,

 "nbReplies": 0,

 "discussionId": 16,

 "created": 1503344084,

 "commentId": 18,

 "modified": 1503419650,

 "content": "revised text",

 "owner": {

 "newName": "user1",

 "userName": "mydomain\\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.