Create an issue comment

This endpoint triggers notifications. Creating content too quickly using this endpoint may result in abuse rate limiting. See "Abuse rate limits" and "Dealing with abuse rate limits" for details.

POST /repos/:owner/:repo/issues/:issue_number/comments

Input

Name Type Description
body string Required. The contents of the comment.
{
  "body": "Me too"
}

Response

Status: 201 Created
Location: https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments/1
{
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDEyOklzc3VlQ29tbWVudDE=",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/issues/comments/1",
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/issues/1347#issuecomment-1",
  "body": "Me too",
  "user": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "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
  },
  "created_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z",
  "updated_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z"
}