Edit a comment

Note: Multi-line comments on pull requests are currently in public beta and subject to change.

Note: Multi-line comments in a pull request diff is currently available for developers to preview. To access the new response fields during the preview period, you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.comfort-fade-preview+json

Warning: The API may change without advance notice during the preview period. Preview features are not supported for production use. If you experience any issues, contact GitHub Support or GitHub Premium Support.

Enables you to edit a review comment.

PATCH /repos/:owner/:repo/pulls/comments/:comment_id

Input

Name Type Description
body string Required. The text of the reply to the review comment.

Example

{
  "body": "I like this too!"
}

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1",
  "id": 10,
  "node_id": "MDI0OlB1bGxSZXF1ZXN0UmV2aWV3Q29tbWVudDEw",
  "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",
  "in_reply_to_id": 8,
  "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
  },
  "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",
  "author_association": "NONE",
  "_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"
    }
  },
  "start_line": 1,
  "original_start_line": 1,
  "start_side": "RIGHT",
  "line": 2,
  "original_line": 2,
  "side": "RIGHT"
}

Multi-line comment summary

Note: New parameters and response fields are available for developers to preview. During the preview period, these response fields may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details.

Use the comfort-fade preview header and the line parameter to show multi-line comment-supported fields in the response.

If you use the comfort-fade preview header, your response will show:

If you don't use the comfort-fade preview header, multi-line and single-line comments will appear the same way in the response with a single position attribute. Your response will show: