Comments - Get Comments

Service:

Work Item Tracking

API Version:

7.1-preview.4

Returns a list of work item comments, pageable.

GET https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/wit/workItems/{workItemId}/comments?api-version=7.1-preview.4

With optional parameters:

GET https://dev.azure.com/{organization}/{project}/_apis/wit/workItems/{workItemId}/comments?$top={$top}&continuationToken={continuationToken}&includeDeleted={includeDeleted}&$expand={$expand}&order={order}&api-version=7.1-preview.4

URI Parameters

Name	In	Required	Type	Description
organization	path	True	string	The name of the Azure DevOps organization.
project	path	True	string	Project ID or project name
workItemId	path	True	integer (int32)	Id of a work item to get comments for.
api-version	query	True	string	Version of the API to use. This should be set to '7.1-preview.4' to use this version of the api.
$expand	query		CommentExpandOptions	Specifies the additional data retrieval options for work item comments.
$top	query		integer (int32)	Max number of comments to return.
continuationToken	query		string	Used to query for the next page of comments.
includeDeleted	query		boolean	Specify if the deleted comments should be retrieved.
order	query		CommentSortOrder	Order in which the comments should be returned.

Responses

Name	Type	Description
200 OK	CommentList	successful operation

Security

oauth2

Type: oauth2
Flow: accessCode
Authorization URL: https://app.vssps.visualstudio.com/oauth2/authorize&response_type=Assertion
Token URL: https://app.vssps.visualstudio.com/oauth2/token?client_assertion_type=urn:ietf:params:oauth:client-assertion-type:jwt-bearer&grant_type=urn:ietf:params:oauth:grant-type:jwt-bearer

Scopes

Name	Description
vso.work	Grants the ability to read work items, queries, boards, area and iterations paths, and other work item tracking related metadata. Also grants the ability to execute queries, search work items and to receive notifications about work item events via service hooks.

Examples

Get the first page of comments

Get the next page of comments

Get the first page of comments

Sample request

HTTP

GET https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/Fabrikam-Fiber-Git/_apis/wit/workItems/299/comments?$top=2&api-version=7.1-preview.4

Sample response

Status code:

200

{
  "totalCount": 10,
  "count": 2,
  "comments": [
    {
      "workItemId": 299,
      "commentId": 45,
      "version": 1,
      "text": "Johnnie is going to take this work over.",
      "createdBy": {
        "displayName": "Jamal Hartnett",
        "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/d291b0c4-a05c-4ea6-8df1-4b41d5f39eff",
        "_links": {
          "avatar": {
            "href": "https://dev.azure.com/mseng/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/aad.YTkzODFkODYtNTYxYS03ZDdiLWJjM2QtZDUzMjllMjM5OTAz"
          }
        },
        "id": "d291b0c4-a05c-4ea6-8df1-4b41d5f39eff",
        "uniqueName": "fabrikamfiber4@hotmail.com",
        "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=d291b0c4-a05c-4ea6-8df1-4b41d5f39eff",
        "descriptor": "aad.YTkzODFkODYtNTYxYS03ZDdiLWJjM2QtZDUzMjllMjM5OTAz"
      },
      "createdDate": "2019-01-21T20:12:14.683Z",
      "modifiedBy": {
        "displayName": "Jamal Hartnett",
        "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/d291b0c4-a05c-4ea6-8df1-4b41d5f39eff",
        "_links": {
          "avatar": {
            "href": "https://dev.azure.com/mseng/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/aad.YTkzODFkODYtNTYxYS03ZDdiLWJjM2QtZDUzMjllMjM5OTAz"
          }
        },
        "id": "d291b0c4-a05c-4ea6-8df1-4b41d5f39eff",
        "uniqueName": "fabrikamfiber4@hotmail.com",
        "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=d291b0c4-a05c-4ea6-8df1-4b41d5f39eff",
        "descriptor": "aad.YTkzODFkODYtNTYxYS03ZDdiLWJjM2QtZDUzMjllMjM5OTAz"
      },
      "modifiedDate": "2019-01-21T20:12:14.683Z",
      "isDeleted": false,
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/workItems/299/comments/45"
    },
    {
      "workItemId": 299,
      "commentId": 44,
      "version": 1,
      "text": "Moving to the right area path",
      "createdBy": {
        "displayName": "Jamal Hartnett",
        "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/d291b0c4-a05c-4ea6-8df1-4b41d5f39eff",
        "_links": {
          "avatar": {
            "href": "https://dev.azure.com/mseng/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/aad.YTkzODFkODYtNTYxYS03ZDdiLWJjM2QtZDUzMjllMjM5OTAz"
          }
        },
        "id": "d291b0c4-a05c-4ea6-8df1-4b41d5f39eff",
        "uniqueName": "fabrikamfiber4@hotmail.com",
        "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=d291b0c4-a05c-4ea6-8df1-4b41d5f39eff",
        "descriptor": "aad.YTkzODFkODYtNTYxYS03ZDdiLWJjM2QtZDUzMjllMjM5OTAz"
      },
      "createdDate": "2019-01-20T23:26:33.383Z",
      "modifiedBy": {
        "displayName": "Jamal Hartnett",
        "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/d291b0c4-a05c-4ea6-8df1-4b41d5f39eff",
        "_links": {
          "avatar": {
            "href": "https://dev.azure.com/mseng/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/aad.YTkzODFkODYtNTYxYS03ZDdiLWJjM2QtZDUzMjllMjM5OTAz"
          }
        },
        "id": "d291b0c4-a05c-4ea6-8df1-4b41d5f39eff",
        "uniqueName": "fabrikamfiber4@hotmail.com",
        "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=d291b0c4-a05c-4ea6-8df1-4b41d5f39eff",
        "descriptor": "aad.YTkzODFkODYtNTYxYS03ZDdiLWJjM2QtZDUzMjllMjM5OTAz"
      },
      "modifiedDate": "2019-01-20T23:26:33.383Z",
      "isDeleted": false,
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/workItems/299/comments/44"
    }
  ],
  "nextPage": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/workItems/299/comments?continuationToken=DFkODYtNTYxYS03ZDdiLWJj&api-version=5.1-preview",
  "continuationToken": "DFkODYtNTYxYS03ZDdiLWJj"
}

Get the next page of comments

Sample request

HTTP

GET https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/Fabrikam-Fiber-Git/_apis/wit/workItems/299/comments?continuationToken=DFkODYtNTYxYS03ZDdiLWJj&api-version=7.1-preview.4

Sample response

Status code:

200

{
  "totalCount": 10,
  "count": 2,
  "comments": [
    {
      "workItemId": 299,
      "commentId": 43,
      "version": 1,
      "text": "Johnnie is going to take this work over.",
      "createdBy": {
        "displayName": "Jamal Hartnett",
        "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/d291b0c4-a05c-4ea6-8df1-4b41d5f39eff",
        "_links": {
          "avatar": {
            "href": "https://dev.azure.com/mseng/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/aad.YTkzODFkODYtNTYxYS03ZDdiLWJjM2QtZDUzMjllMjM5OTAz"
          }
        },
        "id": "d291b0c4-a05c-4ea6-8df1-4b41d5f39eff",
        "uniqueName": "fabrikamfiber4@hotmail.com",
        "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=d291b0c4-a05c-4ea6-8df1-4b41d5f39eff",
        "descriptor": "aad.YTkzODFkODYtNTYxYS03ZDdiLWJjM2QtZDUzMjllMjM5OTAz"
      },
      "createdDate": "2019-01-17T02:03:12.88Z",
      "modifiedBy": {
        "displayName": "Jamal Hartnett",
        "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/d291b0c4-a05c-4ea6-8df1-4b41d5f39eff",
        "_links": {
          "avatar": {
            "href": "https://dev.azure.com/mseng/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/aad.YTkzODFkODYtNTYxYS03ZDdiLWJjM2QtZDUzMjllMjM5OTAz"
          }
        },
        "id": "d291b0c4-a05c-4ea6-8df1-4b41d5f39eff",
        "uniqueName": "fabrikamfiber4@hotmail.com",
        "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=d291b0c4-a05c-4ea6-8df1-4b41d5f39eff",
        "descriptor": "aad.YTkzODFkODYtNTYxYS03ZDdiLWJjM2QtZDUzMjllMjM5OTAz"
      },
      "modifiedDate": "2019-01-17T02:03:12.88Z",
      "isDeleted": false,
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/workItems/299/comments/43"
    },
    {
      "workItemId": 299,
      "commentId": 42,
      "version": 1,
      "text": "Moving to the right area path",
      "createdBy": {
        "displayName": "Jamal Hartnett",
        "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/d291b0c4-a05c-4ea6-8df1-4b41d5f39eff",
        "_links": {
          "avatar": {
            "href": "https://dev.azure.com/mseng/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/aad.YTkzODFkODYtNTYxYS03ZDdiLWJjM2QtZDUzMjllMjM5OTAz"
          }
        },
        "id": "d291b0c4-a05c-4ea6-8df1-4b41d5f39eff",
        "uniqueName": "fabrikamfiber4@hotmail.com",
        "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=d291b0c4-a05c-4ea6-8df1-4b41d5f39eff",
        "descriptor": "aad.YTkzODFkODYtNTYxYS03ZDdiLWJjM2QtZDUzMjllMjM5OTAz"
      },
      "createdDate": "2019-01-16T03:03:28.97Z",
      "modifiedBy": {
        "displayName": "Jamal Hartnett",
        "url": "https://vssps.dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_apis/Identities/d291b0c4-a05c-4ea6-8df1-4b41d5f39eff",
        "_links": {
          "avatar": {
            "href": "https://dev.azure.com/mseng/_apis/GraphProfile/MemberAvatars/aad.YTkzODFkODYtNTYxYS03ZDdiLWJjM2QtZDUzMjllMjM5OTAz"
          }
        },
        "id": "d291b0c4-a05c-4ea6-8df1-4b41d5f39eff",
        "uniqueName": "fabrikamfiber4@hotmail.com",
        "imageUrl": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/_api/_common/identityImage?id=d291b0c4-a05c-4ea6-8df1-4b41d5f39eff",
        "descriptor": "aad.YTkzODFkODYtNTYxYS03ZDdiLWJjM2QtZDUzMjllMjM5OTAz"
      },
      "modifiedDate": "2019-01-16T03:03:28.97Z",
      "isDeleted": false,
      "url": "https://dev.azure.com/fabrikam/6ce954b1-ce1f-45d1-b94d-e6bf2464ba2c/_apis/wit/workItems/299/comments/42"
    }
  ]
}

Definitions

Name	Description
Comment	Comment on a Work Item.
CommentExpandOptions	Specifies the additional data retrieval options for work item comments.
CommentFormat	Represents the possible types for the comment format.
CommentList	Represents a list of work item comments.
CommentMention
CommentReaction	Contains information about work item comment reaction for a particular reaction type.
CommentReactionType	Type of the reaction.
CommentSortOrder	Order in which the comments should be returned.
IdentityRef
ReferenceLinks	The class to represent a collection of REST reference links.

Comment

Object

Comment on a Work Item.

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	Link references to related REST resources.
createdBy	IdentityRef	IdentityRef of the creator of the comment.
createdDate	string (date-time)	The creation date of the comment.
createdOnBehalfDate	string (date-time)	Effective Date/time value for adding the comment. Can be optionally different from CreatedDate.
createdOnBehalfOf	IdentityRef	Identity on whose behalf this comment has been added. Can be optionally different from CreatedBy.
format	CommentFormat	Represents the possible types for the comment format.
id	integer (int32)	The id assigned to the comment.
isDeleted	boolean	Indicates if the comment has been deleted.
mentions	CommentMention[]	The mentions of the comment.
modifiedBy	IdentityRef	IdentityRef of the user who last modified the comment.
modifiedDate	string (date-time)	The last modification date of the comment.
reactions	CommentReaction[]	The reactions of the comment.
renderedText	string	The text of the comment in HTML format.
text	string	The text of the comment.
url	string
version	integer (int32)	The current version of the comment.
workItemId	integer (int32)	The id of the work item this comment belongs to.

CommentExpandOptions

Enumeration

Specifies the additional data retrieval options for work item comments.

Value	Description
none
reactions	Include comment reactions.
renderedText	Include the rendered text (html) in addition to MD text.
renderedTextOnly	If specified, then ONLY rendered text (html) will be returned, w/o markdown. Supposed to be used internally from data provides for optimization purposes.
all

CommentFormat

Enumeration

Represents the possible types for the comment format.

Value	Description
markdown
html

CommentList

Object

Represents a list of work item comments.

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	Link references to related REST resources.
comments	Comment[]	List of comments in the current batch.
continuationToken	string	A string token that can be used to retrieving next page of comments if available. Otherwise null.
count	integer (int32)	The count of comments in the current batch.
nextPage	string	Uri to the next page of comments if it is available. Otherwise null.
totalCount	integer (int32)	Total count of comments on a work item.
url	string

CommentMention

Object

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	Link references to related REST resources.
artifactId	string	The artifact portion of the parsed text. (i.e. the work item's id)
artifactType	string	The type the parser assigned to the mention. (i.e. person, work item, etc)
commentId	integer (int32)	The comment id of the mention.
targetId	string	The resolved target of the mention. An example of this could be a user's tfid
url	string

CommentReaction

Object

Contains information about work item comment reaction for a particular reaction type.

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	Link references to related REST resources.
commentId	integer (int32)	The id of the comment this reaction belongs to.
count	integer (int32)	Total number of reactions for the CommentReactionType.
isCurrentUserEngaged	boolean	Flag to indicate if the current user has engaged on this particular EngagementType (e.g. if they liked the associated comment).
type	CommentReactionType	Type of the reaction.
url	string

CommentReactionType

Enumeration

Type of the reaction.

Value	Description
like
dislike
heart
hooray
smile
confused

CommentSortOrder

Enumeration

Order in which the comments should be returned.

Value	Description
asc	The results will be sorted in Ascending order.
desc	The results will be sorted in Descending order.

IdentityRef

Object

Name	Type	Description
_links	ReferenceLinks	This field contains zero or more interesting links about the graph subject. These links may be invoked to obtain additional relationships or more detailed information about this graph subject.
descriptor	string	The descriptor is the primary way to reference the graph subject while the system is running. This field will uniquely identify the same graph subject across both Accounts and Organizations.
directoryAlias	string	Deprecated - Can be retrieved by querying the Graph user referenced in the "self" entry of the IdentityRef "_links" dictionary
displayName	string	This is the non-unique display name of the graph subject. To change this field, you must alter its value in the source provider.
id	string
imageUrl	string	Deprecated - Available in the "avatar" entry of the IdentityRef "_links" dictionary
inactive	boolean	Deprecated - Can be retrieved by querying the Graph membership state referenced in the "membershipState" entry of the GraphUser "_links" dictionary
isAadIdentity	boolean	Deprecated - Can be inferred from the subject type of the descriptor (Descriptor.IsAadUserType/Descriptor.IsAadGroupType)
isContainer	boolean	Deprecated - Can be inferred from the subject type of the descriptor (Descriptor.IsGroupType)
isDeletedInOrigin	boolean
profileUrl	string	Deprecated - not in use in most preexisting implementations of ToIdentityRef
uniqueName	string	Deprecated - use Domain+PrincipalName instead
url	string	This url is the full route to the source resource of this graph subject.

ReferenceLinks

Object

The class to represent a collection of REST reference links.

Name	Type	Description
links	object	The readonly view of the links. Because Reference links are readonly, we only want to expose them as read only.