PATCH/repos/{owner}/{repo}/comments/{comment_id}

Update a commit comment

Updates the contents of a specified commit comment.

This endpoint supports the following custom media types. For more information, see "Media types."

application/vnd.github-commitcomment.raw+json: Returns the raw markdown body. Response will include body. This is the default if you do not pass any specific media type.
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.text+json: Returns a text only representation of the markdown body. Response will include body_text.
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.html+json: Returns HTML rendered from the body's markdown. Response will include body_html.
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.full+json: Returns raw, text, and HTML representations. Response will include body, body_text, and body_html.

RetriesRetries up to 2×, 500ms backoff, 30s timeout.

3 parameters · 1 body field

ownerstringrequired

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repostringrequired

The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.

comment_idintegerrequired

The unique identifier of the comment.

bodystringrequired

The contents of the comment

2 status codes

200Response

html_urlstringrequired

urlstringrequired

idintegerrequired

node_idstringrequired

bodystringrequired

pathstringrequired

positionintegerrequired

lineintegerrequired

commit_idstringrequired

userobjectrequired

A GitHub user.

created_atstringrequired

updated_atstringrequired

author_associationstringrequired

How the author is associated with the repository.

Allowed:COLLABORATORCONTRIBUTORFIRST_TIMERFIRST_TIME_CONTRIBUTORMANNEQUINMEMBERNONEOWNER

reactionsobjectoptional

404Resource not found

messagestringoptional

documentation_urlstringoptional

urlstringoptional

statusstringoptional

Error handling

A 404 is returned: Resource not found.

import { Client } from "acme-sdk";

const client = new Client({
  baseUrl: "https://api.acme.com",
  auth: { bearer: process.env.API_TOKEN },
  retry: {
    maxAttempts: 3,
    retryOn: [
      408,
      425,
      429,
      500,
      502,
      503,
      504,
    ],
    backoffMs: 500,
    maxBackoffMs: 8000,
  },
  timeoutMs: 30000,
});

const result = await client.comments.update({
  owner: "octocat",
  repo: "hello-world",
  commentId: "c0a80123-4567-89ab-cdef-0123456789ab",
  body: "Lorem ipsum",
});

{
  "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/commit/6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e#commitcomment-1",
  "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/comments/1",
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDEzOkNvbW1pdENvbW1lbnQx",
  "body": "Nice change",
  "path": "file1.txt",
  "position": 4,
  "line": 14,
  "commit_id": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e",
  "author_association": "COLLABORATOR",
  "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"
}

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