Delete a comment

DELETE/v2/comment

Deletes a comment using the legacy Clover API format.

This endpoint accepts the comment ID in the request body instead of the route parameter.

Request Body

{
  "id": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011"
}

Deletion Behavior

Comments with replies: Soft delete
- Content is replaced with “[deleted]”
- Author information is anonymized
- Comment remains visible to maintain conversation context
- Votes and scores are reset to 0
Comments without replies: Hard delete
- Comment is permanently removed from the database
- All associated data is deleted

Permissions

Comment authors can delete their own comments
Admins can delete any comment (subject to permissions)
Lite seat admins can only delete their own comments
Non-authors require manage_comments or manage_comments_private permission

Response

Returns a success confirmation (Clover format):

{
  "success": true
}

Note: Nova API returns { id, object: "comment", deleted: true }, but Clover transformer converts it to { success: true } for backwards compatibility.

Errors

400 - Invalid comment ID format or missing ID in body
403 - Not authorized to delete this comment
404 - Comment not found or doesn’t belong to your organization

Header ParametersExpand Collapse

"Featurebase-Version": optional "2026-01-01.nova" or "2025-12-12.clover"

One of the following:

"2026-01-01.nova"

"2025-12-12.clover"

Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse

id: string

Comment ID

ReturnsExpand Collapse

success: boolean

Delete a comment

curl https://do.featurebase.app/v2/comment \
    -X DELETE \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $FEATUREBASE_API_KEY"

{
  "success": true
}

Returns Examples

{
  "success": true
}