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Get a comment by ID

GET/v2/comments/{id}

Retrieves a single comment by its unique identifier.

Returns the full comment object including:

  • Author information
  • Voting stats (upvotes, downvotes, score)
  • Privacy and moderation status
  • Threading information (parentCommentId)
  • Timestamps

Response

Returns a comment object with all fields populated.

Errors

  • 400 - Invalid comment ID format
  • 404 - Comment not found or doesn’t belong to your organization
Path ParametersExpand Collapse
id: string

Comment unique identifier

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"
ReturnsExpand Collapse
Comment object { id, author, changelogId, 14 more }
id: string

Unique identifier

author: object { id, name, profilePicture, type }
id: string

Author unique identifier

name: string

Author display name

profilePicture: string

Author profile picture URL

type: "admin" or "customer" or "guest" or 3 more

Type of user who authored the comment

One of the following:
"admin"
"customer"
"guest"
"integration"
"bot"
"lead"
changelogId: string

Changelog ID this comment belongs to

content: string

Comment content in HTML format

createdAt: string

ISO 8601 timestamp when created

downvotes: number

Number of downvotes

inReview: boolean

Whether the comment is in review

isDeleted: boolean

Whether the comment is deleted

isPinned: boolean

Whether the comment is pinned

isPrivate: boolean

Whether the comment is private

isSpam: boolean

Whether the comment is spam

object: "comment"

Object type identifier

parentCommentId: string

Parent comment ID for replies, null for root comments

postId: string

Post ID this comment belongs to

score: number

Net score (upvotes - downvotes)

updatedAt: string

ISO 8601 timestamp when updated

upvotes: number

Number of upvotes

Get a comment by ID

curl https://do.featurebase.app/v2/comments/$ID \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $FEATUREBASE_API_KEY"
{
  "id": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011",
  "author": {
    "id": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011",
    "name": "John Doe",
    "profilePicture": "https://cdn.example.com/avatars/john.png",
    "type": "customer"
  },
  "changelogId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439013",
  "content": "<p>This is a great idea!</p>",
  "createdAt": "2023-12-12T00:00:00.000Z",
  "downvotes": 0,
  "inReview": false,
  "isDeleted": false,
  "isPinned": false,
  "isPrivate": false,
  "isSpam": false,
  "object": "comment",
  "parentCommentId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439014",
  "postId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439012",
  "score": 5,
  "updatedAt": "2023-12-13T00:00:00.000Z",
  "upvotes": 5
}
Returns Examples
{
  "id": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011",
  "author": {
    "id": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011",
    "name": "John Doe",
    "profilePicture": "https://cdn.example.com/avatars/john.png",
    "type": "customer"
  },
  "changelogId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439013",
  "content": "<p>This is a great idea!</p>",
  "createdAt": "2023-12-12T00:00:00.000Z",
  "downvotes": 0,
  "inReview": false,
  "isDeleted": false,
  "isPinned": false,
  "isPrivate": false,
  "isSpam": false,
  "object": "comment",
  "parentCommentId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439014",
  "postId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439012",
  "score": 5,
  "updatedAt": "2023-12-13T00:00:00.000Z",
  "upvotes": 5
}