Method: reviews.reply
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Replies to a single review, or updates an existing reply.
HTTP request
POST https://androidpublisher.googleapis.com/androidpublisher/v3/applications/{packageName}/reviews/{reviewId}:reply
The URL uses gRPC Transcoding syntax.
Path parameters
| Parameters |
packageName |
string
Package name of the app.
|
reviewId |
string
Unique identifier for a review.
|
Request body
The request body contains data with the following structure:
| JSON representation |
{
"replyText": string
} |
| Fields |
replyText |
string
The text to set as the reply. Replies of more than approximately 350 characters will be rejected. HTML tags will be stripped.
|
Response body
Response on status of replying to a review.
If successful, the response body contains data with the following structure:
| Fields |
result |
object (ReviewReplyResult)
The result of replying/updating a reply to review.
|
Authorization scopes
Requires the following OAuth scope:
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/androidpublisher
ReviewReplyResult
The result of replying/updating a reply to review.
| JSON representation |
{
"replyText": string,
"lastEdited": {
object (Timestamp)
}
} |
| Fields |
replyText |
string
The reply text that was applied.
|
lastEdited |
object (Timestamp)
The time at which the reply took effect.
|
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Last updated 2025-05-21 UTC.
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