REST Resource: comments

Resource: Comment

A comment on a file.

Some resource methods (such as comments.update) require a commentId. Use the comments.list method to retrieve the ID for a comment in a file.

JSON representation 
{
  "replies": [
    {
      object (Reply)
    }
  ],
  "id": string,
  "kind": string,
  "createdTime": string,
  "modifiedTime": string,
  "resolved": boolean,
  "anchor": string,
  "author": {
    object (User)
  },
  "deleted": boolean,
  "htmlContent": string,
  "content": string,
  "quotedFileContent": {
    "mimeType": string,
    "value": string
  }
}
Fields
replies[]

object (Reply)

Output only. The full list of replies to the comment in chronological order.
id

string

Output only. The ID of the comment.
kind

string

Output only. Identifies what kind of resource this is. Value: the fixed string "drive#comment".
createdTime

string

Output only. The time at which the comment was created (RFC 3339 date-time).
modifiedTime

string

Output only. The last time the comment or any of its replies was modified (RFC 3339 date-time).
resolved

boolean

Output only. Whether the comment has been resolved by one of its replies.
anchor

string

A region of the document represented as a JSON string. For details on defining anchor properties, refer to Manage comments and replies.
author

object (User)

Output only. The author of the comment. The author's email address and permission ID will not be populated.
deleted

boolean

Output only. Whether the comment has been deleted. A deleted comment has no content.
htmlContent

string

Output only. The content of the comment with HTML formatting.
content

string

The plain text content of the comment. This field is used for setting the content, while htmlContent should be displayed.
quotedFileContent

object

The file content to which the comment refers, typically within the anchor region. For a text file, for example, this would be the text at the location of the comment.
quotedFileContent.mimeType

string

The MIME type of the quoted content.
quotedFileContent.value

string

The quoted content itself. This is interpreted as plain text if set through the API.

Methods

create

 Creates a comment on a file.

delete

 Deletes a comment.

get

 Gets a comment by ID.

list

 Lists a file's comments.

update

 Updates a comment with patch semantics.