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Stack Overflow Comments API

Operations for retrieving and writing comments on Stack Overflow posts.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Stack Overflow for Teams Answers Comments API
  description: The Stack Overflow for Teams API v3 provides read and write access to private team knowledge bases hosted on Stack Overflow for Teams. It supports managing questions, answers, articles, user groups, subject matter experts (SMEs), tags, and team members. The API uses Personal Access Token (PAT) authentication via the Authorization Bearer header. Business tier subscriptions have read/write access; Basic tier has read-only access.
  version: v3
  contact:
    name: Stack Overflow for Teams Support
    url: https://stackoverflow.com/teams
  termsOfService: https://stackoverflow.com/legal/terms-of-service
servers:
- url: https://api.stackoverflowteams.com/v3
  description: Stack Overflow for Teams API v3
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Comments
  description: Operations for retrieving and writing comments on Stack Overflow posts.
paths:
  /comments:
    get:
      operationId: getComments
      summary: Get All Comments
      description: Returns comments on Stack Overflow posts sorted by creation date or vote score.
      tags:
      - Comments
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/site'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/page'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/pagesize'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/fromdate'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/todate'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/order'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/sort'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/filter'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of comments
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommentsResponse'
components:
  parameters:
    order:
      name: order
      in: query
      schema:
        type: string
        enum:
        - asc
        - desc
        default: desc
      description: Sort order
    site:
      name: site
      in: query
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
        default: stackoverflow
      description: Stack Exchange site identifier (use stackoverflow for Stack Overflow)
    todate:
      name: todate
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
      description: Unix timestamp for maximum creation date
    fromdate:
      name: fromdate
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
      description: Unix timestamp for minimum creation date
    filter:
      name: filter
      in: query
      schema:
        type: string
      description: Filter to control which fields are returned
    page:
      name: page
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        default: 1
      description: Page number (1-indexed)
    pagesize:
      name: pagesize
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 0
        maximum: 100
        default: 30
      description: Number of results per page (max 100)
    sort:
      name: sort
      in: query
      schema:
        type: string
      description: Field to sort results by
  schemas:
    CommentsResponse:
      allOf:
      - $ref: '#/components/schemas/Wrapper'
      - type: object
        properties:
          items:
            type: array
            items:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Comment'
    ShallowUser:
      type: object
      properties:
        user_id:
          type: integer
        display_name:
          type: string
        reputation:
          type: integer
        user_type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - unregistered
          - registered
          - moderator
        profile_image:
          type: string
          format: uri
        link:
          type: string
          format: uri
    Wrapper:
      type: object
      properties:
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
        has_more:
          type: boolean
        quota_max:
          type: integer
        quota_remaining:
          type: integer
        backoff:
          type: integer
        total:
          type: integer
    Comment:
      type: object
      properties:
        comment_id:
          type: integer
        post_id:
          type: integer
        body:
          type: string
        score:
          type: integer
        creation_date:
          type: integer
        owner:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ShallowUser'
        link:
          type: string
          format: uri
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Personal Access Token (PAT) authentication. Pass your PAT as a Bearer token in the Authorization header. Generate tokens from your Stack Overflow for Teams account settings.
externalDocs:
  description: Stack Overflow for Teams API Documentation
  url: https://api.stackoverflowteams.com/docs