Microsoft Visio API

Microsoft Visio API Comments API

Operations for reading and managing shape comments

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Visio JavaScript Application Comments API
  description: The Visio JavaScript API enables building Office Add-ins that interact with Visio diagrams embedded in classic SharePoint Online pages. The API provides access to document elements including pages, shapes, hyperlinks, comments, shape data items, and shape views. Developers can create visual overlays, register mouse event handlers, read shape text and shape data, and control application settings. The API uses a request context and proxy object pattern with batch execution via Visio.run() and context.sync().
  version: '1.1'
  contact:
    name: Microsoft Office Dev
    url: https://developer.microsoft.com/office
    email: officedevfeedback@microsoft.com
  license:
    name: Microsoft APIs Terms of Use
    url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/microsoft-apis/terms-of-use
  termsOfService: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/legal/terms-of-use
servers:
- url: https://appsforoffice.microsoft.com/embedded/1.0
  description: Visio Office Add-ins embedded endpoint
security:
- EmbeddedSession: []
tags:
- name: Comments
  description: Operations for reading and managing shape comments
paths:
  /document/pages/{pageName}/shapes/{shapeId}/comments:
    get:
      operationId: listShapeComments
      summary: List Shape Comments
      description: Returns all comments attached to a specific shape in the Visio diagram. Comments contain author, date, and text content.
      tags:
      - Comments
      parameters:
      - name: pageName
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Name of the Visio page
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: shapeId
        in: path
        required: true
        description: Numeric ID of the shape
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Collection of comments
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/CommentCollection'
        '404':
          description: Shape not found
        '500':
          description: Internal server error
components:
  schemas:
    Comment:
      type: object
      description: A comment associated with a Visio shape
      properties:
        author:
          type: string
          description: Name of the comment author
        date:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: Timestamp when the comment was created
        text:
          type: string
          description: Content of the comment
    CommentCollection:
      type: object
      description: Collection of comments on a shape
      properties:
        items:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/Comment'
  securitySchemes:
    EmbeddedSession:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: X-Embedded-Session
      description: Visio EmbeddedSession token obtained via OfficeExtension.EmbeddedSession initialization
externalDocs:
  description: Visio JavaScript API Documentation
  url: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/office/dev/add-ins/visio/visio-overview