Comment

{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "$id": "https://join-lemmy.org/schema/comment.json",
  "title": "Comment",
  "description": "A comment on a Lemmy post, supporting threaded nested replies via path-based hierarchy.",
  "type": "object",
  "required": ["id", "creator_id", "post_id", "content", "published"],
  "properties": {
    "id": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Unique identifier for the comment"
    },
    "creator_id": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "ID of the user who wrote the comment"
    },
    "post_id": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "ID of the post this comment belongs to"
    },
    "content": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Content of the comment (Markdown supported)"
    },
    "removed": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether the comment was removed by a moderator"
    },
    "published": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "Timestamp when the comment was published"
    },
    "updated": {
      "type": ["string", "null"],
      "format": "date-time",
      "description": "Timestamp when the comment was last updated"
    },
    "deleted": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether the comment was deleted by the author"
    },
    "ap_id": {
      "type": "string",
      "format": "uri",
      "description": "ActivityPub ID for federation"
    },
    "local": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether the comment originated on this instance"
    },
    "path": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Dot-delimited path of comment IDs representing the nesting hierarchy (e.g., '0.1.5.7')"
    },
    "distinguished": {
      "type": "boolean",
      "description": "Whether the comment is highlighted/distinguished by a moderator"
    },
    "language_id": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "ID of the language the comment is written in"
    }
  },
  "additionalProperties": false
}