Comments

Get a comment by ID

Retrieves a single comment by its unique identifier.

GET

/v2/comments/{id}

Get a comment by ID

curl --request GET \
  --url https://do.featurebase.app/v2/comments/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Featurebase-Version: 2026-08-19.orbit'

{
  "author": {
    "id": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011",
    "name": "John Doe",
    "profilePicture": "https://cdn.example.com/avatars/john.png",
    "type": "customer"
  },
  "changelogId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439013",
  "content": "<p>This is a great idea!</p>",
  "createdAt": "2023-12-12T00:00:00.000Z",
  "downvotes": 0,
  "id": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439011",
  "inReview": false,
  "isDeleted": false,
  "isPinned": false,
  "isPrivate": false,
  "isSpam": false,
  "object": "comment",
  "parentCommentId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439014",
  "postId": "507f1f77bcf86cd799439012",
  "score": 5,
  "updatedAt": "2023-12-13T00:00:00.000Z",
  "upvotes": 5
}

Returns the full comment object including:

Author information
Voting stats (upvotes, downvotes, score)
Privacy and moderation status
Threading information (parentCommentId)
Timestamps

Response

Returns a comment object with all fields populated.

Errors

400 - Invalid comment ID format
404 - Comment not found or doesn't belong to your organization

Authorizations

Authorizationstringheaderrequired

API key as Bearer token. Use: Authorization: Bearer sk_...

Path Parameters

idstringrequired

Comment unique identifier

Example: 507f1f77bcf86cd799439011

Headers

Featurebase-Versionenum<string>header

API version for this request. Defaults to your organization's configured API version if not specified.

Available options: 2026-08-19.orbit, 2026-01-01.nova, 2025-12-12.clover

Example: 2026-08-19.orbit

Response

Success

authorobject | nullrequired

Show child attributes

changelogIdstring | nullrequired

Changelog ID this comment belongs to

Example: 507f1f77bcf86cd799439013

contentstringrequired

Comment content in HTML format

Example: <p>This is a great idea!</p>

createdAtstringrequired

ISO 8601 timestamp when created

Example: 2023-12-12T00:00:00.000Z

downvotesnumberrequired

Number of downvotes

Example: 0

idstringrequired

Unique identifier

Example: 507f1f77bcf86cd799439011

inReviewbooleanrequired

Whether the comment is in review

Example: false

isDeletedbooleanrequired

Whether the comment is deleted

Example: false

isPinnedbooleanrequired

Whether the comment is pinned

Example: false

isPrivatebooleanrequired

Whether the comment is private

Example: false

isSpambooleanrequired

Whether the comment is spam

Example: false

objectenum<string>required

Object type identifier

Available options: comment

Example: comment

parentCommentIdstring | nullrequired

Parent comment ID for replies, null for root comments

Example: 507f1f77bcf86cd799439014

postIdstring | nullrequired

Post ID this comment belongs to

Example: 507f1f77bcf86cd799439012

scorenumberrequired

Net score (upvotes - downvotes)

Example: 5

updatedAtstringrequired

ISO 8601 timestamp when updated

Example: 2023-12-13T00:00:00.000Z

upvotesnumberrequired

Number of upvotes

Example: 5

Still need help? Ask the team