List file comments
Retrieves a list of comments for a file.
Request
Path Parameters
12345The unique identifier that represents a file.
The ID for any file can be determined
by visiting a file in the web application
and copying the ID from the URL. For example,
for the URL https://*.app.box.com/files/123
the file_id is 123.
Query Parameters
id,type,nameA comma-separated list of attributes to include in the response. This can be used to request fields that are not normally returned in a standard response.
Be aware that specifying this parameter will have the effect that none of the standard fields are returned in the response unless explicitly specified, instead only fields for the mini representation are returned, additional to the fields requested.
10001000The maximum number of items to return per page.
10000The offset of the item at which to begin the response.
Queries with offset parameter value exceeding 10000 will be rejected with a 400 response.
Response
Returns a collection of comment objects. If there are no comments on this file an empty collection will be returned.
An unexpected client error.
Request Example
curl -i -X GET "https://api.box.com/2.0/files/12345/comments" \
-H "authorization: Bearer <ACCESS_TOKEN>"await client.comments.getFileComments(fileId);client.comments.get_file_comments(file_id)await client.Comments.GetFileCommentsAsync(fileId: fileId);BoxFile file = new BoxFile(api, "id");
List<BoxComment.Info> comments = file.getComments();comments = client.file(file_id='11111').get_comments()
for comment in comments:
print(f'Comment was left by {comment.created_by.name} at {comment.created_at}')var fileID = '12345';
client.files.getComments(fileID)
.then(comments => {
/* comments -> {
total_count: 1,
entries:
[ { type: 'comment',
id: '11111',
is_reply_comment: false,
message: 'Great work!',
created_by:
{ type: 'user',
id: '22222',
name: 'Example User',
login: 'user@example.com' },
created_at: '2012-12-12T11:25:01-08:00',
item: { id: '33333', type: 'file' },
modified_at: '2012-12-12T11:25:01-08:00' } ] }
*/
});let iterator = client.files.listComments(forFile: "11111")
iterator.next { results in
switch results {
case let .success(page):
for comment in page.entries {
print(comment.message)
}
case let .failure(error):
print(error)
}
}Response Example
{
"entries": [
{
"id": "11446498",
"type": "comment",
"created_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
"created_by": {
"id": "11446498",
"type": "user",
"login": "ceo@example.com",
"name": "Aaron Levie"
},
"is_reply_comment": true,
"item": {
"id": "11446498",
"type": "file"
},
"message": "@Aaron Levie these tigers are cool!",
"modified_at": "2012-12-12T10:53:43-08:00",
"tagged_message": "@[1234567:Aaron Levie] these tigers are cool!"
}
],
"limit": 1000,
"offset": 2000,
"order": [
{
"by": "type",
"direction": "ASC"
}
],
"total_count": 5000
}