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Comment

Reading

A Facebook comment

New Page Experience

This endpoint is supported for New Page Experience.

Feature Permissions

Name	Description
Page Public Content Access	This feature permission may be required.

Example

HTTPPHP SDKJavaScript SDKAndroid SDKiOS SDK Graph API Explorer

GET /v21.0/{comment-id} HTTP/1.1
Host: graph.facebook.com

/* PHP SDK v5.0.0 */
/* make the API call */
try {
  // Returns a `Facebook\FacebookResponse` object
  $response = $fb->get(
    '/{comment-id}',
    '{access-token}'
  );
} catch(Facebook\Exceptions\FacebookResponseException $e) {
  echo 'Graph returned an error: ' . $e->getMessage();
  exit;
} catch(Facebook\Exceptions\FacebookSDKException $e) {
  echo 'Facebook SDK returned an error: ' . $e->getMessage();
  exit;
}
$graphNode = $response->getGraphNode();
/* handle the result */

/* make the API call */
FB.api(
    "/{comment-id}",
    function (response) {
      if (response && !response.error) {
        /* handle the result */
      }
    }
);

/* make the API call */
new GraphRequest(
    AccessToken.getCurrentAccessToken(),
    "/{comment-id}",
    null,
    HttpMethod.GET,
    new GraphRequest.Callback() {
        public void onCompleted(GraphResponse response) {
            /* handle the result */
        }
    }
).executeAsync();

/* make the API call */
FBSDKGraphRequest *request = [[FBSDKGraphRequest alloc]\
                               initWithGraphPath:@"/{comment-id}"\
                                      parameters:params\
                                      HTTPMethod:@"GET"];
[request startWithCompletionHandler:^(FBSDKGraphRequestConnection *connection,\
                                      id result,\
                                      NSError *error) {\
    // Handle the result\
}];

If you want to learn how to use the Graph API, read our Using Graph API guide.

Parameters

This endpoint doesn't have any parameters.

Fields

Field	Description
id<br>token with structure: Comment ID	The comment ID
admin_creator<br>User	For a comment made by a page, the page admin who wrote it. A page access token is required to access this field.
application<br>Application	The app this comment was published by
attachment<br>StoryAttachment	Link or photo attached to the comment
can_comment<br>bool	Whether the viewer can reply to this comment
can_hide<br>bool	Whether the viewer can hide this comment from everyone except the comment author and the author's friends. This can only be true for comments on Page posts
can_like<br>bool	Whether the viewer can like this comment
can_remove<br>bool	Whether the viewer can remove this comment
can_reply_privately<br>bool	Whether the page viewer can send a private reply to this comment
comment_count<br>unsigned int32	Number of replies to this comment
created_time<br>datetime	The time this comment was made<br>Default
from<br>User|Page	The profile that made this comment<br>Default
is_hidden<br>bool	Whether this comment is hidden from everyone except the comment author and the author's friends
is_private<br>bool	Whether the comment is a private comment
like_count<br>unsigned int32	Number of times this comment was liked
live_broadcast_timestamp<br>unsigned int32	Time the comment was made on a live video
message<br>string	The comment text<br>Default
message_tags<br>list<EntityAtTextRange>	Profiles tagged in mentions in the message
object	The object the comment is on
parent<br>Comment	For comment replies, the comment this is a reply to
permalink_url<br>uri	The permanent static URL to the comment
private_reply_conversation	If private reply was sent to this comment, gets private conversation between the page and author of the comment that was started by private reply
user_likes<br>bool	Whether the viewer has liked this comment

Edges

Edge	Description
comments<br>Edge<Comment>	Comments made on this
likes<br>Edge<Profile>	People who like this
reactions<br>Edge<Profile>	People who reacted on this

Error Codes

Error	Description
100	Invalid parameter
80001	There have been too many calls to this Page account. Wait a bit and try again. For more info, please refer to https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/overview/rate-limiting.
200	Permissions error
368	The action attempted has been deemed abusive or is otherwise disallowed
190	Invalid OAuth 2.0 Access Token
283	That action requires the extended permission pages_read_engagement and/or pages_read_user_content and/or pages_manage_ads and/or pages_manage_metadata
2500	Error parsing graph query
459	The session is invalid because the user has been checkpointed
613	Calls to this api have exceeded the rate limit.
210	User not visible

Creating

You can make a POST request to comments edge from the following paths:

• /{video_id}/comments

When posting to this edge, a Comment will be created.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
attachment_id<br>numeric string or integer	ID for a photo attachment to associate with this
attachment_share_url<br>URL	Link to set the comment attachment to. Does not include the url in the message
attachment_url<br>URL	Link to set the comment attachment to
is_offline<br>boolean	Whether the comment was originally made while offline
message<br>UTF-8 string	Same as the text param<br>Supports Emoji
text<br>UTF-8 string	The text of the comment that allows emoji<br>Supports Emoji

Return Type

This endpoint supports read-after-write and will read the node represented by id in the return type.

Struct {

id: token with structure: Comment ID,

}

Error Codes

Error	Description
100	Invalid parameter
190	Invalid OAuth 2.0 Access Token
368	The action attempted has been deemed abusive or is otherwise disallowed
200	Permissions error
1705	There was an error during posting.
459	The session is invalid because the user has been checkpointed

Updating

You can update a Comment by making a POST request to /{comment_id}.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
attachment_id<br>numeric string or integer	ID for a photo attachment to associate with this
attachment_share_url<br>URL	Link to set the comment attachment to. Does not include the url in the message.
attachment_url<br>URL	Link to set the comment attachment to.
is_hidden<br>boolean	Is this comment hidden? Only applicable to Page comments
message<br>UTF-8 string	The text in the new comment message<br>Supports Emoji

Return Type

This endpoint supports read-after-write and will read the node to which you POSTed.

Struct {

success: bool,

}

Error Codes

Error	Description
200	Permissions error
368	The action attempted has been deemed abusive or is otherwise disallowed
100	Invalid parameter
80001	There have been too many calls to this Page account. Wait a bit and try again. For more info, please refer to https://developers.facebook.com/docs/graph-api/overview/rate-limiting.
190	Invalid OAuth 2.0 Access Token
210	User not visible

Deleting

You can delete a Comment by making a DELETE request to /{comment_id}.

Parameters

This endpoint doesn't have any parameters.

Return Type

Struct {

success: bool,

}

Error Codes

Error	Description
200	Permissions error
100	Invalid parameter
368	The action attempted has been deemed abusive or is otherwise disallowed
190	Invalid OAuth 2.0 Access Token