Loudvoice API \ Comments \ Update a comment

Resource/URI - Discussions GET POST PUT DELETE
Discussions /loudvoice/discussions.json List all discussions Create a discussion – –
Discussion /loudvoice/discussions/<discussion_token>.json Read a discussion – Update a discussion Delete a discussion
Discussion messages /loudvoice/comments/<discussion_token>/comments.json Read discussion comments – – –
Resource/URI - Authors GET POST PUT DELETE
Authors /loudvoice/authors.json List all authors Create an author – –
Author /loudvoice/authors/<author_token>.json Read an author – Update an author Delete an author
Resource/URI - Author Sessions GET POST PUT DELETE
Author Sessions /loudvoice/authors/sessions.json List all sessions – Create or update a session –
Author Session /loudvoice/authors/sessions/<session_token>.json – – – Delete a session
Resource/URI - Comments GET POST PUT DELETE
Comments /loudvoice/comments.json List all comments Create a comment – –
Comment /loudvoice/comments/<comment_token>.json Read a comment – Update a comment Delete a comment
Resource/URI - Votes GET POST PUT DELETE
Votes /loudvoice/votes.json List all
votes 		– – –
Vote /loudvoice/votes/comments/<comment_token>/authors/<author_token>.json Read a vote – Cast a vote Delete a vote

Workflow

Request: the code to send to the API

Send an API request to this endpoint in order to update a comment:

PUT /loudvoice/comments/<comment_token>.json

The <comment_token> has to be replaced by the unique token of an existing comment.

PUT data to include in the request

{
  "request": {
    "comment": {
      "comment_reference": "#comment_reference#",
      "text": "#text#",
      "ip_address": "#ip_address#",
      "date_creation": "#date_creation#",
      "has_been_approved": #has_been_approved#,
      "is_spam": #is_spam#,
      "is_trashed": #is_trashed#,
      "votes": {
        "num_votes_up": #num_votes_up#,
        "num_votes_down": #num_votes_down#,
        "date_last_vote": "#date_last_vote#"
      }
    }
  }
}
Key Description
Comment Reference
comment_reference
string 		Your custom reference for this comment.
This value must be unique amongst all comments of the same discussion.
Example: POST-1234
Comment Metadata
* text
string 		The comment contents.
Example: Hello world! This is my first comment.
ip_address
string, IPv4 		The IP address that was used to publish the comment.
Example: 127.0.0.1
date_creation
string, RFC 2822 		Date indicating when the comment was posted.
Example: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:19:49 +0100
has_been_approved
boolean 		Indicates whether the comment has been approved or not. The LoudVoice widget displays comments that have not been approved only to it's author.
is_spam
boolean 		Indicates whether the comment has been flagged as spam or not. The LoudVoice widget does not display comments that have been flagged as spam.
is_trashed
boolean 		Indicates whether the comment has been trashed or not. The LoudVoice widget does not display comments that have been trashed.
Comment Votes
The number of votes is calculated automatically. Use these fields to manually offset the internal counters.
num_votes_up
integer 		Number of times this comment has been voted up.
Example: 42
num_votes_down
integer 		Number of times this comment has been voted down.
Example: 28
date_last_vote
string, RFC 2822 		Date of the last vote.
Example: Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:19:49 +0100

Result: the code returned by the API

The API will either return a HTTP status code 200 on a successful update or an appropriate message body with further details on the error that occured.

Resultset Example

{
  "response": {
    "request": {
      "date": "Fri, 06 Apr 2017 12:28:39  0200",
      "resource": "/loudvoice/comments/e7d62bf7-5100-4e58-ba68-26fd1ad24897.json",
      "status": {
        "flag": "success",
        "code": 200,
        "info": "Your request has been processed successfully"
      }
    },
    "result": {
      "data": {
        "comment": {
          "comment_token": "e7d62bf7-5100-4e58-ba68-26fd1ad24897",
          "comment_reference": "COMMENT-3234",
          "parent_comment_token": "adbd1883-ebb2-4601-8134-29475de4c6c1",
          "parent_comment_reference": "COMMENT-3233",,
          "date_creation": "Fri, 06 Apr 2017 12:20:40  0200",
          "date_last_update": "Fri, 06 Apr 2017 12:28:39  0200",
          "post_order": 44,
          "has_been_approved": true,
          "is_spam": false,
          "is_trashed": false,
          "ip_address": "172.16.254.1",
          "text": "Hello World! This is my comment!",
          "votes": {
            "num_votes_up": 1,
            "num_votes_down": 0,
            "date_last_vote": "Fri, 06 Apr 2017 12:28:39  0200"
          },
          "reports": {
            "num_reports": 0,
            "date_last_report": null
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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