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reactions

Create reaction for a commit comment

Create a reaction to a commit comment. A response with an HTTP 200 status means that you already added the reaction type to this commit comment.

post/repos/{owner}/{repo}/comments/{comment_id}/reactions

Path parameters

ownerstring required

The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.

repostring required

The name of the repository without the .git extension. The name is not case sensitive.

comment_idinteger required

The unique identifier of the comment.

Request body

content'+1' | '-1' | 'laugh' | 'confused' | 'heart' | 'hooray' | 'rocket' | 'eyes' required

The reaction type to add to the commit comment.

Response

Reaction exists

idinteger required
node_idstring required
content'+1' | '-1' | 'laugh' | 'confused' | 'heart' | 'hooray' | 'rocket' | 'eyes' required

The reaction to use

created_atstring date-time required

Example response

{
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDg6UmVhY3Rpb24x",
  "user": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "41d064eb2195891e12d0413f63227ea7",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "starred_at": "\"2020-07-09T00:17:55Z\"",
    "user_view_type": "public"
  },
  "content": "heart",
  "created_at": "2016-05-20T20:09:31Z"
}