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Create a commit comment

Create a comment for a commit using its :commit_sha.

This endpoint triggers notifications. Creating content too quickly using this endpoint may result in secondary rate limiting. For more information, see "Rate limits for the API" and "Best practices for using the REST API."

This endpoint supports the following custom media types. For more information, see "Media types."

  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.raw+json: Returns the raw markdown body. Response will include body. This is the default if you do not pass any specific media type.
  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.text+json: Returns a text only representation of the markdown body. Response will include body_text.
  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.html+json: Returns HTML rendered from the body's markdown. Response will include body_html.
  • application/vnd.github-commitcomment.full+json: Returns raw, text, and HTML representations. Response will include body, body_text, and body_html.
post/repos/{owner}/{repo}/commits/{commit_sha}/comments

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.

commit_shastring required

The SHA of the commit.

Request body

bodystring required

The contents of the comment.

pathstring

Relative path of the file to comment on.

positioninteger

Line index in the diff to comment on.

lineinteger

Deprecated. Use position parameter instead. Line number in the file to comment on.

Response

Response

html_urlstring uri required
urlstring uri required
idinteger required
node_idstring required
bodystring required
pathstring nullable required
positioninteger nullable required
lineinteger nullable required
commit_idstring required
created_atstring date-time required
updated_atstring date-time required
author_association'COLLABORATOR' | 'CONTRIBUTOR' | 'FIRST_TIMER' | 'FIRST_TIME_CONTRIBUTOR' | 'MANNEQUIN' | 'MEMBER' | 'NONE' | 'OWNER' required

How the author is associated with the repository.

Example response

{
  "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\""
  },
  "author_association": "OWNER"
}