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gists

List gist comments

Lists the comments on a gist.

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

  • application/vnd.github.raw+json: Returns the raw markdown. This is the default if you do not pass any specific media type.
get/gists/{gist_id}/comments

Path parameters

gist_idstring required

The unique identifier of the gist.

Query parameters

per_pageinteger

The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

pageinteger

The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API."

Response

Response

idinteger required
node_idstring required
urlstring uri required
bodystring required

The comment text.

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

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDExOkdpc3RDb21tZW50MQ==",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/gists/a6db0bec360bb87e9418/comments/1",
    "body": "Body of the attachment",
    "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"
    },
    "created_at": "2011-04-18T23:23:56Z",
    "updated_at": "2011-04-18T23:23:56Z",
    "author_association": "OWNER"
  }
]