Add Comments to Post

💬 Post a Comment on a Post

Allows authenticated users to add a comment to a specific post within the community.

HTTP Method

POST

Endpoint

/api/v1/posts/comment

Headers

Name	Type	Required	Description
x-api-key	String	✅ Yes	Secret API key provided by Networked. Required for all API calls.

Body Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
comment	String	✅ Yes	The actual comment in text.
postId	String	✅ Yes	The ID of the post being commented on.

Sample Request

{
  "comment": "test comment 2",
  "postId": "6855529c78bddf001282dd01"
}

Sample Response

{
  "data": {
    "commentId": "6858c0a078bddf001282e06d",
    "childCommentscount": 0,
    "comment": "<p class=&#x27;preserveHtml&#x27; class=&#x27;preserveHtml&#x27;>test comment 2</p>",
    "parentCommentId": null,
    "likesCount": 0,
    "selfLike": false,
    "shareCount": 0,
    "user": {
      "id": "6787893423126f0012a92ed6",
      "name": "Spencer Johnson Spencer",
      "image": "https://ntwc-us-east-2-qa-eks-s3-files-storage.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/user-6787893423126f0012a92ed6/file_1741258763688_image (25).png",
      "title": " Software Development Test Engineer WBC Community Test Engineer"
    }
  },
  "error": false,
  "message": "Post comment created"
}

Response Interface

Response Field Descriptions

Field	Type	Description
commentId	String	Unique identifier for the newly created comment.
childCommentscount	Number	Number of replies (child comments) to this comment.
comment	String	HTML-formatted content of the comment.
parentCommentId	String	Parent comment id
likesCount	Number	Total number of likes received on the comment.
selfLike	Boolean	Indicates whether the comment is liked by the current user.
shareCount	Number	Number of times the comment has been shared.
user	Object	Metadata about the commenter.

`user` Object

Field	Type	Description
id	String	User ID of the commenter.
name	String	Name of the commenter.
image	String	URL to profile image.
title	String	Professional title or designation.

Reference

🔗 Status Codes

Notes

Make sure to sanitize HTML in comment if rendering in frontend.

The comment will be publicly visible to anyone with access to the post.

Use selfLike to determine if the current user has liked the comment.

Use this API in conjunction with the GET comments endpoint to build threaded comment UIs.

curl --location 'https://backend.networked.co/api/v1/posts/comment' \ --header 'x-api-key: <your-api-key>' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \ --data '{"comment":"test comment 3","postId":"6855529c78bddf001282dd01"}'

{ "data": { "commentId": "6858c0a078bddf001282e06d", "childCommentscount": 0, "comment": "<p>test comment 2</p>", "parentCommentId": null, "likesCount": 0, "selfLike": false, "shareCount": 0, "user": { "id": "6787893423126f0012a92ed6", "name": "Spencer Johnson Spencer", "image": "https://ntwc-us-east-2-qa-eks-s3-files-storage.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com/user-6787893423126f0012a92ed6/file_1741258763688_image%20%2825%29.png", "title": " Software Development Test Engineer WBC Community Test Engineer" } }, "error": false, "message": "Comment added successfully" }

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