Questions tagged [comments]
Questions handling comments using the API. Or, posts of Scripts / Apps / Libraries that facilitate dealing with comments on Stack Exchange sites.
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Filter doesn't consistently return comment bodies
I've been trying to set up a filter I can use with /questions/{id}/answers/ (using the UI at this link), which returns the following fields:
answer:
answer_id
body_markdown
comments
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"error_id":500,"error_message":"this error has been logged","error_name":"internal_error"
I developed an application, user can give vote down or up to question or comments but when I send the request to the API of the stackexchenge the response it is not true and this back to me error ...
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The field body_markdown is not returned for comments [duplicate]
Using the method questions-by-ids to get the comments on a particular question, I do not get body_markdown returned despite it being selected in the filter.
Here is the test query to reproduce the ...
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Bypass character limits in comments
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Complaints on meta were raised about the threshold of 15 chars for comments, and even though many people agree that it shouldn't be there, this request was status-declined.
Using ...
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Comment Separator Fix
This fix is now included in the Stack Overflow Unofficial Patch (SOUP) v1.20.0
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We have this nicely formatted toolbar with all of the moderation tools we need below questions:
So, why is it ...
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QuickComment: comment shortcuts to cut down on tedium
QuickComment
quick SE comments for quick SE people
Description
Tired of typing the same thing over and over again? Now, with QuickComment, you can type ";;linkonly" (for example) and have it expand ...
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Comment Saver - Unposted comments are saved between page loads
Simply stores unposted comments (using HTML5 localStorage) between page loads, so that if you leave the page you don't lose your comment.
Currently a bit hacky, but it works.
User Script:
https://...
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Auto-comment Close Reasons
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This script will automagically fill the comment box for you when you vote to close with the reason you are voting to close for! That way the user that asked the question can know what is ...
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Allow convert-to-comment without confirmation and even if there are comments
This userscript allows moderators to use the "convert to comment" button even if the answer has comments. It also removes the annoying confirm() prompt when converting an answer to a comment....
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SE Modifications -- Username autocomplete in comments, inline revision source, and utility links
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This userscript adds four main features:
Various utility links on posts and in the top bar
Inline viewing of post revision source Markdown on the post history page
Links on comment ...
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Runtime error getting thrown with certain parameters on older 1.1 methods
This v1.1 URL is creating a runtime error:
http://api.stackapps.com/1.1/comments&min=1323731212
Example output:
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/comments?fromdate is broken?
The following url should return 0 comments:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/comments?fromdate=9999999999
Instead it returns all comments, not actually filtering by fromdate at all.
It happens on ...
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Retrieving comments received by a user
I want to retrieve all comments directed to a particular user (rather than comments posted by that user) within a particular time period (e.g. last 24 hours). I don't want just "mentions", which are ...
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The 'total' field of /comments result is showing up as 0.
Running the following query:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.1/comments
Yields:
{
"total": 0,
"page": 1,
"pagesize": 30,
"comments": [
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Notice that the total entry indicates there are 0 ...
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User's Comments: returning 500 error?
It looks like when I try to get the comments of a user that has "a huge number" of comments, I get a 500 error.
Jon Skeet's comments, 500 error: http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/users/22656/comments
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/questions/id route problem: comments section is not returned when there aren't comments on question
Something is changed on questions route called with comments= True:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/questions/1940243?body=True&comments=True&pagesize=1&page=1
It does not return the ...
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Sorting comments by votes doesn't return 0 score comments
I have a query:
http://api.stackoverflow.com/1.0/users/16822/comments?sort=votes
This doesn't return comments with no votes, setting min to 0 doesn't work. This query includes them all, but isn't ...
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Methods that return comments document body and comments parameters but they do nothing
Methods that return comments document the "body" and "comments" parameters, but they have no effect on the results, which cannot include comments and always include the body.
Specific methods:
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