Updates an existing comment. Try it now or see an example.
Request
HTTP request
PATCH https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/fileId/comments/commentId
Parameters
Parameter name | Value | Description |
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Path parameters | ||
commentId |
string |
The ID of the comment. |
fileId |
string |
The ID of the file. |
Authorization
This request allows authorization with at least one of the following scopes:
Scope |
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https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive |
https://www.googleapis.com/auth/drive.file |
Some scopes are restricted and require a security assessment for your app to use them. For more information, see the authentication and authorization page.
Request body
In the request body, supply the relevant portions of a Comments resource, according to the rules of patch semantics, with the following properties:
Property name | Value | Description | Notes |
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Required Properties | |||
content |
string |
The plain text content used to create this comment. This is not HTML safe and should only be used as a starting point to make edits to a comment's content. | writable |
Response
If successful, this method returns a Comments resource in the response body.
Examples
Note: The code examples available for this method do not represent all supported programming languages (see the client libraries page for a list of supported languages).
Java
Uses the Java client library.
import com.google.api.services.drive.Drive; import com.google.api.services.drive.model.Comment; import java.io.IOException; // ... public class MyClass { // ... /** * Patch a comment's content. * * @param service Drive API service instance. * @param fileId ID of the file to update comment for. * @param commentId ID of the comment to patch. * @param newContent The new text content for the comment. * @return The patched comment if successful, {@code null} otherwise. */ private static Comment patchComment(Drive service, String fileId, String commentId, String newContent) { Comment patchedComment = new Comment(); patchedComment.setContent(newContent); try { return service.comments().patch( fileId, commentId, patchedComment).execute(); } catch (IOException e) { System.out.println("An error occurred: " + e); } return null; } // ... }
.NET
Uses the .NET client library.
import com.google.api.services.drive.Drive; import com.google.api.services.drive.model.Comment; import java.io.IOException; // ... public class MyClass { // ... /** * Patch a comment's content. * * @param service Drive API service instance. * @param fileId ID of the file to update comment for. * @param commentId ID of the comment to patch. * @param newContent The new text content for the comment. * @return The patched comment if successful, {@code null} otherwise. */ private static Comment patchComment(DriveService service, String fileId, String commentId, String newContent) { Comment patchedComment = new Comment(); patchedComment.Content = newContent; try { return service.Comments.Patch( patchedComment, fileId, commentId).Execute(); } catch (Exception e) { Console.WriteLine("An error occurred: " + e.Message); } return null; } // ... }
PHP
Uses the PHP client library.
/** * Patch a comment's content. * * @param Google_Service_Drive $service Drive API service instance. * @param String $fileId ID of the file to patch comment for. * @param String $commentId ID of the comment to patch. * @param String $newContent The new text content for the comment. * @return Google_Service_Drive_Comment The patched comment. NULL is returned if * an API error occurred. */ function patchComment($service, $fileId, $commentId, $newContent) { $patchedComment = new Google_Service_Drive_Comment(); $patchedComment->setContent(newContent); try { return $service->comments->patch($fileId, $commentId, $patchedComment); } catch (Exception $e) { print "An error occurred: " . $e->getMessage(); } return NULL; }
Python
Uses the Python client library.
from apiclient import errors # ... def patch_comment(service, file_id, comment_id, new_content): """Patch a comment's content. Args: service: Drive API service instance. file_id: ID of the file to update comment for. comment_id: ID of the comment to patch. new_content: The new text content for the comment. Returns: The patched comment if successful, None otherwise. """ patched_comment = {'content': new_content} try: return service.comments().patch( fileId=file_id, commentId=comment_id, body=patched_comment).execute() except errors.HttpError, error: print 'An error occurred: %s' % error return None
JavaScript
Uses the JavaScript client library.
/** * Patch a comment's content. * * @param {String} fileId ID of the file to update comment for. * @param {String} commentId ID of the comment to update. * @param {String} newContent The new text content for the comment. */ function patchComment(fileId, commentId, newContent) { var body = {'content': newContent}; var request = gapi.client.drive.comments.patch({ 'fileId': fileId, 'commentId': commentId, 'resource': body }); request.execute(function(resp) { }); }
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