Replies: insert

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Creates a new reply to the given comment. Try it now or see an example.

Request

HTTP request

POST https://www.googleapis.com/drive/v2/files/fileId/comments/commentId/replies

Parameters

Parameter name Value Description
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
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 a Replies resource with the following properties:

Property name Value Description Notes
Optional Properties
content string The plain text content used to create this reply. This is not HTML safe and should only be used as a starting point to make edits to a reply's content. This field is required on inserts if no verb is specified (resolve/reopen). writable
verb string The action this reply performed to the parent comment. When creating a new reply this is the action to be perform to the parent comment. Possible values are:
  • "resolve" - To resolve a comment.
  • "reopen" - To reopen (un-resolve) a comment.
writable

Response

If successful, this method returns a Replies 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.CommentReply;

import java.io.IOException;
// ...

public class MyClass {

  // ...

  /**
   * Insert a new reply to a comment.
   *
   * @param service Drive API service instance.
   * @param fileId ID of the file to insert reply for.
   * @param commentId ID of the comment to insert reply for.
   * @param content Text content of the reply.
   * @return The inserted reply if successful, {@code null} otherwise.
   */
  private static CommentReply insertReply(Drive service, String fileId,
      String commentId, String content) {
    CommentReply newReply = new CommentReply();
    newReply.setContent(content);
    try {
      return service.replies().insert(fileId, commentId, newReply).execute();
    } catch (IOException e) {
      System.out.println("An error occurred: " + e);
    }
    return null;
  }

  // ...

}

.NET

Uses the .NET client library.

using Google.Apis.Drive.v2;
using Google.Apis.Drive.v2.Data;

using System.Net;
// ...

public class MyClass {

  // ...

  /// <summary>
  /// Insert a new reply to a comment.
  /// </summary>
  /// <param name="service">Drive API service instance.</param>
  /// <param name="fileId">ID of the file to insert reply for.</param>
  /// <param name="commentId">ID of the comment to insert reply for.</param>
  /// <param name="content">Text content of the reply.</param>
  /// <returns>The inserted reply, null is returned if an API error occurred</returns>
  public static CommentReply InsertReply(
      DriveService service, String fileId, String commentId, String content) {
    CommentReply newReply = new CommentReply();
    newReply.Content = content;
    try {
      return service.Replies.Insert(newReply, fileId, commentId).Execute();
    } catch (Exception e) {
      Console.WriteLine("An error occurred: " + e.Message);
    }
    return null;
  }

  // ...

}

PHP

Uses the PHP client library.

/**
 * Insert a new reply to a comment.
 *
 * @param Google_Service_Drive $service Drive API service instance.
 * @param String $fileId ID of the file to insert reply for.
 * @param String $commentId ID of the comment to insert reply for.
 * @param String $content Text content of the reply.
 * @return Google_Servie_Drive_Comment The inserted reply. NULL is returned if
 *     an API error occurred.
 */
function insertReply($service, $fileId, $commentId, $content) {
  $newReply = new Google_Service_Drive_CommentReply();
  $newReply->setContent($content);
  try {
    return $service->replies->insert($fileId, $commentId, $newReply);
  } catch (Exception $e) {
    print "An error occurred: " . $e->getMessage();
  }
  return NULL;
}

Python

Uses the Python client library.

from apiclient import errors
# ...

def insert_reply(service, file_id, comment_id, content):
  """Insert a new reply to a comment.

  Args:
    service: Drive API service instance.
    file_id: ID of the file to insert reply for.
    comment_id: ID of the comment to insert reply for.
    content: Text content of the reply.
  Returns:
    The inserted reply if successful, None otherwise.
  """
  new_reply = {
      'content': content
  }
  try:
    return service.replies().insert(
        fileId=file_id, commentId=comment_id, body=new_reply).execute()
  except errors.HttpError, error:
    print 'An error occurred: %s' % error
  return None

JavaScript

Uses the JavaScript client library.

/**
 * Insert a new reply to a comment.
 *
 * @param {String} fileId ID of the file to insert reply for.
 * @param {String} commentId ID of the comment to insert reply for.
 * @param {String} content Text content of the reply.
 */
function insertReply(fileId, commentId, content) {
  var body = {'content': content};
  var request = gapi.client.drive.replies.insert({
    'fileId': fileId,
    'commentId': commentId,
    'resource': body
  });
  request.execute(function(resp) { });
}

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