Adds a comment to a post

Add a comment to a post. Supports threaded replies via parentCommentId, file attachments, private comments, and best-answer marking for townhall Q&A.

Endpoints

post /pulse/api/v2/addComment

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Request URL

https://ServerDomain/pulse/api/v2/addComment

Scope

ZohoPulse.feedList.CREATECopied!

Header

Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52

Request Parameters

- Query Parameters

PARAM NAME	DATA TYPE	DESCRIPTION
scopeID	Long	Network (scope) ID.
commentMembers	Long	Comma-separated ZUIDs for private comment recipients. Max 20.
streamId	Long	Post ID to comment on.
fileIds	Long	Comma-separated attachment file IDs. Max 100.
parentCommentId	Long	Parent comment ID for threaded replies. Omit for top-level comments.
isThread	Boolean	If true, indicates threaded comment.
commentContent	String	Comment body (rich-text HTML). Max 10,000 characters.
isPrivate	Boolean	If true, creates a private comment.
version	Integer	API version hint.
isAnswer	Boolean	If true, marks as best answer (townhall Q&A).
direction	String	Text direction — ltr or rtl.

Sample Request

Curl

Java

Python

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curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://connect.zoho.com/pulse/api/v2/addComment?scopeID=3000000000008&streamId=3000000070001' \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52'

var client = new RestClient("https://connect.zoho.com/pulse/api/v2/addComment?scopeID=3000000000008&streamId=3000000070001");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.POST);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52");
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.net.http.HttpTimeoutException;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {

    HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
        .uri(URI.create("https://connect.zoho.com/pulse/api/v2/addComment?scopeID=3000000000008&streamId=3000000070001"))
        .header("Authorization", "Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52")
        .method("POST", HttpRequest.BodyPublishers.noBody())
        .build();
    HttpResponse response = HttpClient.newHttpClient().send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
    System.out.println(response.body());
  
  }
}

import http.client

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("connect.zoho.com")

headers = { 'Authorization': "Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52" }

conn.request("POST", "/pulse/api/v2/addComment?scopeID=3000000000008&streamId=3000000070001", headers=headers)

res = conn.getresponse()
data = res.read()

print(data.decode("utf-8"))


    parameters = "scopeID=value" + "&" + "streamId=value";

    headersMap = Map();
    headersMap.put("Accept", "application/json");

    response = invokeUrl
    [
        url: "https://connect.zoho.com/pulse/api/v2/addComment" + "?" + parameters
        type: POST
        headers: headersMap
        connection: connection_name
    ]

    info response;

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Response Parameters

- HTTP code 200

Response Body - application/json

PARAM NAME	DATA TYPE	DESCRIPTION
comment	JSON Object	Created comment object.
attachments	JSON Array	Array of attachment objects.
streamId	Long	Parent post ID.
isCurrentUserLiked	Boolean	Whether the current user liked this comment.
canEdit	String	'true' if the current user can edit.
parentCommentId	Long	Parent comment ID (for threaded replies).
likeCount	Integer	Number of likes on this comment.
isPinnedComment	Boolean	Whether the comment is pinned.
userDetails	JSON Object	Comment author details.
name	String	Author display name.
hasCustomImg	Boolean	True if author has a custom profile image.
zuid	Long	Author Zoho UID.
content	String	Comment content (HTML).
formatedTime	String	Formatted creation time string.
streamType	String	Parent post type.
commentType	String	Comment type (COMMENT, ANSWER, etc.).
hasHistory	String	'true' if the comment has been edited.
canDelete	String	'true' if the current user can delete.
id	Long	Comment ID.
time	Long	Creation timestamp (epoch ms).
isApproved	Boolean	Whether the comment is approved.
isReply	String	'true' if this is a reply to another comment.

Possible Response Codes

HTTP Code	Description
200	Success response

Sample Response: HTTP 200

Threaded reply to a comment.

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  {
    "comment": {
      "streamType": "STATUS",
      "streamId": 3000000070001,
      "author": {
        "name": "John Doe",
        "hasCustomImg": true,
        "zuid": 700000001
      },
      "parentCommentId": 3000000080001,
      "id": 3000000080002,
      "content": "Thanks Jane! Glad it was helpful."
    }
  }

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Comment added to a post.

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  {
    "comment": {
      "streamType": "STATUS",
      "streamId": 3000000070001,
      "author": {
        "name": "Jane Smith",
        "hasCustomImg": false,
        "zuid": 700000002
      },
      "parentCommentId": 0,
      "id": 3000000080001,
      "content": "Great update! Thanks for sharing."
    }
  }

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Duration: 1 minute | Threshold: 10 | Lock period: 1 minute

Duration - Time window for the threshold.
Threshold - Number of API calls allowed within the specified duration.
Lock Period - Wait time before consecutive API requests.