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Reactions

In this article

The Reactions API enables you to create, list and delete the reactions on comments.

Reaction types

When creating a reaction, the allowed values for the content parameter are as follows (with the corresponding emoji for reference):

contentemoji
+1👍
-1👎
laugh😄
confused😕
heart❤️
hooray🎉
rocket🚀
eyes👀

List reactions for a team discussion comment

List the reactions to a team discussion comment. OAuth access tokens require the read:discussion scope.

Note: You can also specify a team by org_id and team_id using the route GET /organizations/:org_id/team/:team_id/discussions/:discussion_number/comments/:comment_number/reactions.

get /orgs/{org}/teams/{team_slug}/discussions/{discussion_number}/comments/{comment_number}/reactions

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.See preview notice
org string path
team_slug string path

team_slug parameter
discussion_number integer path
comment_number integer path
content string query

Returns a single reaction type. Omit this parameter to list all reactions to a team discussion comment.
per_page integer query

Results per page (max 100)

Default: 30
page integer query

Page number of the results to fetch.

Default: 1

Code samples

Shell
curl \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/orgs/ORG/teams/TEAM_SLUG/discussions/42/comments/42/reactions
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
await octokit.request('GET /orgs/{org}/teams/{team_slug}/discussions/{discussion_number}/comments/{comment_number}/reactions', {
  org: 'org',
  team_slug: 'team_slug',
  discussion_number: 42,
  comment_number: 42
})

Response

Status: 200 OK
[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDg6UmVhY3Rpb24x",
    "user": {
      "login": "octocat",
      "id": 1,
      "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
      "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
      "gravatar_id": "",
      "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
      "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
      "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
      "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
      "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
      "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
      "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
      "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
      "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
      "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
      "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
      "type": "User",
      "site_admin": false
    },
    "content": "heart",
    "created_at": "2016-05-20T20:09:31Z"
  }
]

Notes

Preview notice

An additional reactions object in the issue comment payload is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the APIs may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview

The reactions key will have the following payload where url can be used to construct the API location for listing and creating reactions.

Create reaction for a team discussion comment

Create a reaction to a team discussion comment. OAuth access tokens require the write:discussion scope. A response with an HTTP 200 status means that you already added the reaction type to this team discussion comment.

Note: You can also specify a team by org_id and team_id using the route POST /organizations/:org_id/team/:team_id/discussions/:discussion_number/comments/:comment_number/reactions.

post /orgs/{org}/teams/{team_slug}/discussions/{discussion_number}/comments/{comment_number}/reactions

Parameters

Name Type In Description
accept string header

Setting to application/vnd.github.v3+json is recommended.See preview notice
org string path
team_slug string path

team_slug parameter
discussion_number integer path
comment_number integer path
content string body

Required. The reaction type to add to the team discussion comment.

Code samples

Shell
curl \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github.v3+json" \
  http(s)://{hostname}/api/v3/orgs/ORG/teams/TEAM_SLUG/discussions/42/comments/42/reactions \
  -d '{"content":"content"}'
JavaScript (@octokit/core.js)
await octokit.request('POST /orgs/{org}/teams/{team_slug}/discussions/{discussion_number}/comments/{comment_number}/reactions', {
  org: 'org',
  team_slug: 'team_slug',
  discussion_number: 42,
  comment_number: 42,
  content: 'content'
})

Response

Status: 200 OK
{
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDg6UmVhY3Rpb24x",
  "user": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "content": "heart",
  "created_at": "2016-05-20T20:09:31Z"
}

Response

Status: 201 Created
{
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDg6UmVhY3Rpb24x",
  "user": {
    "login": "octocat",
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=",
    "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif",
    "gravatar_id": "",
    "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat",
    "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat",
    "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers",
    "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}",
    "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}",
    "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}",
    "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions",
    "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs",
    "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos",
    "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}",
    "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events",
    "type": "User",
    "site_admin": false
  },
  "content": "heart",
  "created_at": "2016-05-20T20:09:31Z"
}

Notes

Preview notice

An additional reactions object in the issue comment payload is currently available for developers to preview. During the preview period, the APIs may change without advance notice. Please see the blog post for full details.

To access the API you must provide a custom media type in the Accept header:

application/vnd.github.squirrel-girl-preview

The reactions key will have the following payload where url can be used to construct the API location for listing and creating reactions.

Delete team discussion comment reaction

Note: You can also specify a team or organization with team_id and org_id using the route DELETE /organizations/:org_id/team/:team_id/discussions/:discussion_number/comments/:comment_number/reactions/:reaction_id.

Delete a reaction to a team discussion comment. OAuth access tokens require the write:discussion scope.

delete /orgs/{org}/teams/{team_slug}/discussions/{discussion_number}/comments/{comment_number}/reactions/{reaction_id}