Comment

A comment on a Graph API object. Read more in our Using Comments guide.

Example

A comment on a post.

https://graph.facebook.com/19292868552_10150189643478553_16210808 (A comment on Post)

Fields

The comment object has the following fields.

Name	Description	Permissions	Returns
id	The Facebook ID of the comment	generic access_token	string
from	The user that created the comment	generic access_token	object containing the id and name of the creating user
message	The comment text	generic access_token	string
created_time	The timedate the comment was created	generic access_token	string containing ISO-8601 date-time
like_count	The number of times this comment was liked	generic access_token	integer
user_likes	This field is returned only if the authenticated user likes this comment	generic access_token	string; always true
parent	If this comment is a reply, this field returns the parent comment, otherwise no value	generic access_token	reference
can_comment	Specifies whether you can reply to this comment	generic access_token	boolean
comment_count	The number of replies to this comment, if any	generic access_token	integer

Delete

You can delete a comment by issuing a HTTP DELETE request to the COMMENT_ID object with the publish_stream permission.

If the delete is successful, you get the following return.

Description	Type
If the delete succeeded	boolean

parent

This will return a reference to the parent comment of any comment reply. Read the Using Comments guide to find out more about Creating, Reading and Deleting comments. You can also request fields of the parent comment directly:

GET /{comment_id}?fields=parent.fields(comment_count)

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Connections

The Comment object has the following connections.

Name	Description	Permissions	Returns
comments	All of the comments that are replies to this.	any valid access_token	array of comment objects
likes	All of the likes on this comment.	any valid access_token	array of objects containing id and name fields of the user who liked the comment.

comments

Read the Using Comments guide to find out more about Creating, Reading and Deleting comments.

likes

Create

You can like a comment by issuing an HTTP POST request to COMMENT_ID/likes with the publish_stream permission. No parameters necessary.

If the create is successful, you get the following return.

Description	Type
If the create succeeded.	boolean

Delete

You can unlike a comment by issuing an HTTP DELETE request to COMMENT_ID/likes with the publish_stream permission.

If the delete is successful, you get the following return.

Description	Type
If the unlike succeeded	boolean