---
title: "Service: /members/{member}/comments/{commentid} [GET]"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/api/services/comment-GET.html
description: "GET endpoint that retrieves a single comment from accessible groups. Supports optional parameters for including email addresses and returning group information. Requires appropriate permissions based on group visibility and parameter settings."
last_updated: 2026-09-02T11:36:18+10:00
document_type: api_endpoint
operation_id: comment-GET
resource_id: comment
path_template: /members/{member}/comments/{commentid}
http_method: GET
api_category: comment
implementation_version: 6.1000
api_since: 5.6900
deprecated_since: null
obsolete_since: null
api_support: supported
cache_control: null
generated_at: 2026-09-02
tokens: ~385
---

# /members/\{member\}/comments/\{commentid\} \[GET\]

## Description

Load a single [comment](../../reference/glossary/comment.md) from accessible groups.

## Parameters

| Name | Description | Required | Type | Default value |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| emails | The email addresses to include, can be `none` or  `all` (only users who can edit the comment). | no | string | `none` |
| returngroups | The groups to return in the output, can be `none`, `user` or `all` (admin only). | no | string | `none` |

## Permission

If the group of the comment is public, the member on the request don’t need to be a member of the group. Otherwise, the member on the request needs to be a guest or higher.

If the `emails` parameter is set to `all`, then the service is restricted to users who can edit the comment.

If the `returngroups` parameter is set to `all`, then the service is restricted to administrator only.

## Response

The output has the following format:

```xml

<comment id="123"
         discussionid="456"
         contentrole="File Attachment"
         created="2012-03-08T12:34:00+10:00">
  <title>My thread</title>
  <content type="text/plain">Some text</content>
  <attachment>
    <uri id="189"> ... </uri>
  </attachment>
  <attachment fragment="5">
    <uri id="289"> ... </uri>
  </attachment>
  <context fragment="2">
    <uri|group id="789"> ... </uri|group>
  </context>
  [<group .../>...]
</comment>
```

## Error Handling

| Code | Cause / Description |
| --- | --- |
| 0x1317 | the comment was not found |