---
title: "Service: /members/{member}/groups/{group}/comments [POST]"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/api/services/create-comment-POST.html
description: "POST endpoint for creating a new comment in a group. Requires title and content; supports optional parameters for assignment, priority, status, due dates, attachments, and notifications."
last_updated: 2026-09-02T11:36:07+10:00
document_type: api_endpoint
operation_id: comment-POST
resource_id: comment
path_template: /members/{member}/groups/{group}/comments
http_method: POST
api_category: comment
implementation_version: 6.3000
api_since: 5.1102
deprecated_since: null
obsolete_since: null
api_support: supported
cache_control: N/A
generated_at: 2026-09-02
tokens: ~1070
---

# /members/\{member\}/groups/\{group\}/comments \[POST\]

## Description

Create a new group [comment](../../reference/glossary/comment.md) from member.

Create a [comment](../elements/element_comment.md) for [group](../../reference/glossary/group.md), reply, url or uri/fragment.

## Parameters

| Name | Description | Required | Type | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| content | The content of the comment. XHTML content is [sanitized](../../reference/glossary/xhtml_sanitization.md). | yes | string |  |
| title | The title of the comment. Max 255 characters | yes | string |  |
| assignedto | The `ID` of the member to assign the task to – status **MUST** be set | no | long |  |
| authoremail | The email address of the author (manager only) | no | email | the current member’s email |
| authorname | The name of the author (manager only) | no | string | the current member’s name |
| contenttype | The media type of the comment | no | mediatype | `text/plain ` |
| created | The creation date of the comment, format is ISO-8601 e.g. `2010-10-25T12:26:00+10:00` (manager only) | no | datetime | the current datetime |
| due | The task due date and time in ISO-8601 format – status **MUST** be set. e.g. `2010-10-25T18:00:00+11:00` | no | datetime | the due date of previous comment in thread |
| labels | A comma-separated list of label values | no | label |  |
| notify | The notification behavior | no | notify | `normal` |
| notify-async | Whether emails are sent asynchronously (for slow email servers) | no | boolean | `false` |
| priority | The priority for the task e.g. `High`, `Medium`, `Low` – status **MUST** be set. | no | priority |  |
| properties | A pipe-separated list of value pairs (e.g. `x=1\|y=2\|`) | no | string |  |
| status | The task status value, e.g. `Open` | no | status | the status of the previous comment in thread |
| type | The type of the comment | no | string |  |
| uris | Comma-separated list of attachments as URI ID with optional `!fragment` | no | long |  |
| urls | Comma-separated list of attachments as URL with optional `#fragment` | no | url |  |
| draft | Whether the comment is a draft | no | boolean | `false` |

 

#### Status

The  `@status` attribute must use a value that has been defined in the [group properties](../../guide/configuration/properties/group_properties.md). For example: “**Open**”, “**Resolved**”, “**Closed**”.

#### Priority

The `@priority` attribute must use a value that has been defined in the group properties. For example: “**High**”, “**Medium**”, “**Low**”.

## Permission

It depends on the group configuration but the default is that the member on the request needs to be a reviewer or higher.

## Response

```xml

<comment-creation [notification-email-delayed="true"|
                  notification-email-failed="true"|
                  [moderator-email-failed="true"]
                  [notify-param-ignored="true"]
                  [public="true"]>
  <comment id="123"
           contentrole="Comment"
           created="2012-03-08T12:34:00+10:00"
           [status="Open"]
           [due="2012-03-10T18:00:00+10:00"]
           [priority="High"]
           [moderated="true"]>
    <title>Cavern stolen!</title>
    <author email="alibaba@fortythieves.com.au"> ... </author>
    <assignedto id="123"
                date="2012-03-09T..."> ... </assignedto>
    <modifiedby id="456"
                date="2012-03-09T..."> ... </modifiedby>        
    <content id="789"
             type="text/plain">Sesame opened the door</content>
    <attachment>
      <uri id="189"> ... </uri>
    </attachment>
    <attachment fragment="5">
      <uri id="289"> ... </uri>
    </attachment>
  </comment>
</comment-creation>
```

## Error Handling

| Code | Cause / Description |
| --- | --- |
| 0x0000 | Missing required title |
| 0x1002 | Invalid author email address |
| 0x1301 | Author missing, if the member is invalid |
| 0x1304 | The URL is invalid |
| 0x1307 | The assigned to member is invalid. The status is required to validate |
| 0x1308 | The due date is invalid. The status is required to validate |
| 0x1326 | The content was invalid |
| 0x0201 | Missing required content |
| 0x6301 | If the group has no general discussion |
| 0x6302 | Failed to create new comment |