---
title: "Service: /groups/{group}/comments [POST]"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/api/services/create-comment-public-POST.html
description: "Creates a comment in a group with specified author details. Supports task properties like status, priority, and due dates. Requires title, content, and author name."
last_updated: 2026-09-02T11:36:03+10:00
document_type: api_endpoint
operation_id: comment-POST
resource_id: comment
path_template: /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: ~965
---

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

## Description

Create a [comment](../../reference/glossary/comment.md) using parameters to specify the author.

> **Note:** To create a comment for an existing member, use [Service: /members/\{member\}/groups/\{group\}/comments \[POST\]](create-comment-POST.md)

## Parameters

| Name | Description | Required | Type | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| authorname | The name of the author | yes | string |  |
| content | The content of the comment. XHTML content is [sanitized](../../reference/glossary/xhtml_sanitization.md). | yes | string |  |
| title | The title of the comment | 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 | no | email |  |
| contenttype | The media type of the comment | no | mediatype | `text/plain` |
| 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 |  |
| labels | A comma-separated list of labels | no | string |  |
| notify | The notification behavior | no | notify | `normal` |
| notify-async | Whether emails should be 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](../../reference/glossary/task_status.md) value, e.g. `Open` | no | status |  |
| 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 |

## Permission

This service is public, anyone can invoke it.

## Response

The XML response is a `<comment>` wrapped by a `<comment-creation>` element that indicates whether a notification has been sent and whether the comment is public.

```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|File Attachment]"
           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 email address |
| 0x1301 | Missing required authorname |
| 0x1302 | If the author is existing and was specified using authorname or authoremail |
| 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 |
| 0x1328 | The labels parameter is invalid |
| 0x1329 | The priority parameter is invalid |
| 0x1330 | The status parameter is invalid |
| 0x0201 | Missing required content |
| 0x6301 | If the group has no general discussion |
| 0x6302 | Failed to create new comment |