---
title: "Service: /members/{member}/comments/find [GET]"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/api/services/find-comments-GET.html
description: "GET service that retrieves a filtered list of comments accessible to a specific member, ordered by most recent first. Supports filtering by groups, dates, authors, labels, and other criteria with pagination."
last_updated: 2026-09-02T11:36:19+10:00
document_type: api_endpoint
operation_id: comment-GET
resource_id: comment
path_template: /members/{member}/comments/find
http_method: GET
api_category: comment
implementation_version: 6.2008
api_since: 5.2102
deprecated_since: null
obsolete_since: null
api_support: supported
cache_control: null
generated_at: 2026-09-02
tokens: ~890
---

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

## Description

Load a list of [comments](../../reference/glossary/comment.md) using filter parameters. The most recent comments are returned first.

This service performs the same as [Service: /comments/find \[GET\]](find-comments-public-GET.md) but returns any comments that `{member}` has access to.

## Parameters

| Name | Description | Required | Type | Default value |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| groups | A comma-separated list of group names the comments must belong to | yes | strings |  |
| archived | If `true`, include archived comments | no | boolean | `false` |
| attachments | The attachments to include (can be `none`, `context` or `all`) | no | enum | `all` |
| author | The `ID` of the comments author | no | long |  |
| contents | The contents to include (can be `none` or `all`) | no | enum | `all` |
| context | Only return comments in this context (can be `group`, `uri`, `all`) | no | enum | `all` |
| createdafter | The date time after which the comments were created e.g. `2010-10-25T12:26:00+10:00` | no | datetime |  |
| createdbefore | The date time before which the comments were created e.g. `2011-08-25T10:20:00-04:00` | no | datetime |  |
| emails | The emails to include  (can be `none` or `all`). Administrator use **ONLY** | no | enum | `none` |
| labels | A comma-separated list of label values – comment **MUST** have all (not recommended for filtering large data sets) | no | string |  |
| moderated | If `true`, include moderated (not accepted) comments | no | boolean | `false` |
| page | The page to load | no | long | `1` |
| pagesize | The number of results per page | no  | long | `1000` |
| paths | The context URI paths for the comments – **MUST** be URL encoded (comma-separated list with optional `*` suffix) | no | paths |  |
| position | If `first`, only the first (root) comment in a discussion is returned (might be faster when using paths) | no | string | `any` |
| returngroups | The groups to return in the output (can be `none` or `specified`) | no | enum | `"none" or if multiple groups "specified"` |
| statuses | Comma-separated list of statuses | no | string |  |
| title | The title the comments **MUST** have (optional wildcard `*` suffix, use `**` to escape) | no | string |  |
| type | The type the comments **MUST** have (optional wildcard `*` suffix, use `**` to escape) | no | string |  |
| types | Comma-separated list of types the comment can have (empty string means no type) | no | strings |  |

## Permission

The member in the request must have access to all the groups in the `groups` parameter. If the `emails` parameter is set to `all`, then the service is restricted to administrator only.

## Response

The output has the following format:

```xml

<comments>
  <comment id="234"
           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>
      <group  id="3" name="acme-test" />
    </context>
  </comment>
  <comment id="567">
    ...
    <context fragment="2">
      <uri id="789"> ... </uri>
    </context>
  </comment>
</<comments>
```

## Error Handling

| Code | Cause / Description |
| --- | --- |
| 0x1306 | The Group is invalid or not accessible |
| 0x1312 | The createdafter or createdbefore date is invalid |
| 0x1313 | The author is invalid |