---
title: "Service: /members/{member}/discussions/find [GET]"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/api/services/find-discussions-GET.html
description: "This API endpoint retrieves filtered discussions for a member, returning paginated results sorted by most recent activity. Supports filtering by author, date, labels, context, and more with customizable comment inclusion levels."
last_updated: 2026-09-02T11:35:59+10:00
document_type: api_endpoint
operation_id: comment-GET
resource_id: comment
path_template: /members/{member}/discussions/find
http_method: GET
api_category: comment
implementation_version: 6.2008
api_since: 5.9400
deprecated_since: null
obsolete_since: null
api_support: supported
cache_control: null
generated_at: 2026-09-02
tokens: ~989
---

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

## Description

Find [discussions](../../reference/glossary/comment.md).

Load a list of discussions using filter parameters. A comment in the discussion must match all filter parameters. The discussions with the most recent last comment are returned first.

## Parameters

| Name | Description | Required | Type | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| attachments | The attachments to include, can be `none`, `context`, `all` | no | enum | `all` |
| author | The `ID` of the comment author | no | long |  |
| comments | The replies to include, can be `none`, `first`, `last`, `all`, `archive` | no | enum | `last` |
| contents | The contents to include, can be `none`, `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, format is ISO-8601 e.g. `2010-10-25T12:26:00+10:00` | no | datetime |  |
| createdbefore | The date time before which the comments were created, format is ISO-8601 e.g. `2011-08-25T10:20:00-04:00` | no | datetime |  |
| discussionsize | The maximum number of comments to return per discussion (0 = unlimited) | no | integer | `100` |
| emails | The email addresses to include, can be `none` or `all` (administrator only) | no | enum | `none` |
| groups | A comma-separated list of group names the comment should belong to (if not specified, the user’s current groups are used) | no | strings |  |
| labels | Comma-separated list of label values – comment must have all (not recommended for filtering large data sets) | no | strings |  |
| page | The page to load | no | integer | `1` |
| pagesize | The number of results per page | no | integer | `1000` |
| paths | The context URI paths for the comments – **MUST** be URL encoded (comma-separated list with optional `*` suffix) | no | strings |  |
| project | Return only discussions from the current user's groups that are under this project (only if groups not specified) | no | string |  |
| title | The title of the comments (optional wildcard `*` suffix, use `**` to escape) | no | string |  |
| type | The type of the comments (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

This service can only be invoked by the member or an administrator. If the parameter emails is set to `all`, the permission is restricted to administrator only.

The other restriction is that the groups parameter can only list groups that have public access or the current user is a guest or higher.

## Response

The output has the following format:

```xml

<discussions>
  <discussion id="123" 
              title="My thread"
             [replycount="1"
              lastcommentid="234" 
              lastcommentdate="2012-08-20T14:27:48+10:00"]>
    <uri id="789"> ... </uri>
    <locator fragment="2"/>
    <comment id="234" 
             contentrole="File Attachment" 
             created="2012-08-20T14:27:48+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>
    </comment>
  </discussion>
  <discussion id="100"> ... </discussion>
</discussions>
```

> **Note:** The `@replycount` , `@lastcommentid` and `@lastcommentdate` are only included and `@title` is from the last comment, if the `comments` parameter is `last`, `all` or `archive`, otherwise `@title` is from the first comment.

## Error Handling

| 0x1303 | Context ‘group’ cannot be used with 'paths' parameter |
| --- | --- |
| 0x1306 | The Group is invalid or not accessible |
| 0x1312 | The createdafter or createdbefore date is invalid |
| 0x1313 | The author is invalid |