---
title: "Service: /members/{member}/discussions/{discussion} [GET]"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/api/services/get-discussion-GET.html
description: "Retrieves a specific discussion for a member, optionally filtering comments and including draft content. Returns discussion metadata with associated comments, attachments, and group information. Requires user or administrator permissions."
last_updated: 2026-09-02T11:36:06+10:00
document_type: api_endpoint
operation_id: comment-GET
resource_id: comment
path_template: /members/{member}/discussions/{discussion}
http_method: GET
api_category: comment
implementation_version: 6.2004
api_since: 5.1102
deprecated_since: null
obsolete_since: null
api_support: supported
cache_control: null
generated_at: 2026-09-02
tokens: ~540
---

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

## Description

Loads a discussion. If a reply [comment](../../reference/glossary/comment.md) ID is specified for the discussion, it returns the containing discussion.

## Parameters

| Name | Description | Required | Type | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| comments | To indicate which comment(s) in the discussion should be displayed | no | enum​ | `all` |
| discussionsize | The maximum number of comments to return per discussion | no | string | `1000` |
| returngroups | The groups to return in the output, can be `none`, `user` or  `all` (administrator only includes `all` comments) | no | string | `none` |
| draft | If `true` include draft comment for current member (might return discussionsize + 1) | no | boolean | `false` |

### `comments`

The comment display should be one of:

- `all` – all comments in the discussion
- `archive` – all comments including archived comments
- `first` – only the first comment
- `last` – only the last comment
- `none` – no comments

If the comments parameters does not match one of the valid values, it is ignored.

## Permission

This service can only be invoked by the own user or an administrator.

The member on the request needs to be a guest or higher. If the group of the discussion is public, anyone can invoke it while logged in.

## Response

The output has the following format:

```xml

<discussion id="123"
            title="My thread"
            replycount="3"
            lastcommentid="234"
            lastcommentdate="2012-08-20T14:27:48+10:00">
  <uri id="789"> ... </uri>
  <locator fragment="2"/>
  <comment id="234"
           contentrole="File Attachment"
           created="2012-03-08T12:34:00+10:00">
    <title>My thread</title>
    <content id="201" type="text/plain">Some text
    </content>
    <attachment>
      <uri id="189"> ... </uri>
    </attachment>
    <attachment fragment="5">
      <uri id="289"> ... </uri>
    </attachment>
    [<group .../>...]
  </comment>
</discussion>
```

## Error Handling

| Code | Cause / Description |
| --- | --- |
| 0x1316 | The discussion was not found or invalid |