---
title: "Service: /members/{member}/discussions [GET]"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/api/services/list-member-discussions-GET.html
description: "Retrieves a list of discussions from the current user's groups. Supports pagination, filtering by project, and customizable comment inclusion. Restricted to the matching user or administrators."
last_updated: 2026-09-02T11:36:07+10:00
document_type: api_endpoint
operation_id: comment-GET
resource_id: comment
path_template: /members/{member}/discussions
http_method: GET
api_category: comment
implementation_version: 6.2004
api_since: 5.9200
deprecated_since: null
obsolete_since: null
api_support: supported
cache_control: null
generated_at: 2026-09-02
tokens: ~734
---

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

## Description

> **Warning:** This class is not part of the public API, and might be subject to change!

Load a list of [discussions](../../reference/glossary/comment.md) from the current user's groups.

## Parameters

| Name | Description | Required | Type | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| comments | The comments to include, can be `none`, `first`, `last`, `all`, or `archive` | no | string | `all` |
| discussionsize | The maximum number of comments to return per discussion | no | integer | `100` |
| page | The page to load | no | integer | `1` |
| pagesize | The number of results per page | no | integer | `10` |
| project | Return only discussions from the current user's groups that are under this project | no | string |  |
| returngroups | The groups to return in the output, can be `none`, `user`, or `all` (administrator only) | no | string | `none` |

Only administrators can specify `all` to return all the groups for a comment.

## Permission

This service can only be invoked by the user matching the member ID or an administrator.

## Response

This service returns a `<discussions>` element listing each discussion in a [\<discussion\>](../elements/element_discussion.md) element.

```xml

<discussions>
  <discussion id="288" 
              title="original" 
              replycount="2" 
              lastcommentid="290" 
              lastcommentdate="2017-02-21T15:33:07+11:00">
    <comment id="288" 
             contentrole="Comment" 
             created="2017-02-21T15:32:35+11:00">
      <title>original</title>
      <author id="1" 
              firstname="John" 
              surname="Smith"
              username="jsmith"
              status="activated">
        <fullname>John Smith</fullname>
      </author>
      <content type="text/plain">Original Document</content>
    </comment>
    <comment id="289" 
             contentrole="Comment"
             created="2017-02-21T15:32:59+11:00">
      <title>original</title>
      <author id="1" ...> ... </author>
      <content type="text/plain">First Reply</content>
    </comment>
    <comment id="290" 
             contentrole="Comment"
             created="2017-02-21T15:33:07+11:00">
      <title>original</title>
      <author id="1" ...> ... </author>
      <content type="text/plain">Second Reply</content>
    </comment>
    <comment id="292" 
             contentrole="Comment" 
             created="2017-02-22T09:21:48+11:00">
      <title>original</title>
      <author><fullname>Jane Brown</fullname></author>
      <content type="text/plain">TestComment</content>
    </comment>
  </discussion>
  <discussion ...>
  </discussion>
</discussions>
```

By default, all discussion comments are included.

The effect of the comments parameter on the response is described [here](list-group-discussions-GET.md).

## Error Handling

No specific errors expected for this service.