---
title: "Service: /comments/{commentid}/reply [POST]"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/api/services/reply-comment-public-POST.html
description: "Creates a reply to an existing comment with specified author details. Supports task assignment, priority, status, and due dates. Returns comment creation response with notification options."
last_updated: 2026-09-02T11:36:05+10:00
document_type: api_endpoint
operation_id: comment-POST
resource_id: comment
path_template: /comments/{commentid}/reply
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: ~860
---

# /comments/\{commentid\}/reply \[POST\]

## Description

Create a reply to an existing [comment](../../reference/glossary/comment.md) with [author](../elements/element_author.md) as a parameter.

## Parameters

| Name | Description | Required | Type | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| authorname | The name of the author | yes | string |  |
| content | The content of the [comment](../elements/element_comment.md) | yes | string |  |
| assignedto | The `ID` of the member to assign the task to – status or previous status **MUST** be set (`''` means unassign) | no | long | the assigned member of the previous comment in thread |
| 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 | the due date of previous comment in thread |
| labels | A comma-separated list of label values | 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 or previous status **MUST** be set | no | priority | the priority of the previous comment in thread |
| 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 | the status of the previous comment in thread |
| title | The title of the comment | no | string | the reply to comment's title |
| type | The type of the comment | no | string |  |
| uris | Comma-separated list of attachments as URI ID with optional `!fragment` | no | longs |  |
| urls | Comma-separated list of attachments as URL with optional `#fragment` | no | urls |  |

## Permission

This service is public, anyone can invoke it since the comment is in a public group.

## Response

```xml

<comment-creation [notification-email-delayed="true"|
                  notification-email-failed="true"|
                  moderator-email-failed="true"]
                  [notify-param-ignored="true"]
                  [public="true"]>
  <comment id="123"
           discussionid="122"
           contentrole="Comment" 
           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>
    <context fragment="2">
      <uri|group  id="789"> ... </uri|group>
    </context>
    <attachment>
      <uri id="189"> ... </uri>
    </attachment>
    <attachment fragment="5">
      <uri id="289"> ... </uri>
    </attachment>
  </comment>
</comment-creation>
```

## Error Handling

| Code | Cause / Description |
| --- | --- |
| 0x1301 | If the author is missing |
| 0x1302 | If the author is existing and was specified using authorname or authoremail |
| 0x6301 | If the group has no general discussion |
| 0x6302 | Failed to create new comment |