---
title: "Service: /members/{member}/comments/{commentid}/edit [POST] (obsolete)"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/reference/version_5/services/edit-comment-deprecated-POST.html
description: "Edit comment"
last_updated: 2026-09-08T13:56:30+10:00
tokens: ~966
---

# /members/\{member\}/comments/\{commentid\}/edit \[POST\]

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Path: | /members/{member}/comments/{commentid}/edit |
| Method: | POST |
| Generator: | obsolete |
| Version: |  |
| Since: |  |
| Deprecated: | 5.7900 |
| Obsolete: | 6.0000 |
| Cache control: | N/A |
| API Support: | OBSOLETE |
| Generated: | 2022-07-01 |

## Description

Edit comment.

> **Deprecated:** This service has been deprecated, use [service /members/\{member\}/comments/\{commentid\} \[PATCH\]](/api/services/comment_patch.md) instead.

 

## Parameters

| Name | Description | Required | Type | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| assignedto | the assigned member for task - status/previous status must be set | no | string |  |
| attachmentgroup | The group to get the attachments to register from (only used if draft is set from false to true) | no | string |  |
| authoremail | The email of the author (manager only or draft from non-member) | no | string |  |
| authorname | The name of the author (manager only or draft from non-member) | no | string |  |
| content | The content of the comment | no | string |  |
| contenttype | The media type of the comment | no | string |  |
| created | The creation date of the comment in ISO-8601 e.g. 2010-10-25T12:26:00+10:00 (manager only) | no | datetime |  |
| draft | Whether the comment is a draft | no | boolean |  |
| due | The task due date format is ISO-8601 - status/previous status must be set e.g. 2010-10-25, 2010-10-25T12:26 (defaults to T18:00) | no | datetime |  |
| fragment | The URI fragment to move this comment to (only applies to uri parameter) | no | string | `default` |
| group | The name of the group to move this comment to | no | string |  |
| groups | Comma-separated list of group names all comments in the discussion thread belong to (ignored if this comment is a reply) | no | string |  |
| labels | Comma-separated list of labels | no | string |  |
| moderated | If true the comment is to be moderated  | no | boolean |  |
| movereplies | If true any replies are also moved (if a manager groups are be added to replies) | no | boolean | `true` |
| notify | The notification behavior | no | notification | `silent` |
| priority | The priority for task e.g. 'High', 'Medium', 'Low' - status/previous status must be set | no | string |  |
| properties | Pipe-separated list of properties (e.g. x=1\|y=2\|) | no | string |  |
| reply | The comment ID to make this comment a reply to | no | long |  |
| status | the status for task e.g. 'Open', 'Resolved', 'Closed' | no | string |  |
| title | The title of the comment | no | string |  |
| type | The type of comment | no | string |  |
| uri | The URI ID to move this comment to | no | long |  |
| uris | The attachments to this comment (comma-separated list of URI IDs with optional !fragments) | no | string |  |
| url | The URL with optional #fragment to move this comment to | no | url |  |
| urls | The attachments to this comment (comma-separated list of urls with optional #fragments) | no | string |  |

## Permission

The member on the request needs to be a contributor or higher.

## Response

## Error Handling

| Code | Cause / Description |
| --- | --- |
| 0x1002 | Invalid email address |
| 0x1303 | Only one of uri, url, group or replyto can be specified |
| 0x1304 | The URL is invalid |
| 0x1305 | The URL does not match a GroupURI |
| 0x1306 | The Group is invalid |
| 0x1307 | The assigned to member is invalid |
| 0x1308 | The due date is invalid |
| 0x1309 | The comment is archived |
| 0x1311 | The object specified is not a comment |
| 0x1317 | The replyto comment was not found |
| 0x1318 | URI not found |
| 0x1324 | Comment can’t be a reply to itself |
| 0x6301 | If the group has no general discussion |
| 0x6303 | Failed to edit comment |
| 0x6306 | The replyto comment has no context URI |