---
title: "Service: /members/{member}/groups/{group}/comments/{xlinkid}/reply [POST] (obsolete)"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/reference/version_5/services/reply-group-comment-POST.html
description: "Create a new group reply from member"
last_updated: 2026-08-07T17:09:54+10:00
tokens: ~1067
---

# /members/\{member\}/groups/\{group\}/comments/\{commentid\}/reply \[POST\]

| Property | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Path: | /members/{member}/groups/{group}/comments/{commentid}/reply |
| Method: | POST |
| Generator: | obsolete |
| Version: |  |
| Since: |  |
| Deprecated: | 5.9900 |
| Obsolete: | 6.0000 |
| Cache control: | N/A |
| API Support: | OBSOLETE |
| Generated: | 2022-07-01 |

## Description

> **Deprecated:** Use [Service: /members/\{member\}/comments/\{commentid\}/reply \[POST\]](../../../api/services/reply-comment-POST.md) instead.

Create a new [group](../../glossary/group.md) reply from member.

Create a [comment](../../glossary/comment.md) for group, reply, url or uri/fragment.

## Parameters

| Name | Description | Required | Type | Default |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| content | The content of the [comment](../../../api/elements/element_comment.md) | yes | string |  |
| assignedto | The `ID` of the member to assign the task to – status/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 (manager only) | no | email | the current member’s email |
| authorname | The name of the author (manager only) | no | string | the current member’s name |
| contenttype | The media type of the comment | no | mediatype | `text/plain` |
| created | The creation date of the comment in ISO-8601 e.g. `2010-10-25T12:26:00+10:00` (manager only) | no | datetime | the current datetime |
| 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 | date | 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 **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](../../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 |  |
| 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

The member on the request might need to be a reviewer or contributor or higher depending on the comments option in the group configurations.

If the comments option is set to public, anyone can invoke this service.

An administrator can reply to any comment.

## 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"
           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>
    <attachment>
      <uri id="189"> ... </uri>
    </attachment>
    <attachment fragment="5">
      <uri id="289"> ... </uri>
    </attachment>
  </comment>
</comment-creation>
```

## Error Handling

| Code | Cause / Description |
| --- | --- |
| 0x1304 | The URL is invalid |
| 0x1305 | The URL does not match a GroupURI |
| 0x1307 | The assigned to member is invalid |
| 0x1308 | The due date is invalid |
| 0x6301 | If the group has no general discussion |
| 0x6302 | Failed to create new comment |