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Add comment

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Adds a comment to an existing case.

Request URL

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POST <kibana host>:<port>/api/cases/<case ID>/comments

URL parts

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The URL must include the case ID of the case to which you are adding a comment. Call Find cases to retrieve case IDs.

Request body

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A JSON object with a comment field:

Name	Type	Description	Required
`comment`	String	The case’s new comment.	Yes

Example request

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Adds a comment to case ID 293f1bc0-74f6-11ea-b83a-553aecdb28b6:

POST api/cases/293f1bc0-74f6-11ea-b83a-553aecdb28b6/comments
{
  "comment": "That is nothing - Ethan Hunt answered a targeted social
  media campaign promoting phishy pension schemes to IMF operatives."
}

Response code

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200: Indicates a successful call.

Response payload

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The updated JSON case object with the new comment, the user who created the comment, and the comment’s ID, version, and creation time.

Example response

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  "id": "293f1bc0-74f6-11ea-b83a-553aecdb28b6",
  "version": "WzIwNDMyLDFd",
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": "8af6ac20-74f6-11ea-b83a-553aecdb28b6",
      "version": "WzIwNDMxLDFd",
      "comment": "That is nothing - Ethan Hunt answered a targeted social media campaign promoting phishy pension schemes to IMF operatives.",
      "created_at": "2020-04-02T15:28:03.034Z",
      "created_by": {
        "email": "moneypenny@hms.gov.uk",
        "full_name": "Ms Moneypenny",
        "username": "moneypenny"
      },
      "pushed_at": null,
      "pushed_by": null,
      "updated_at": null,
      "updated_by": null
    }
  ],
  "totalComment": 0,
  "title": "This case will self-destruct in 5 seconds",
  "tags": [
    "phishing",
    "social engineering"
  ],
  "description": "James Bond clicked on a highly suspicious email banner advertising cheap holidays for underpaid civil servants.",
  "closed_at": null,
  "closed_by": null,
  "created_at": "2020-04-02T15:25:19.088Z",
  "created_by": {
    "email": "ahunley@imf.usa.gov",
    "full_name": "Alan Hunley",
    "username": "ahunley"
  },
  "external_service": null,
  "status": "open",
  "updated_at": "2020-04-02T15:28:03.034Z",
  "updated_by": {
    "email": "moneypenny@hms.gov.uk",
    "full_name": "Ms Moneypenny",
    "username": "moneypenny"
  }
}

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