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

type

String

The comment type, which can be user or alert.

Yes

comment

String

The case’s new comment.

Yes, only when type is user.

alertId

String

The alert id.

Yes, only when type is alert.

index

String

The alert index.

Yes, only when type is alert.

Only alerts (signals) of Elastic Security are supported.

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
{
  "type": "user",
  "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",
      "type": "user",
      "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": 1,
  "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"
  }
}