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Update comment

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Update comment

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Updates an existing comment.

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Request URL

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

URL parts

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The URL must include the case ID of the comment’s associated case. Call Find cases to retrieve case IDs.

Request body

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A JSON object with the updated comment:

Name	Type	Description	Required
`type`	String	The comment type, which can be `user` or `alert`.	Yes
`comment`	String	The updated comment.	Yes, only when type is `user`.
`alertId`	String	The updated alert ID.	Yes, only when type is `alert`.
`index`	String	The updated alert index.	Yes, only when type is `alert`.
`id`	String	The comment’s ID.	Yes
`owner`	String	The application that owns the case.	Yes Must be a valid application owner that is registered within the case’s role-based access control system (i.e. `securitySolution`). The value must also match the `owner` field of the case this comment will be attached to.
`version`	String	The current comment version.	Yes

Call Get all case comments to retrieve comment IDs and version values.

The comment type and owner fields cannot be updated.

Example request

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Updates comment ID 8af6ac20-74f6-11ea-b83a-553aecdb28b6 (associated with case ID 293f1bc0-74f6-11ea-b83a-553aecdb28b6):

PATCH api/cases/293f1bc0-74f6-11ea-b83a-553aecdb28b6/comments
{
  "id": "8af6ac20-74f6-11ea-b83a-553aecdb28b6",
  "type": "user",
  "comment": "That is nothing - Ethan Hunt answered a targeted social
  media campaign promoting phishy pension schemes to IMF operatives.
  Even worse, he likes baked beans.",
  "owner": "securitySolution",
  "version": "Wzk1LDFd"
}

Response code

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200: Indicates a successful call.

Response payload

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

Example response

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{
  "id": "293f1bc0-74f6-11ea-b83a-553aecdb28b6",
  "version": "WzIwNjM2LDFd",
  "comments": [
    {
      "id": "8af6ac20-74f6-11ea-b83a-553aecdb28b6",
      "version": "WzIwNjM3LDFd",
      "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": "2020-04-02T15:34:01.118Z",
      "updated_by": {
        "email": "jbond@hms.gov.uk",
        "full_name": "James Bond",
        "username": "_007"
      }
    }
  ],
  "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,
  "owner": "securitySolution",
  "status": "open",
  "updated_at": "2020-04-02T15:34:01.118Z",
  "updated_by": {
    "email": "jbond@hms.gov.uk",
    "full_name": "James Bond",
    "username": "_007"
  }
}

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