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Add comment

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Adds a comment to an existing case.

Console supports only Elasticsearch APIs. Console doesn’t allow interactions with Kibana APIs. You must use curl or another HTTP tool instead. For more information, refer to Run Elasticsearch API requests.

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. Use Find cases to retrieve case IDs.

Request body

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A JSON object with a comment field:

Name	Type	Description	Required
`alertId`	String	The alert identifier.	Yes, only when the `type` is `alert`.
`comment`	String	The new comment.	Yes, only when the `type` is `user`.
`index`	String	The alert index.	Yes, only when the `type` is `alert`.
`owner`	String	The application that owns the case. Valid values are: `cases` `observability` `securitySolution`	Yes, whether the type is `user` or `alert`.
`rule`	String	The rule associated with the alert. Required properties are: `id` (string): The rule identifier. `name` (string): The rule name.	Yes, only when the `type` is `alert`.
`type`	String	The comment type. Must be `user` or `alert`.	Yes.

Only Elastic Security alerts (signals) 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.",
  "owner": "securitySolution"
}

Response code

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200: Indicates a successful call.

Response payload

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The response contains an updated JSON case object with the newly added comment, the user who created it, and the comment’s ID, version, and creation time.

Example response

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{
  "comments":[
    {
      "id": "8af6ac20-74f6-11ea-b83a-553aecdb28b6",
      "version": "WzIwNDMxLDFd",
      "type":"user",
      "owner":"cases",
      "comment":"That is nothing - Ethan Hunt answered a targeted social media campaign promoting phishy pension schemes to IMF operatives.",
      "created_at":"2022-03-24T00:49:47.716Z",
      "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
    }
  ],
  "totalAlerts":0,
  "id":"293f1bc0-74f6-11ea-b83a-553aecdb28b6",
  "version":"WzIzMzgsMV0=",
  "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.",
  "settings": {
    "syncAlerts":false
  },
  "owner": "cases",
  "closed_at": null,
  "closed_by": null,
  "created_at": "2022-03-24T00:37:03.906Z",
  "created_by": {
    "email": "ahunley@imf.usa.gov",
    "full_name": "Alan Hunley",
    "username": "ahunley"
  },
  "status": "open",
  "updated_at": "2022-03-24T00:49:47.716Z",
  "updated_by": {
    "email": "moneypenny@hms.gov.uk",
    "full_name": "Ms Moneypenny",
    "username": "moneypenny"
  },
  "connector": {
    "id": "none",
    "name": "none",
    "type": ".none",
    "fields": null
  },
  "external_service": null
}

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