REST API endpoints for pull request review comments

REST API endpoints for pull request review comments - GitHub Docs

Use the REST API to interact with pull request review comments.

Pull request review comments are comments made on a portion of the unified diff during a pull request review. These are different from commit comments and issue comments in a pull request. For more information, see REST API endpoints for commit comments and REST API endpoints for issue comments.

Lists review comments for all pull requests in a repository. By default, review comments are in ascending order by ID.

This endpoint supports the following custom media types. For more information, see "Media types."

application/vnd.github-commitcomment.raw+json: Returns the raw markdown body. Response will include body. This is the default if you do not pass any specific media type.
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.text+json: Returns a text only representation of the markdown body. Response will include body_text.
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.html+json: Returns HTML rendered from the body's markdown. Response will include body_html.
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.full+json: Returns raw, text, and HTML representations. Response will include body, body_text, and body_html.

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

"Pull requests" repository permissions (read)

This endpoint can be used without authentication or the aforementioned permissions if only public resources are requested.

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner` string Required The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo` string Required The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`sort` string Can be one of: `created`, `updated`, `created_at`
`direction` string The direction to sort results. Ignored without `sort` parameter. Can be one of: `asc`, `desc`
`since` string Only show results that were last updated after the given time. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ`.
`per_page` integer The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Default: `30`
`page` integer The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Default: `1`

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Request example

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/comments

curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/pulls/comments

Response

Status: 200

[ { "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1", "pull_request_review_id": 42, "id": 10, "node_id": "MDI0OlB1bGxSZXF1ZXN0UmV2aWV3Q29tbWVudDEw", "diff_hunk": "@@ -16,33 +16,40 @@ public class Connection : IConnection...", "path": "file1.txt", "position": 1, "original_position": 4, "commit_id": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e", "original_commit_id": "9c48853fa3dc5c1c3d6f1f1cd1f2743e72652840", "in_reply_to_id": 8, "user": { "login": "octocat", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=", "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat", "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers", "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs", "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos", "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": false }, "body": "Great stuff!", "created_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z", "updated_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1#discussion-diff-1", "pull_request_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1", "author_association": "NONE", "_links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1" }, "html": { "href": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1#discussion-diff-1" }, "pull_request": { "href": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1" } }, "start_line": 1, "original_start_line": 1, "start_side": "RIGHT", "line": 2, "original_line": 2, "side": "RIGHT" } ]

Provides details for a specified review comment.

This endpoint supports the following custom media types. For more information, see "Media types."

application/vnd.github-commitcomment.raw+json: Returns the raw markdown body. Response will include body. This is the default if you do not pass any specific media type.
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.text+json: Returns a text only representation of the markdown body. Response will include body_text.
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.html+json: Returns HTML rendered from the body's markdown. Response will include body_html.
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.full+json: Returns raw, text, and HTML representations. Response will include body, body_text, and body_html.

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

"Pull requests" repository permissions (read)

This endpoint can be used without authentication or the aforementioned permissions if only public resources are requested.

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner` string Required The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo` string Required The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.
`comment_id` integer Required The unique identifier of the comment.

Status code	Description
`200`	OK
`404`	Resource not found

Request example

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/comments/{comment_id}

curl -L \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/pulls/comments/COMMENT_ID

Response

Status: 200

{ "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1", "pull_request_review_id": 42, "id": 10, "node_id": "MDI0OlB1bGxSZXF1ZXN0UmV2aWV3Q29tbWVudDEw", "diff_hunk": "@@ -16,33 +16,40 @@ public class Connection : IConnection...", "path": "file1.txt", "position": 1, "original_position": 4, "commit_id": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e", "original_commit_id": "9c48853fa3dc5c1c3d6f1f1cd1f2743e72652840", "in_reply_to_id": 8, "user": { "login": "octocat", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=", "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat", "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers", "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs", "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos", "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": false }, "body": "Great stuff!", "created_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z", "updated_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1#discussion-diff-1", "pull_request_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1", "author_association": "NONE", "_links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1" }, "html": { "href": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1#discussion-diff-1" }, "pull_request": { "href": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1" } }, "start_line": 1, "original_start_line": 1, "start_side": "RIGHT", "line": 2, "original_line": 2, "side": "RIGHT" }

Edits the content of a specified review comment.

This endpoint supports the following custom media types. For more information, see "Media types."

application/vnd.github-commitcomment.raw+json: Returns the raw markdown body. Response will include body. This is the default if you do not pass any specific media type.
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.text+json: Returns a text only representation of the markdown body. Response will include body_text.
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.html+json: Returns HTML rendered from the body's markdown. Response will include body_html.
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.full+json: Returns raw, text, and HTML representations. Response will include body, body_text, and body_html.

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

"Pull requests" repository permissions (write)

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner` string Required The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo` string Required The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.
`comment_id` integer Required The unique identifier of the comment.

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`body` string Required The text of the reply to the review comment.

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Request example

patch/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/comments/{comment_id}

curl -L \ -X PATCH \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/pulls/comments/COMMENT_ID \ -d '{"body":"I like this too!"}'

Response

Status: 200

Deletes a review comment.

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

"Pull requests" repository permissions (write)

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner` string Required The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo` string Required The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.
`comment_id` integer Required The unique identifier of the comment.

Status code	Description
`204`	No Content
`404`	Resource not found

Request example

delete/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/comments/{comment_id}

curl -L \ -X DELETE \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/pulls/comments/COMMENT_ID

Response

Lists all review comments for a specified pull request. By default, review comments are in ascending order by ID.

This endpoint supports the following custom media types. For more information, see "Media types."

application/vnd.github-commitcomment.raw+json: Returns the raw markdown body. Response will include body. This is the default if you do not pass any specific media type.
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.text+json: Returns a text only representation of the markdown body. Response will include body_text.
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.html+json: Returns HTML rendered from the body's markdown. Response will include body_html.
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.full+json: Returns raw, text, and HTML representations. Response will include body, body_text, and body_html.

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

"Pull requests" repository permissions (read)

This endpoint can be used without authentication or the aforementioned permissions if only public resources are requested.

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner` string Required The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo` string Required The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.
`pull_number` integer Required The number that identifies the pull request.

Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`sort` string The property to sort the results by. Default: `created` Can be one of: `created`, `updated`
`direction` string The direction to sort results. Ignored without `sort` parameter. Can be one of: `asc`, `desc`
`since` string Only show results that were last updated after the given time. This is a timestamp in ISO 8601 format: `YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SSZ`.
`per_page` integer The number of results per page (max 100). For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Default: `30`
`page` integer The page number of the results to fetch. For more information, see "Using pagination in the REST API." Default: `1`

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Request example

get/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/comments

Response

Status: 200

Creates a review comment on the diff of a specified pull request. To add a regular comment to a pull request timeline, see "Create an issue comment."

If your comment applies to more than one line in the pull request diff, you should use the parameters line, side, and optionally start_line and start_side in your request.

The position parameter is closing down. If you use position, the line, side, start_line, and start_side parameters are not required.

This endpoint triggers notifications. Creating content too quickly using this endpoint may result in secondary rate limiting. For more information, see "Rate limits for the API" and "Best practices for using the REST API."

This endpoint supports the following custom media types. For more information, see "Media types."

application/vnd.github-commitcomment.raw+json: Returns the raw markdown body. Response will include body. This is the default if you do not pass any specific media type.
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.text+json: Returns a text only representation of the markdown body. Response will include body_text.
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.html+json: Returns HTML rendered from the body's markdown. Response will include body_html.
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.full+json: Returns raw, text, and HTML representations. Response will include body, body_text, and body_html.

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

"Pull requests" repository permissions (write)

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner` string Required The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo` string Required The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.
`pull_number` integer Required The number that identifies the pull request.

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`body` string Required The text of the review comment.
`commit_id` string Required The SHA of the commit needing a comment. Not using the latest commit SHA may render your comment outdated if a subsequent commit modifies the line you specify as the `position`.
`path` string Required The relative path to the file that necessitates a comment.
`position` integer This parameter is closing down. Use `line` instead. The position in the diff where you want to add a review comment. Note this value is not the same as the line number in the file. The position value equals the number of lines down from the first "@@" hunk header in the file you want to add a comment. The line just below the "@@" line is position 1, the next line is position 2, and so on. The position in the diff continues to increase through lines of whitespace and additional hunks until the beginning of a new file.
`side` string In a split diff view, the side of the diff that the pull request's changes appear on. Can be `LEFT` or `RIGHT`. Use `LEFT` for deletions that appear in red. Use `RIGHT` for additions that appear in green or unchanged lines that appear in white and are shown for context. For a multi-line comment, side represents whether the last line of the comment range is a deletion or addition. For more information, see "Diff view options" in the GitHub Help documentation. Can be one of: `LEFT`, `RIGHT`
`line` integer Required unless using `subject_type:file`. The line of the blob in the pull request diff that the comment applies to. For a multi-line comment, the last line of the range that your comment applies to.
`start_line` integer Required when using multi-line comments unless using `in_reply_to`. The `start_line` is the first line in the pull request diff that your multi-line comment applies to. To learn more about multi-line comments, see "Commenting on a pull request" in the GitHub Help documentation.
`start_side` string Required when using multi-line comments unless using `in_reply_to`. The `start_side` is the starting side of the diff that the comment applies to. Can be `LEFT` or `RIGHT`. To learn more about multi-line comments, see "Commenting on a pull request" in the GitHub Help documentation. See `side` in this table for additional context. Can be one of: `LEFT`, `RIGHT`, `side`
`in_reply_to` integer The ID of the review comment to reply to. To find the ID of a review comment with "List review comments on a pull request". When specified, all parameters other than `body` in the request body are ignored.
`subject_type` string The level at which the comment is targeted. Can be one of: `line`, `file`

Status code	Description
`201`	Created
`403`	Forbidden
`422`	Validation failed, or the endpoint has been spammed.

Request example

post/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/comments

curl -L \ -X POST \ -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \ -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>" \ -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2026-03-10" \ https://api.github.com/repos/OWNER/REPO/pulls/PULL_NUMBER/comments \ -d '{"body":"Great stuff!","commit_id":"6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e","path":"file1.txt","start_line":1,"start_side":"RIGHT","line":2,"side":"RIGHT"}'

Response

Status: 201

Creates a reply to a review comment for a pull request. For the comment_id, provide the ID of the review comment you are replying to. This must be the ID of a top-level review comment, not a reply to that comment. Replies to replies are not supported.

This endpoint supports the following custom media types. For more information, see "Media types."

application/vnd.github-commitcomment.raw+json: Returns the raw markdown body. Response will include body. This is the default if you do not pass any specific media type.
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.text+json: Returns a text only representation of the markdown body. Response will include body_text.
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.html+json: Returns HTML rendered from the body's markdown. Response will include body_html.
application/vnd.github-commitcomment.full+json: Returns raw, text, and HTML representations. Response will include body, body_text, and body_html.

This endpoint works with the following fine-grained token types:

The fine-grained token must have the following permission set:

"Pull requests" repository permissions (write)

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.

Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`owner` string Required The account owner of the repository. The name is not case sensitive.
`repo` string Required The name of the repository without the `.git` extension. The name is not case sensitive.
`pull_number` integer Required The number that identifies the pull request.
`comment_id` integer Required The unique identifier of the comment.

Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`body` string Required The text of the review comment.

Status code	Description
`201`	Created
`404`	Resource not found

Request example

post/repos/{owner}/{repo}/pulls/{pull_number}/comments/{comment_id}/replies

Response

Status: 201

{ "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1", "pull_request_review_id": 42, "id": 10, "node_id": "MDI0OlB1bGxSZXF1ZXN0UmV2aWV3Q29tbWVudDEw", "diff_hunk": "@@ -16,33 +16,40 @@ public class Connection : IConnection...", "path": "file1.txt", "position": 1, "original_position": 4, "commit_id": "6dcb09b5b57875f334f61aebed695e2e4193db5e", "original_commit_id": "9c48853fa3dc5c1c3d6f1f1cd1f2743e72652840", "in_reply_to_id": 426899381, "user": { "login": "octocat", "id": 1, "node_id": "MDQ6VXNlcjE=", "avatar_url": "https://github.com/images/error/octocat_happy.gif", "gravatar_id": "", "url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat", "followers_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/followers", "following_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/following{/other_user}", "gists_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/gists{/gist_id}", "starred_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/starred{/owner}{/repo}", "subscriptions_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/subscriptions", "organizations_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/orgs", "repos_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/repos", "events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/events{/privacy}", "received_events_url": "https://api.github.com/users/octocat/received_events", "type": "User", "site_admin": false }, "body": "Great stuff!", "created_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z", "updated_at": "2011-04-14T16:00:49Z", "html_url": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1#discussion-diff-1", "pull_request_url": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1", "author_association": "NONE", "_links": { "self": { "href": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/comments/1" }, "html": { "href": "https://github.com/octocat/Hello-World/pull/1#discussion-diff-1" }, "pull_request": { "href": "https://api.github.com/repos/octocat/Hello-World/pulls/1" } }, "start_line": 1, "original_start_line": 1, "start_side": "RIGHT", "line": 2, "original_line": 2, "side": "RIGHT" }