CommentThreads: list
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Returns a list of comment threads that match the API request parameters.
Quota impact: A call to this method has a quota cost of 1 unit.
Common use cases
Request
HTTP request
GET https://www.googleapis.com/youtube/v3/commentThreads
Parameters
The following table lists the parameters that this query supports. All of the parameters listed are query parameters.
| Parameters |
| Required parameters |
part |
string
The part parameter specifies a comma-separated list of one or more commentThread resource properties that the API response will include.
The following list contains the part names that you can include in the parameter value:
|
| Filters (specify exactly one of the following parameters) |
allThreadsRelatedToChannelId |
string
The allThreadsRelatedToChannelId parameter instructs the API to return all comment threads associated with the specified channel. |
id |
string
The id parameter specifies a comma-separated list of comment thread IDs for the resources that should be retrieved. |
videoId |
string
The videoId parameter instructs the API to return comment threads associated with the specified video ID. |
| Optional parameters |
maxResults |
unsigned integer
The maxResults parameter specifies the maximum number of items that should be returned in the result set.
Note: This parameter is not supported for use in conjunction with the id parameter. Acceptable values are 1 to 100, inclusive. The default value is 20. |
moderationStatus |
string
This parameter can only be used in a properly authorized request. Set this parameter to limit the returned comment threads to a particular moderation state.
Note: This parameter is not supported for use in conjunction with the id parameter. The default value is published.
Acceptable values are:
heldForReview – Retrieve comment threads that are awaiting review by a moderator. A comment thread can be included in the response if the top-level comment or at least one of the replies to that comment are awaiting review.likelySpam – Retrieve comment threads classified as likely to be spam. A comment thread can be included in the response if the top-level comment or at least one of the replies to that comment is considered likely to be spam.published – Retrieve threads of published comments. This is the default value. A comment thread can be included in the response if its top-level comment has been published.
|
order |
string
The order parameter specifies the order in which the API response should list comment threads. Valid values are: time - Comment threads are ordered by time. This is the default behavior.relevance - Comment threads are ordered by relevance.
Note: This parameter is not supported for use in conjunction with the id parameter.
|
pageToken |
string
The pageToken parameter identifies a specific page in the result set that should be returned. In an API response, the nextPageToken property identifies the next page of the result that can be retrieved.
Note: This parameter is not supported for use in conjunction with the id parameter. |
searchTerms |
string
The searchTerms parameter instructs the API to limit the API response to only contain comments that contain the specified search terms.
Note: This parameter is not supported for use in conjunction with the id parameter. |
textFormat |
string
Set this parameter's value to html or plainText to instruct the API to return the comments left by users in html formatted or in plain text. The default value is html.
Acceptable values are:
html – Returns the comments in HTML format. This is the default value.plainText – Returns the comments in plain text format.
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Request body
Don't provide a request body when calling this method.
Response
If successful, this method returns a response body with the following structure:
{
"kind": "youtube#commentThreadListResponse",
"etag": etag,
"nextPageToken": string,
"pageInfo": {
"totalResults": integer,
"resultsPerPage": integer
},
"items": [
commentThread Resource
]
}
Properties
The following table defines the properties that appear in this resource:
| Properties |
kind |
string
Identifies the API resource's type. The value will be youtube#commentThreadListResponse. |
etag |
etag
The Etag of this resource. |
nextPageToken |
string
The token that can be used as the value of the pageToken parameter to retrieve the next page in the result set. |
pageInfo |
object
The pageInfo object encapsulates paging information for the result set. |
pageInfo.totalResults |
integer
The total number of results in the result set. |
pageInfo.resultsPerPage |
integer
The number of results included in the API response. |
items[] |
list
A list of comment threads that match the request criteria. |
Errors
The following table identifies error messages that the API could return in response to a call to this method. For more details, see the error message documentation.
| Error type |
Error detail |
Description |
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