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Reactions

Use the REST API to interact with reactions on GitHub.

About reactions

You can create and manage reactions to comments, issues, pull requests, and discussions on GitHub. When creating a reaction, the allowed values for the content parameter are as follows (with the corresponding emoji for reference):

content	emoji
`+1`	👍
`-1`	👎
`laugh`	😄
`confused`	😕
`heart`	❤️
`hooray`	🎉
`rocket`	🚀
`eyes`	👀

List reactions for a team discussion comment

Works with GitHub Apps

List the reactions to a team discussion comment. OAuth access tokens require the read:discussion scope.

Note: You can also specify a team by org_id and team_id using the route GET /organizations/:org_id/team/:team_id/discussions/:discussion_number/comments/:comment_number/reactions.

Parameters for "List reactions for a team discussion comment"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`org` string Required The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
`team_slug` string Required The slug of the team name.
`discussion_number` integer Required The number that identifies the discussion.
`comment_number` integer Required The number that identifies the comment.
Query parameters
Name, Type, Description
`content` string Returns a single reaction type. Omit this parameter to list all reactions to a team discussion comment. Can be one of: `+1`, `-1`, `laugh`, `confused`, `heart`, `hooray`, `rocket`, `eyes`
`per_page` integer The number of results per page (max 100). Default: `30`
`page` integer Page number of the results to fetch. Default: `1`

HTTP response status codes for "List reactions for a team discussion comment"

Status code	Description
`200`	OK

Code samples for "List reactions for a team discussion comment"

get/orgs/{org}/teams/{team_slug}/discussions/{discussion_number}/comments/{comment_number}/reactions

curl -L \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>"\
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/teams/TEAM_SLUG/discussions/DISCUSSION_NUMBER/comments/COMMENT_NUMBER/reactions

Response

Status: 200

[
  {
    "id": 1,
    "node_id": "MDg6UmVhY3Rpb24x",
    "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
    },
    "content": "heart",
    "created_at": "2016-05-20T20:09:31Z"
  }
]

Create reaction for a team discussion comment

Works with GitHub Apps

Create a reaction to a team discussion comment. OAuth access tokens require the write:discussion scope. A response with an HTTP 200 status means that you already added the reaction type to this team discussion comment.

Note: You can also specify a team by org_id and team_id using the route POST /organizations/:org_id/team/:team_id/discussions/:discussion_number/comments/:comment_number/reactions.

Parameters for "Create reaction for a team discussion comment"

Headers
Name, Type, Description
`accept` string Setting to `application/vnd.github+json` is recommended.
Path parameters
Name, Type, Description
`org` string Required The organization name. The name is not case sensitive.
`team_slug` string Required The slug of the team name.
`discussion_number` integer Required The number that identifies the discussion.
`comment_number` integer Required The number that identifies the comment.
Body parameters
Name, Type, Description
`content` string Required The reaction type to add to the team discussion comment. Can be one of: `+1`, `-1`, `laugh`, `confused`, `heart`, `hooray`, `rocket`, `eyes`

HTTP response status codes for "Create reaction for a team discussion comment"

Status code	Description
`200`	Response when the reaction type has already been added to this team discussion comment
`201`	Created

Code samples for "Create reaction for a team discussion comment"

post/orgs/{org}/teams/{team_slug}/discussions/{discussion_number}/comments/{comment_number}/reactions

curl -L \
  -X POST \
  -H "Accept: application/vnd.github+json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer <YOUR-TOKEN>"\
  -H "X-GitHub-Api-Version: 2022-11-28" \
  https://api.github.com/orgs/ORG/teams/TEAM_SLUG/discussions/DISCUSSION_NUMBER/comments/COMMENT_NUMBER/reactions \
  -d '{"content":"heart"}'

Response when the reaction type has already been added to this team discussion comment

Status: 200

{
  "id": 1,
  "node_id": "MDg6UmVhY3Rpb24x",
  "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
  },
  "content": "heart",
  "created_at": "2016-05-20T20:09:31Z"
}

Delete team discussion comment reaction

Works with GitHub Apps

Note: You can also specify a team or organization with team_id and org_id using the route DELETE /organizations/:org_id/team/:team_id/discussions/:discussion_number/comments/:comment_number/reactions