# PostCommentReply
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Posts a comment in reply to an existing comment on a comparison between commits or a pull request.

## Request Syntax
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```
{
   "clientRequestToken": "string",
   "content": "string",
   "inReplyTo": "string"
}
```

## Request Parameters
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For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see [Common Parameters](CommonParameters.md).

The request accepts the following data in JSON format.

 ** [clientRequestToken](#API_PostCommentReply_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="CodeCommit-PostCommentReply-request-clientRequestToken"></a>
A unique, client-generated idempotency token that, when provided in a request, ensures the request cannot be repeated with a changed parameter. If a request is received with the same parameters and a token is included, the request returns information about the initial request that used that token.  
Type: String  
Required: No

 ** [content](#API_PostCommentReply_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="CodeCommit-PostCommentReply-request-content"></a>
The contents of your reply to a comment.  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

 ** [inReplyTo](#API_PostCommentReply_RequestSyntax) **   <a name="CodeCommit-PostCommentReply-request-inReplyTo"></a>
The system-generated ID of the comment to which you want to reply. To get this ID, use [GetCommentsForComparedCommit](API_GetCommentsForComparedCommit.md) or [GetCommentsForPullRequest](API_GetCommentsForPullRequest.md).  
Type: String  
Required: Yes

## Response Syntax
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```
{
   "comment": { 
      "authorArn": "string",
      "callerReactions": [ "string" ],
      "clientRequestToken": "string",
      "commentId": "string",
      "content": "string",
      "creationDate": number,
      "deleted": boolean,
      "inReplyTo": "string",
      "lastModifiedDate": number,
      "reactionCounts": { 
         "string" : number 
      }
   }
}
```

## Response Elements
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If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.

The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.

 ** [comment](#API_PostCommentReply_ResponseSyntax) **   <a name="CodeCommit-PostCommentReply-response-comment"></a>
Information about the reply to a comment.  
Type: [Comment](API_Comment.md) object

## Errors
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For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see [Common Error Types](CommonErrors.md).

 ** ClientRequestTokenRequiredException **   
A client request token is required. A client request token is an unique, client-generated idempotency token that, when provided in a request, ensures the request cannot be repeated with a changed parameter. If a request is received with the same parameters and a token is included, the request returns information about the initial request that used that token.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** CommentContentRequiredException **   
The comment is empty. You must provide some content for a comment. The content cannot be null.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** CommentContentSizeLimitExceededException **   
The comment is too large. Comments are limited to 10,240 characters.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** CommentDoesNotExistException **   
No comment exists with the provided ID. Verify that you have used the correct ID, and then try again.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** CommentIdRequiredException **   
The comment ID is missing or null. A comment ID is required.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** IdempotencyParameterMismatchException **   
The client request token is not valid. Either the token is not in a valid format, or the token has been used in a previous request and cannot be reused.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidClientRequestTokenException **   
The client request token is not valid.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

 ** InvalidCommentIdException **   
The comment ID is not in a valid format. Make sure that you have provided the full comment ID.  
HTTP Status Code: 400

## Examples
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### Example
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This example illustrates one usage of PostCommentReply.

#### Sample Request
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```
>POST / HTTP/1.1
Host: codecommit.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
Accept-Encoding: identity
Content-Length: 350
X-Amz-Target: CodeCommit_20150413.PostCommentReply
X-Amz-Date: 20171025T132023Z
User-Agent: aws-cli/1.11.187 Python/2.7.9 Windows/8
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
Authorization: AWS4-HMAC-SHA256 Credential=AKIAI44QH8DHBEXAMPLE/20171025/us-east-1/codecommit/aws4_request, SignedHeaders=content-type;host;user-agent;x-amz-date;x-amz-target, Signature=8d9b5998EXAMPLE

{
   "clientRequestToken": "123Example",
   "content": "Good catch. I'll remove them.",
   "commentId": "abcd1234EXAMPLEb5678efgh"   
}
```

#### Sample Response
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```
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
x-amzn-RequestId: 0728aaa8-EXAMPLE
Content-Type: application/x-amz-json-1.1
Content-Length: 847
Date: Wed, 25 Oct 2017 20:20:13 GMT

{ 
    "comment": {
        "authorArn": "arn:aws:iam::123456789012:user/Li_Juan",
        "clientRequestToken": "123Example",
        "commentId": "442b498bEXAMPLE5756813",
        "content": "Good catch. I'll remove them.",
        "creationDate": 1508369829.136,
        "deleted": false,
        "lastModifiedDate": 150836912.221,
        "callerReactions": [],
        "reactionCounts": []
    }
 }
```

## See Also
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For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:
+  [AWS Command Line Interface V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/cli2/codecommit-2015-04-13/PostCommentReply) 
+  [AWS SDK for .NET V4](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/DotNetSDKV4/codecommit-2015-04-13/PostCommentReply) 
+  [AWS SDK for C\$1\$1](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForCpp/codecommit-2015-04-13/PostCommentReply) 
+  [AWS SDK for Go v2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForGoV2/codecommit-2015-04-13/PostCommentReply) 
+  [AWS SDK for Java V2](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaV2/codecommit-2015-04-13/PostCommentReply) 
+  [AWS SDK for JavaScript V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForJavaScriptV3/codecommit-2015-04-13/PostCommentReply) 
+  [AWS SDK for Kotlin](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForKotlin/codecommit-2015-04-13/PostCommentReply) 
+  [AWS SDK for PHP V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForPHPV3/codecommit-2015-04-13/PostCommentReply) 
+  [AWS SDK for Python](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/boto3/codecommit-2015-04-13/PostCommentReply) 
+  [AWS SDK for Ruby V3](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/goto/SdkForRubyV3/codecommit-2015-04-13/PostCommentReply)