Post a new comment on a change request

Posts a new top-level comment on the change request. Comments can be general or anchored to a specific page and inline location within the change request content. Use this to provide review feedback, ask questions, or flag issues. To reply to an existing comment, use the comment replies endpoint instead.

Available in MCP

post

Authorizations

AuthorizationstringRequired

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>.

Path parameters

spaceIdstringRequired

A unique entity identifier

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$

changeRequestIdstringRequired

A unique entity identifier

Pattern: ^[a-zA-Z0-9_-]+$

Body

nodestringOptional

The node to which the comment is posted, if any.

pagestringOptional

The page to which the comment is posted, if any.

bodyone ofRequired

The content of the comment.

or

or

object · EmptyOptional

Responses

200

The comment was posted.

application/json

and

anyOptional

or

post/spaces/{spaceId}/change-requests/{changeRequestId}/comments

POST /v1/spaces/{spaceId}/change-requests/{changeRequestId}/comments HTTP/1.1
Host: api.gitbook.com
Authorization: Bearer YOUR_SECRET_TOKEN
Content-Type: application/json
Accept: */*
Content-Length: 191

{
  "node": "text",
  "page": "text",
  "body": {
    "markdown": "# Hello World\n\nThis is a markdown document linking to [another page](/pages/page_id).\n"
  },
  "tableCell": {
    "record": "text",
    "definition": "text"
  }
}

200

The comment was posted.

{
  "object": "comment",
  "id": "text",
  "postedBy": {
    "object": "user",
    "id": "text",
    "displayName": "text",
    "email": "text",
    "photoURL": "text",
    "urls": {
      "location": "https://example.com"
    }
  },
  "postedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "editedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "reactions": [
    {
      "emoji": "text",
      "count": 1,
      "users": [
        {
          "user": {
            "object": "user",
            "id": "text",
            "displayName": "text",
            "email": "text",
            "photoURL": "text",
            "urls": {
              "location": "https://example.com"
            }
          },
          "reactedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "replies": 1,
  "repliers": [
    {
      "updatedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
      "count": 1,
      "user": {
        "object": "user",
        "id": "text",
        "displayName": "text",
        "email": "text",
        "photoURL": "text",
        "urls": {
          "location": "https://example.com"
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "body": {
    "markdown": "# Hello World\n\nThis is a markdown document linking to [another page](/pages/page_id).\n"
  },
  "target": {
    "node": {
      "id": "text"
    },
    "tableCell": {
      "record": "text",
      "definition": "text"
    },
    "changeRequest": "text",
    "review": "text",
    "page": {
      "id": "text"
    },
    "space": "text",
    "revision": "text"
  },
  "urls": {
    "location": "https://example.com"
  },
  "permissions": {
    "view": true,
    "edit": true,
    "reply": true,
    "delete": true
  },
  "status": "resolved",
  "resolvedAt": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
  "resolvedBy": {
    "object": "user",
    "id": "text",
    "displayName": "text",
    "email": "text",
    "photoURL": "text",
    "urls": {
      "location": "https://example.com"
    }
  }
}