API REFERENCE

Add Task Comment

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POST/api/projects/{projectId}/tasks/{taskId}/comments

Post a comment on a task, attributed to the authenticated account. Comments are append-only plain text: there is no edit and no delete.

Authentication

x-api-key in header

bearerAuth bearer

Request

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://api.recoupable.dev/api/projects/YOUR_PROJECT_ID/tasks/YOUR_TASK_ID/comments' \
  --header 'x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '{
  "body": "Got it. Sending the login over this week."
}'

Replace the YOUR_ placeholders with your values. Required query parameters are included; optional parameters are listed below.

Parameters

Path parameters

projectIdstringrequired

The project's UUID.

taskIdstringrequired

The task's UUID.

Request body required

The comment to post.

application/json

bodystringrequired

Plain text. No markdown, no mentions, no attachments. Comments are append-only: there is no edit or delete.

minLength: 1 · maxLength: 4000

A client reply

comment

{
  "body": "Got it. Sending the login over this week."
}

Responses

201Comment posted.

application/json

statusstringrequired

commentobjectrequired

Properties

idstringrequired

format: uuid

task_idstringrequired

format: uuid

account_idstringrequired

format: uuid

author_namestringnullable

The author's accounts.name, resolved server-side. Frequently null; render a fallback.

bodystringrequired

created_atstringrequired

format: date-time

400Bad request — invalid path parameter or request body.

application/json

statusstring · enumrequired

Always "error" for error responses.

Values: "error"

errorstringrequired

Human-readable error message.

messagestring

Carries the message in place of error when the failure comes from the authentication layer, so a 401 raised while verifying the credential reads message and every other error reads error.

401Unauthorized — missing or invalid credentials.

application/json

statusstring · enumrequired

Always "error" for error responses.

Values: "error"

errorstringrequired

Human-readable error message.

messagestring

Carries the message in place of error when the failure comes from the authentication layer, so a 401 raised while verifying the credential reads message and every other error reads error.

404Not found — either no project or task with this id exists, or the authenticated account is not a collaborator on it. The two cases are deliberately indistinguishable so the response cannot be used to discover which project ids are real.

application/json

statusstring · enumrequired

Always "error" for error responses.

Values: "error"

errorstringrequired

Human-readable error message.

messagestring

Carries the message in place of error when the failure comes from the authentication layer, so a 401 raised while verifying the credential reads message and every other error reads error.

500Internal server error.

application/json

statusstring · enumrequired

Always "error" for error responses.

Values: "error"

errorstringrequired

Human-readable error message.

messagestring

Carries the message in place of error when the failure comes from the authentication layer, so a 401 raised while verifying the credential reads message and every other error reads error.

Full specification

Download the OpenAPI file for complete schemas, constraints, and examples.

Download projects.json

View operation source

json

{
  "summary": "Add task comment",
  "description": "Post a comment on a task, attributed to the authenticated account. Comments are append-only plain text: there is no edit and no delete.",
  "security": [
    {
      "apiKeyAuth": []
    },
    {
      "bearerAuth": []
    }
  ],
  "parameters": [
    {
      "name": "projectId",
      "in": "path",
      "required": true,
      "description": "The project's UUID.",
      "schema": {
        "type": "string",
        "format": "uuid"
      }
    },
    {
      "name": "taskId",
      "in": "path",
      "required": true,
      "description": "The task's UUID.",
      "schema": {
        "type": "string",
        "format": "uuid"
      }
    }
  ],
  "requestBody": {
    "description": "The comment to post.",
    "required": true,
    "content": {
      "application/json": {
        "schema": {
          "$ref": "#/components/schemas/CreateProjectCommentRequest"
        },
        "examples": {
          "comment": {
            "summary": "A client reply",
            "value": {
              "body": "Got it. Sending the login over this week."
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "responses": {
    "201": {
      "description": "Comment posted.",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/ProjectCommentResponse"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "400": {
      "description": "Bad request — invalid path parameter or request body.",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "401": {
      "description": "Unauthorized — missing or invalid credentials.",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "404": {
      "description": "Not found — either no project or task with this id exists, or the authenticated account is not a collaborator on it. The two cases are deliberately indistinguishable so the response cannot be used to discover which project ids are real.",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "500": {
      "description": "Internal server error.",
      "content": {
        "application/json": {
          "schema": {
            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/Error"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}