POST /sites/$site/posts/$post_ID/replies/new

Resource URL

Type	URL and Format
POST	https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1/sites/$site/posts/$post_ID/replies/new

Method Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
$site	(int|string)	The site ID, The site domain
$post_ID	(int)	The post ID

Query Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
context	(string)	display: (default) Formats the output as HTML for display. Shortcodes are parsed, paragraph tags are added, etc.. edit: Formats the output for editing. Shortcodes are left unparsed, significant whitespace is kept, etc..
http_envelope	(bool)	false: (default) true: Some enviroments (like in-browser Javascript or Flash) block or divert responses with a non-200 HTTP status code. Setting this parameter will force the HTTP status code to always be 200. The JSON response is wrapped in an "envelope" containing the "real" HTTP status code and headers.
pretty	(bool)	false: (default) true: Output pretty JSON
callback	(string)	An optional JSONP callback function.

Request Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
content	(html)	The comment text.

Response Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
ID	(int)	The comment ID.
post	(object)	A reference to the comment's post.
author	(object)	The author of the comment.
date	(iso 8601 datetime)	The comment's creation time.
URL	(url)	The full permalink URL to the comment.
short_URL	(url)	The wp.me short URL.
content	(html)	context dependent.
status	(string)	approved: The comment has been approved. unapproved: The comment has been held for review in the moderation queue. spam: The comment has been marked as spam. trash: The comment is in the trash.
parent	(object|false)	A reference to the comment's parent, if it has one.
type	(string)	comment: The comment is a regular comment. trackback: The comment is a trackback. pingback: The comment is a pingback.
meta	(object)	Meta data

Example

cURL

curl \
 -H 'authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN' \
 --data-urlencode 'content=Your reply is very interesting. This is a reply.' \
 'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1/sites/30434183/posts/1222/replies/new/'

PHP

<?php

$options  = array (
  'http' => 
  array (
    'ignore_errors' => true,
    'method' => 'POST',
    'header' => 
    array (
      0 => 'authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN',
      1 => 'Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded',
    ),
    'content' => http_build_query(   
      array (
        'content' => 'Your reply is very interesting. This is a reply.',
      )
    ),
  ),
);

$context  = stream_context_create( $options );
$response = file_get_contents(
  'https://public-api.wordpress.com/rest/v1/sites/30434183/posts/1222/replies/new/',
  false,
  $context
);
$response = json_decode( $response );

?>

Response Body

{
	"ID": 9,
	"post": {
		"ID": 1222,
		"type": "post",
		"link": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/30434183\/posts\/1222"
	},
	"author": {
		"ID": 18342963,
		"email": false,
		"name": "binarysmash",
		"URL": "http:\/\/binarysmash.wordpress.com",
		"avatar_URL": "http:\/\/0.gravatar.com\/avatar\/a178ebb1731d432338e6bb0158720fcc?s=96&d=identicon&r=G",
		"profile_URL": "http:\/\/en.gravatar.com\/binarysmash"
	},
	"date": "2012-04-11T18:09:41+00:00",
	"URL": "http:\/\/opossumapi.wordpress.com\/2012\/04\/11\/hello-world-2\/#comment-9",
	"short_URL": "http:\/\/wp.me\/p23HjV-jI%23comment-9",
	"content": "<p>Your reply is very interesting. This is a reply.<\/p>\n",
	"status": "approved",
	"parent": {
		"ID":8,
		"type": "comment",
		"link": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/30434183\/comments\/8"
	},
	"type": "comment",
	"meta": {
		"links": {
			"self": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/30434183\/comments\/9",
			"help": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/30434183\/comments\/9\/help",
			"site": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/30434183",
			"post": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/30434183\/posts\/1222",
			"replies": "https:\/\/public-api.wordpress.com\/rest\/v1\/sites\/30434183\/comments\/9\/replies\/"
		}
	}
}