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Questions handling comments using the API. Or, posts of Scripts / Apps / Libraries that facilitate dealing with comments on Stack Exchange sites.

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How do display names relate to at-mentions?

See "How do comment @replies work?" and "@Peter works for Péter Török?". Comment replies will often work with unicode. EG: Péter Török can be reached by both @Peter and @Péter. These are the docum …
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Can I retrieve question comment count as part of a search query?

See the question object. comment_count has been available since API version 2.2 but it is not returned by default. You must create and use a custom filter that includes comment_count. So:         /2 …
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Share short link to comment

.+/); if (commentNum && commentNum.length > 1) { var commentNum = commentNum[1]; jNode.attr ("href", '/posts/comments/' + commentNum) jNode.append ('<small> sl</small>') …
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Comments have incorrect `can_flag` values for at least 2 different API routes

I can't replicate the bug as stated; both /questions/{ids} and /comments/{ids} give the same results which are: can_flag is false for my comments.   … (Correct behavior) can_flag is true for comments posted by others.   (See next item) can_flag is true even for comments that I have an active flag on.   …
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API v2.1 supports write access, but is anyone using it?

There are at least a few examples in use, of API 2.1 apps, that write comments. … See: The Quick Media Solutions app The StackX Android app The SX.el Emacs app Re: Am I correct in thinking that only comments can be written and not questions? Yes, that's correct. …
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Why is comment_count=1 (incorrectly) when this particular filter is used?

Confirmed the bug on a post that accrues comments much slower than a typical Stack Overflow question does. Currently, the OP's filter returns "comment_count": 1 on that post. There are no comments. … I believe this is a side-effect/bug/quirk with how the API appears to be counting the comments. …
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Field "comment_count" is not always returned by API

This appears to be closely related to the bug: Why is comment_count=1 (incorrectly) when this particular filter is used?. The workaround from there -- altering the filter by: selecting comment.comm …
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Get everything touched by a user?

As a bonus, comment text is already included in the detail property for comments. Optionally, query /users/{ids}/mentioned too. …
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