Comments

Overview

Payables stored in Monite can have comments associated with them. Monite API Partners can use comments to store additional information about payables.

Webhooks are sent every time a comment is created, updated, or deleted.

Roles and permissions

To use the /comments* endpoints with an entity user token, this entity user must have a role with the comment permission.

If using a partner-level token, no special permissions are needed.

Create a comment

To create a comment, call POST /comments with the request body containing the comment text and the ID of the payable object to which the comment is related. The object_type field must be set to "payable". If the comment is a reply to another user, you can include the reply_to_entity_user_id field:

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curl -X POST 'https://api.sandbox.monite.com/v1/comments' \
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     -H 'X-Monite-Version: 2024-01-31' \
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     -H 'X-Monite-Entity-Id: ENTITY_ID' \
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     -H 'Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN' \
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     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
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     -d '{
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        "text": "Comment about a payable.",
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        "reply_to_entity_user_id": "6e8b3d61-edc6-41d5-94ff-e3980606dc0f",
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        "object_type": "payable",
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        "object_id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6"
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      }'

The successful response contains information about the newly created comment and the object to which the comment is related:

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{
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  "id": "d95eb59f-2781-4c58-b763-4526b3b27b0d",
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  "created_at": "2023-09-06T07:10:53.879Z",
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  "updated_at": "2023-09-06T07:10:53.879Z",
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  "created_by_entity_user_id": "9fabf3e8-76bd-400e-85cc-776d42e71c07",
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  "entity_id": "ba2ee5e3-b29d-4594-942c-d962ae9765ed",
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  "object_id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
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  "object_type": "payable",
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  "reply_to_entity_user_id": "6e8b3d61-edc6-41d5-94ff-e3980606dc0f",
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  "status": "active",
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  "text": "Comment about a payable."
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}

List all comments

To get a list of all the comments related to a specific object, call GET /comments passing the object_type and the object_id of the object to which the comments are related as query parameters:

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curl -X POST 'https://api.sandbox.monite.com/v1/comments?object_type=payable&object_id=9d2b4c8f-2087-4738-ba91-7359683c49a4&order=asc&limit=100' \
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     -H 'X-Monite-Version: 2024-01-31' \
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     -H 'X-Monite-Entity-Id: ENTITY_ID' \
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     -H 'Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN'

The successful response contains information about all the comments associated with the supplied object:

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{
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  "data": [
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    {
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      "id": "d95eb59f-2781-4c58-b763-4526b3b27b0d",
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      "created_at": "2023-09-06T07:10:53.879Z",
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      "updated_at": "2023-09-06T07:10:53.879Z",
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      "created_by_entity_user_id": "9fabf3e8-76bd-400e-85cc-776d42e71c07",
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      "entity_id": "ba2ee5e3-b29d-4594-942c-d962ae9765ed",
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      "object_id": "3fa85f64-5717-4562-b3fc-2c963f66afa6",
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      "object_type": "payable",
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      "reply_to_entity_user_id": "6e8b3d61-edc6-41d5-94ff-e3980606dc0f",
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      "status": "active",
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      "text": "Comment about a payable."
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    }
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  ],
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  "prev_pagination_token": null,
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  "next_pagination_token": null
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}

Retrieve a comment

To get information about a specific comment associated with a specific object, call GET /comments/{comment_id}.

Edit a comment

To edit an existing comment, call PATCH /comments/{comment_id}. Only the creator of the comment is allowed to change it.

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curl -X PATCH 'https://api.sandbox.monite.com/v1/comments/d95eb59f-2781-4c58-b763-4526b3b27b0d' \
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     -H 'X-Monite-Version: 2024-01-31' \
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     -H 'X-Monite-Entity-Id: ENTITY_ID' \
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     -H 'Authorization: Bearer ACCESS_TOKEN' \
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     -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
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     -d '{
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       "text": "Updated comment about a payable.",
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       "reply_to_entity_user_id": "9fabf3e8-76bd-400e-85cc-776d42e71c07"
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     }' 

Delete a comment

To delete an existing comment, call DELETE /comments/{comment_id}.