Skip to main content
Thought Industries Developer Hub

Comments & Discussion Threads

Fetch comments on videos and discussion threads on courses.

Fetching Comments on a Video

Call the Forums query first, then use the returned ID with the Comments query.

Step 1: Call Forums

query Forums(
  $courseId: ID!
) {
  Forums(
    courseId: $courseId
  ) {
      id  # pass this into the Comments query
      label
  }
}

// SAMPLE VARIABLES
{
  "courseId": "{{ ID from CatalogContent > displayCourse }}"
}

Step 2: Call Comments

Use data returned from the Forums query.

query Comments(
  $commentableId: ID!,
  $commentableType: CommentableType!,
) {
  Comments(
    commentableId: $commentableId,
    commentableType: $commentableType,
  ) {
    comments {
      asset
      assetFileName
      body
    }
  }
}

// SAMPLE VARIABLES
{
  "commentableId": "{{ ID from Forums query }}",
  "commentableType": "discussionBoard"
}

Fetching Discussion Threads on a Course

To fetch a discussion thread on a course, call three queries consecutively: Forums, Threads, then Comments.

Step 1: Call Forums

query Forums(
  $courseId: ID!
) {
  Forums(
    courseId: $courseId
  ) {
      id  # pass this into the Comments query
      label
  }
}

// SAMPLE VARIABLES
{
  "courseId": "{{ ID from CatalogContent > displayCourse }}"
}

Step 2: Call Threads

query Threads(
  $forumId: ID!,
  $courseId: ID!
) {
  Threads(
    forumId: $forumId,
    courseId: $courseId
  ) {
      threads {
          body
          id
      }
  }
}

// SAMPLE VARIABLES
{
  "forumId": "{{ ID from Forums query }}",
  "courseId": "{{ ID from CatalogContent > DisplayCourse }}"
}

Step 3: Call Comments

Use data returned from the Threads query.

query Comments(
  $commentableId: ID!,
  $commentableType: CommentableType!,
) {
  Comments(
    commentableId: $commentableId,
    commentableType: $commentableType,
  ) {
    comments {
      asset
      assetFileName
      body
    }
  }
}

// SAMPLE VARIABLES
{
  "commentableId": "{{ ID from Forums query }}",
  "commentableType": "discussionBoard"
}