About this query
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Developer info
- Description
- This query returns a list of every time a new comment is posted by the user you specify.
- API endpoint slug
- hacker_news.history_of_comments_by_user
- Runtime method
- performQuery("hacker_news.history_of_comments_by_user")
Query fields
Username Text input
- Label
- Which username?
- Slug
- username
- Required
- true
- Can have default value
- true
Ingredients
Created atDate and time event was created.
- Slug
- created_at
- Filter code
- HackerNews.historyOfCommentsByUser.CreatedAt
- Type
- Date with time (ISO8601)
- Example
- 2020-07-08T04:17:06.000+05:00
UsernameThe user who posted the story.
- Slug
- username
- Filter code
- HackerNews.historyOfCommentsByUser.Username
- Type
- String
- Example
- pg
TextSubmitted comment text.
- Slug
- text
- Filter code
- HackerNews.historyOfCommentsByUser.Text
- Type
- String
- Example
- Here's my favorite eno quote that i break out at any opportunity: “Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature. CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video, the crap sound of 8-bit...
URLThe URL to the comment on Hacker News.
- Slug
- url
- Filter code
- HackerNews.historyOfCommentsByUser.Url
- Type
- Web URL
- Example
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14294666
Parent usernameThe user that posted the content that the comment is replying to.
- Slug
- parent_username
- Filter code
- HackerNews.historyOfCommentsByUser.ParentUsername
- Type
- String
- Example
- GuiA
Parent textThe contents of the parent comment or the title and text of the parent story.
- Slug
- parent_text
- Filter code
- HackerNews.historyOfCommentsByUser.ParentText
- Type
- String
- Example
- Brian Eno: Composers as Gardeners: https://www.edge.org/conversation/brian_eno-composers-as-gardeners
Parent URLThe URL to the parent comment or story on Hacker News.
- Slug
- parent_url
- Filter code
- HackerNews.historyOfCommentsByUser.ParentUrl
- Type
- Web URL
- Example
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14288339