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New comment by user

This trigger fires every time a new comment is posted by the user you specify.

About this trigger

Triggers, queries, and actions are the building blocks of Applets. Triggers tell an Applet to start, queries ask a question, and actions are its end result.

Developer info

Description
API endpoint slug
hacker_news.new_comment_by_user

Trigger fields

Username Text input

Label
Which username?
Slug
username
Required
true
Can have default value
true

Ingredients

Created at

Slug
created_at
Filter code
HackerNews.newCommentByUser.CreatedAt
Type
Date with time (ISO8601)
Example
2020-07-08T04:17:06.000+05:00

Username

Slug
username
Filter code
HackerNews.newCommentByUser.Username
Type
String
Example
pg

Text

Slug
text
Filter code
HackerNews.newCommentByUser.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...

URL

Slug
url
Filter code
HackerNews.newCommentByUser.Url
Type
Web URL
Example
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14294666

Parent username

Slug
parent_username
Filter code
HackerNews.newCommentByUser.ParentUsername
Type
String
Example
GuiA

Parent text

Slug
parent_text
Filter code
HackerNews.newCommentByUser.ParentText
Type
String
Example
Brian Eno: Composers as Gardeners: https://www.edge.org/conversation/brian_eno-composers-as-gardeners

Parent URL

Slug
parent_url
Filter code
HackerNews.newCommentByUser.ParentUrl
Type
Web URL
Example
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14288339