Operations with Specific Reaction

This resource lets you work with reactions to an article comment.

Resource	/api/articles/{articleID}/comments/{commentID}/reactions/{reactionID}
Returned entity	Reaction. For the description of the entity attributes, see Supported Fields section.
Supported methods	`GET`: Read a Specific Reaction. `DELETE`: Delete a Specific Reaction.

Reaction attributes

Represents a reaction to a comment in YouTrack added by a user.

Attributes

This table describes attributes of the Reaction entity.

To receive an attribute in the response from the server, specify it explicitly in the fields request parameter.
To update an attribute, provide it in the body of a POST request.

Field	Type	Description
id	String	The ID of the reaction. `Read-only`.
author	User	The user who put the reaction. `Can be null`.
reaction	String	The reaction identifier used in API requests and responses. Currently supported reaction names include `yes`, `thanks`, `thumbs-up`, `thumbs-down`, `strong`, `clapping`, `ok`, `congratulations`, `glad`, `worry`, `grimacing`, `grinning`, `joy`, `tongue-out`, `saint`, `cool`, `surprised`, `sleepy`, `relieved`, `scared`, `sick`, `tired`, `tears`, `wink`, `nerd`, `crossed-fingers`, `waiting`, `thank-you`, `fist`, `raised-hand`, `wave`, `rock`, `mind-blown`, `cat-in-love`, `scared-cat`, `rocket`, `teddybear`, `red-heart`, `no`, `question`, `100`, `eyes`, `plus-one`, `minus-one`, `comment`, `okay`, and `zero` through `nine`. `Can be null`.

Field

Type

Description

String

The ID of the reaction. Read-only.

author

User

The user who put the reaction. Can be null.

reaction

String

The reaction identifier used in API requests and responses.

Currently supported reaction names include yes, thanks, thumbs-up, thumbs-down, strong, clapping, ok, congratulations, glad, worry, grimacing, grinning, joy, tongue-out, saint, cool, surprised, sleepy, relieved, scared, sick, tired, tears, wink, nerd, crossed-fingers, waiting, thank-you, fist, raised-hand, wave, rock, mind-blown, cat-in-love, scared-cat, rocket, teddybear, red-heart, no, question, 100, eyes, plus-one, minus-one, comment, okay, and zero through nine.

Can be null.

Read a Specific Reaction

Get a reaction with a specific ID.

Required permissions

Requires permissions: Read Article, Read Article Comment

Request syntax

                GET /api/articles/{articleID}/comments/{commentID}/reactions/{reactionID}?{fields}
            

{reactionID}	The database ID of the reaction.

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fields	String	A list of Reaction attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified, only the `entityID` is returned.

Sample

Sample request

                    https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/articles/NP-A-7/comments/4-17/reactions/334-1?fields=id,author(login),reaction
                

Sample response body

                    {
                      "author": {
                        "login": "jane.doe",
                        "$type": "User"
                      },
                      "reaction": "thanks",
                      "id": "334-0",
                      "$type": "Reaction"
                    }
                

Delete a Specific Reaction

Remove a reaction from a comment. Only the author of the reaction can remove it.

Required permissions

Requires permissions: Read Article, Read Article Comment. Only the author of the reaction can remove it.

Request syntax

DELETE /api/articles/{articleID}/comments/{commentID}/reactions/{reactionID}

{reactionID}	The database ID of the reaction.

Request parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
fields	String	A list of Reaction attributes that should be returned in the response. If no field is specified, only the `entityID` is returned.

Sample

Sample request

                    https://example.youtrack.cloud/api/articles/NP-A-7/comments/4-17/reactions/334-1
                

21 April 2026