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file_comment message

A comment was added to a file

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This event is no longer served.

File comments have been phased out in favor of regular messages and threads — read our changelog entry for more information.

This example includes both the event wrapper and the event structure for the file_comment message subtype event.

{
    "token": "XXYYZZ",
    "team_id": "T123ABC456",
    "api_app_id": "A123ABC456",
    "event": {
        "type": "message",
        "subtype": "file_comment",
        "ts": "1361482916.000003",
        "text": "<@cal> commented on a file: ...",
        "file": {},
        "comment": {}
    },
    "type": "event_callback",
    "authed_users": [
        "U123ABC456",
        "U222222222"
    ],
    "event_id": "Ev123ABC456",
    "event_time": 123456789
}

A file_comment message is sent when a new comment is added to a file shared into a channel, group or direct message.