Update an existing comment in Azure DevOps

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Posted on by DGN_NB

Hello,

since there is no selection option in the column option on the part of DevOps, a workaround must be created.

The status of a work item and the last comment of the work item in a HTML table should be sent by email.

To make this possible, the last comment of the work item should be updated so that it appears first in the history.

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How do I get the newest comment and update it? (so that the updated comment will be first in "history)

--> If there is a solution to update an existing comment, it will be a suitable workaround for a requested feature in DevOps:
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Expiscornovus 33,851 Most Valuable Professional on at

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Hi @DGN_NB,

Below is an example of how you can retrieve the newest comment and update it with your own text. I am using this example from the Azure DevOps documentation:

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/azure/devops/wit/comments/update?view=azure-devops-rest-7.1&tabs=HTTP#update-a-comment

In the example I am using this expression to get the correct comment id from the first HTTP request:

body('Send_an_HTTP_request_to_Azure_DevOps')['comments'][0]['id']

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DGN_NB 11 on at

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Thanks you for your answer!
Yes, your solution works to put the comment first in history (thats great!)
Maybe I am doing something wrong, but with your solution the comment will be overwritten and replaced by the new text.

--> Is there a change to
a) add a word to an existing comment without deleting the existing text (which will put the comment first in history)
or
b) just get an existing comment and force an update on that (so that it appears first in history)

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