---
title: comment - GraphQL Admin
description: Returns a `Comment` resource by ID.
api_version: 2025-10
api_name: admin
type: query
api_type: graphql
source_url:
  html: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/queries/comment
  md: https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/queries/comment.md
---

# comment

query

Returns a `Comment` resource by ID.

## Arguments

* id

  [ID!](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/scalars/ID)

  required

  The ID of the `Comment` to return.

***

## Possible returns

* Comment

  [Comment](https://shopify.dev/docs/api/admin-graphql/latest/objects/Comment)

  A comment on an article.

***

## Examples

* ### Retrieves a single comment by its ID

  #### Query

  ```graphql
  query CommentShow($id: ID!) {
    comment(id: $id) {
      id
      body
      bodyHtml
      author {
        name
      }
      ip
      publishedAt
      status
      userAgent
    }
  }
  ```

  #### Variables

  ```json
  {
    "id": "gid://shopify/Comment/9450891"
  }
  ```

  #### cURL

  ```bash
  curl -X POST \
  https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-10/graphql.json \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \
  -d '{
  "query": "query CommentShow($id: ID!) { comment(id: $id) { id body bodyHtml author { name } ip publishedAt status userAgent } }",
   "variables": {
      "id": "gid://shopify/Comment/9450891"
    }
  }'
  ```

  #### React Router

  ```javascript
  import { authenticate } from "../shopify.server";

  export const loader = async ({request}) => {
    const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);
    const response = await admin.graphql(
      `#graphql
    query CommentShow($id: ID!) {
      comment(id: $id) {
        id
        body
        bodyHtml
        author {
          name
        }
        ip
        publishedAt
        status
        userAgent
      }
    }`,
    {
      variables: {
          "id": "gid://shopify/Comment/9450891"
      },
    },
    );
    const json = await response.json();
    return json.data;
  }
  ```

  #### Ruby

  ```ruby
  session = ShopifyAPI::Auth::Session.new(
    shop: "your-development-store.myshopify.com",
    access_token: access_token
  )
  client = ShopifyAPI::Clients::Graphql::Admin.new(
    session: session
  )

  query = <<~QUERY
    query CommentShow($id: ID!) {
      comment(id: $id) {
        id
        body
        bodyHtml
        author {
          name
        }
        ip
        publishedAt
        status
        userAgent
      }
    }
  QUERY

  variables = {
    "id": "gid://shopify/Comment/9450891"
  }

  response = client.query(query: query, variables: variables)
  ```

  #### Node.js

  ```javascript
  const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
  const data = await client.query({
    data: {
      "query": `query CommentShow($id: ID!) {
        comment(id: $id) {
          id
          body
          bodyHtml
          author {
            name
          }
          ip
          publishedAt
          status
          userAgent
        }
      }`,
      "variables": {
          "id": "gid://shopify/Comment/9450891"
      },
    },
  });
  ```

  #### Response

  ```json
  {
    "comment": {
      "id": "gid://shopify/Comment/9450891",
      "body": "Check my casino at ... This will be marked as spam by akismet, because of the author name.",
      "bodyHtml": "<p>Check my casino at ... This will be marked as spam by akismet, because of the author name.</p>",
      "author": {
        "name": "viagra-test-123"
      },
      "ip": "127.0.0.1",
      "publishedAt": null,
      "status": "SPAM",
      "userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_5_4; en-us) AppleWebKit/525.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.2 Safari/525.20.1"
    }
  }
  ```

## Retrieves a single comment by its ID

[Open in GraphiQL](http://localhost:3457/graphiql?query=query%20CommentShow\(%24id%3A%20ID!\)%20%7B%0A%20%20comment\(id%3A%20%24id\)%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20id%0A%20%20%20%20body%0A%20%20%20%20bodyHtml%0A%20%20%20%20author%20%7B%0A%20%20%20%20%20%20name%0A%20%20%20%20%7D%0A%20%20%20%20ip%0A%20%20%20%20publishedAt%0A%20%20%20%20status%0A%20%20%20%20userAgent%0A%20%20%7D%0A%7D\&variables=%7B%0A%20%20%22id%22%3A%20%22gid%3A%2F%2Fshopify%2FComment%2F9450891%22%0A%7D)

```javascript
import { authenticate } from "../shopify.server";


export const loader = async ({request}) => {
  const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);
  const response = await admin.graphql(
    `#graphql
  query CommentShow($id: ID!) {
    comment(id: $id) {
      id
      body
      bodyHtml
      author {
        name
      }
      ip
      publishedAt
      status
      userAgent
    }
  }`,
  {
    variables: {
        "id": "gid://shopify/Comment/9450891"
    },
  },
  );
  const json = await response.json();
  return json.data;
}
```

##### GQL

```
query CommentShow($id: ID!) {
  comment(id: $id) {
    id
    body
    bodyHtml
    author {
      name
    }
    ip
    publishedAt
    status
    userAgent
  }
}
```

##### cURL

```
curl -X POST \
https://your-development-store.myshopify.com/admin/api/2025-10/graphql.json \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H 'X-Shopify-Access-Token: {access_token}' \
-d '{
"query": "query CommentShow($id: ID!) { comment(id: $id) { id body bodyHtml author { name } ip publishedAt status userAgent } }",
 "variables": {
    "id": "gid://shopify/Comment/9450891"
  }
}'
```

##### React Router

```
import { authenticate } from "../shopify.server";

export const loader = async ({request}) => {
  const { admin } = await authenticate.admin(request);
  const response = await admin.graphql(
    `#graphql
  query CommentShow($id: ID!) {
    comment(id: $id) {
      id
      body
      bodyHtml
      author {
        name
      }
      ip
      publishedAt
      status
      userAgent
    }
  }`,
  {
    variables: {
        "id": "gid://shopify/Comment/9450891"
    },
  },
  );
  const json = await response.json();
  return json.data;
}
```

##### Node.js

```
const client = new shopify.clients.Graphql({session});
const data = await client.query({
  data: {
    "query": `query CommentShow($id: ID!) {
      comment(id: $id) {
        id
        body
        bodyHtml
        author {
          name
        }
        ip
        publishedAt
        status
        userAgent
      }
    }`,
    "variables": {
        "id": "gid://shopify/Comment/9450891"
    },
  },
});
```

##### Ruby

```
session = ShopifyAPI::Auth::Session.new(
  shop: "your-development-store.myshopify.com",
  access_token: access_token
)
client = ShopifyAPI::Clients::Graphql::Admin.new(
  session: session
)

query = <<~QUERY
  query CommentShow($id: ID!) {
    comment(id: $id) {
      id
      body
      bodyHtml
      author {
        name
      }
      ip
      publishedAt
      status
      userAgent
    }
  }
QUERY

variables = {
  "id": "gid://shopify/Comment/9450891"
}

response = client.query(query: query, variables: variables)
```

## Input variables

JSON

```json
{
  "id": "gid://shopify/Comment/9450891"
}
```

## Response

JSON

```json
{
  "comment": {
    "id": "gid://shopify/Comment/9450891",
    "body": "Check my casino at ... This will be marked as spam by akismet, because of the author name.",
    "bodyHtml": "<p>Check my casino at ... This will be marked as spam by akismet, because of the author name.</p>",
    "author": {
      "name": "viagra-test-123"
    },
    "ip": "127.0.0.1",
    "publishedAt": null,
    "status": "SPAM",
    "userAgent": "Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10_5_4; en-us) AppleWebKit/525.18 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/3.1.2 Safari/525.20.1"
  }
}
```