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Class: Comment

Represents a Comment or Reply thread.

Hierarchy​

  • Base
    • Comment

Properties​

id: string​

The comment ID.

video: Video​

The video instance this comment belongs to.

author: BaseChannel​

The author channel metadata of this comment.

content: string​

The content text of the comment.

publishDate: string​

Literal string of when the comment was published (e.g. "2 days ago").

likeCount: number​

Total likes received on this comment.

isAuthorChannelOwner: boolean​

Whether the comment author is the owner/uploader of the video.

isPinned: boolean​

Whether the comment is pinned to the top of the comment section.

replyCount: number​

Number of replies under this comment.

replies: CommentReplies​

A continuable list of replies to this comment. Inherits from Continuable<Comment>.

url: string​

Returns a link directly to the highlighted comment on YouTube.

Example​

const comments = await video.comments.next(10);
const first = comments[0];

console.log(first.author.name); // "@YouTube"
console.log(first.content); // "can confirm: he never gave us up..."
console.log(first.replyCount); // 960

// Fetch replies
if (first.replyCount > 0) {
    const replies = await first.replies.next(5);
    console.log(replies.length); // 5 replies loaded
}