debian-mirror-gitlab/doc/api/visual_review_discussions.md

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Verify	Testing	To determine the technical writer assigned to the Stage/Group associated with this page, see https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/ux/technical-writing/#assignments	reference, api

Visual Review discussions API (STARTER)

Introduced in GitLab Starter 12.5.

Visual Review discussions are notes on Merge Requests sent as feedback from Visual Reviews.

Create new merge request thread

Creates a new thread to a single project merge request. This is similar to creating a note but other comments (replies) can be added to it later.

POST /projects/:id/merge_requests/:merge_request_iid/visual_review_discussions

Parameters:

Attribute	Type	Required	Description
id	integer/string	yes	The ID or URL-encoded path of the project
merge_request_iid	integer	yes	The IID of a merge request
body	string	yes	The content of the thread
position	hash	no	Position when creating a diff note
position[base_sha]	string	yes	Base commit SHA in the source branch
position[start_sha]	string	yes	SHA referencing commit in target branch
position[head_sha]	string	yes	SHA referencing HEAD of this merge request
position[position_type]	string	yes	Type of the position reference. Either text or image.
position[new_path]	string	no	File path after change
position[new_line]	integer	no	Line number after change (Only stored for text diff notes)
position[old_path]	string	no	File path before change
position[old_line]	integer	no	Line number before change (Only stored for text diff notes)
position[width]	integer	no	Width of the image (Only stored for image diff notes)
position[height]	integer	no	Height of the image (Only stored for image diff notes)
position[x]	integer	no	X coordinate (Only stored for image diff notes)
position[y]	integer	no	Y coordinate (Only stored for image diff notes)

curl --request POST --header "PRIVATE-TOKEN: <your_access_token>" "https://gitlab.example.com/api/v4/projects/5/merge_requests/11/visual_review_discussions?body=comment"