How to edit/update comment in Jira(Python)

[kz1212]

I am trying to edit a comment in jira using jira-python, but I couldnt find anything.

I know Add_comment will add a comment, but I also want to know how to edit a comment. thanks~!!

[Shaun S · Accepted solution]

You can edit a comment by first getting the comment ID. If you hover over the link icon of a comment(see screenshot) the ID should be contained in the link URL. 

With the commentID you can then update the comment

jira_options={'server': 'http://<jira_url>'}
jira=JIRA(options=jira_options,basic_auth=('username','password'))

comment = jira.comment('ALPHA-27', '10100')
comment.update(body = 'the text here will replace the text in the comment')

I'm sure there is a more streamlined method of obtaining the comment ID, but that should work for the sake of testing. 

[kz1212]

when I edit a customfield, it returns

response text = {"errorMessages":["Internal server error"],"errors":{}}

do you know how to fix this?@Shaun Seaver

[Rolando Dorbecker]

did you get anywhere with this? i am having the same issue.