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New comment by user

This trigger fires every time a new comment is posted by the user you specify.

Developer info

API endpoint slug
hacker_news.new_comment_by_user

Trigger fields

Username Text input

Label
Which username?
Slug
username
Required
true
Can have default value
true

Ingredients

Created atDate and time event was created.

Slug
created_at
Filter code
HackerNews.newCommentByUser.CreatedAt
Type
Date with time (ISO8601)
Example
2020-07-08T04:17:06.000+05:00

UsernameThe user who posted the story.

Slug
username
Filter code
HackerNews.newCommentByUser.Username
Type
String
Example
pg

TextSubmitted comment text.

Slug
text
Filter code
HackerNews.newCommentByUser.Text
Type
String
Example
Here's my favorite eno quote that i break out at any opportunity: “Whatever you now find weird, ugly, uncomfortable and nasty about a new medium will surely become its signature. CD distortion, the jitteriness of digital video, the crap sound of 8-bit...

URLThe URL to the comment on Hacker News.

Slug
url
Filter code
HackerNews.newCommentByUser.Url
Type
Web URL
Example
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14294666

Parent usernameThe user that posted the content that the comment is replying to.

Slug
parent_username
Filter code
HackerNews.newCommentByUser.ParentUsername
Type
String
Example
GuiA

Parent textThe contents of the parent comment or the title and text of the parent story.

Slug
parent_text
Filter code
HackerNews.newCommentByUser.ParentText
Type
String
Example
Brian Eno: Composers as Gardeners: https://www.edge.org/conversation/brian_eno-composers-as-gardeners

Parent URLThe URL to the parent comment or story on Hacker News.

Slug
parent_url
Filter code
HackerNews.newCommentByUser.ParentUrl
Type
Web URL
Example
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14288339