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title: Gist comments
allowTitleToDifferFromFilename: true
shortTitle: Comments
intro: Use the REST API to view and modify comments on a gist.
versions: # DO NOT MANUALLY EDIT. CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN BY A 🤖
  fpt: '*'
  ghae: '*'
  ghec: '*'
  ghes: '*'
topics:
  - API
autogenerated: rest
---

## About gist comments

You can use the REST API to view and modify comments on a gist. For more information about gists, see "[AUTOTITLE](/get-started/writing-on-github/editing-and-sharing-content-with-gists)."

### Custom media types for Gist comments

These are the supported media types for gist comments.

    application/vnd.github.VERSION.raw
    application/vnd.github.VERSION.base64

For more information about media types, see "[AUTOTITLE](/rest/overview/media-types)."

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