wp-includes/rest-api/endpoints/class-wp-rest-comments-controller.php:434Checks if a given request has access to read the comment.
$requestWP_REST_Requesttrue|WP_Error public function get_item_permissions_check( $request ) { $comment = $this->get_comment( $request['id'] ); if ( is_wp_error( $comment ) ) { return $comment; } // Re-map edit context capabilities when requesting `note` type. $edit_cap = 'note' === $comment->comment_type ? array( 'edit_comment', $comment->comment_ID ) : array( 'moderate_comments' ); if ( ! empty( $request['context'] ) && 'edit' === $request['context'] && ! current_user_can( ...$edit_cap ) ) { return new WP_Error( 'rest_forbidden_context', __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to edit comments.' ), array( 'status' => rest_authorization_required_code() ) ); } $post = get_post( $comment->comment_post_ID ); if ( ! $this->check_read_permission( $comment, $request ) ) { return new WP_Error( 'rest_cannot_read', __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to read this comment.' ), array( 'status' => rest_authorization_required_code() ) ); } if ( $post && ! $this->check_read_post_permission( $post, $request ) ) { return new WP_Error( 'rest_cannot_read_post', __( 'Sorry, you are not allowed to read the post for this comment.' ), array( 'status' => rest_authorization_required_code() ) ); } return true; }Introduced in 4.7.0. Unchanged from 6.7.7 through 7.1.0.
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