---
title: "Submit Comment"
method: POST
path: "/essay-engagement/{slug}/comments"
tags: ["essay engagement"]
---

# Submit Comment

`POST /essay-engagement/{slug}/comments`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.verdun.ai` (the document declares no server; this is the origin it was published from)
- URL: `https://api.verdun.ai/essay-engagement/{slug}/comments`
- Auth: none declared

Store the comment as pending and email the owner a moderation link.

A filled honeypot gets the same 202 and stores and sends nothing.

## Path parameters

- `slug` string, required: Essay slug.

## Request body

- CreateEssayCommentRequest
  - `name` string, required: Commenter display name.
  - `body` string, required: Comment text.
  - `contact_reference` string: Honeypot; real readers leave empty.

## Response `202`

Successful Response

- CreateEssayCommentResponse
  - `status` 'pending': Comment accepted and awaiting owner approval.

## Other responses

- `404`: Malformed slug.
- `413`: Request body exceeds the 32 KiB limit.
- `422`: Validation Error
- `429`: Too many comments from this IP, or from all sources this hour.
- `502`: The moderation email was not accepted; the comment was discarded.

---

[API](https://skmtc.dev/verdun/apis/verdun-api.md) - [All operations](https://skmtc.dev/verdun/apis/verdun-api/llms.txt) - [OpenAPI document](https://skmtc.dev/verdun/apis/verdun-api/revisions/35a2a6ebedda?raw)