View raw markdown of GitHub comment

Question

How can I view the Markdown of a comment in a GitHub issue? For example, I would like to see the Markdown that makes up this comment: https://github.com/jashkenas/backbone/issues/3857#issue-116738665

Answer 1

Simply replace username, reponame and issue number in the following url:

https://api.github.com/repos/USERNAME/REPONAME/issues/NUMBER/comments

Here's an example

Answer 2

First, the first post is the actual issue itself, not accessible but the GitHub issue API:

https://api.github.com/repos/jashkenas/backbone/issues/3857/comments

That list only 3 comments, since the first post is not a comment.

The issue itself has a formatted body:

https://api.github.com/repos/jashkenas/backbone/issues/3857

That returns:

  "body": "In Safari , pass a path using unicode string to `navigate` method  like this\r\n\r\n```js\r\nBackbone.history.navigate('/city/北京',{trigger:true});\r\n```\r\nThe hash is incorrect. It output\r\n\r\n```js\r\nlocation.hash\r\n//> #/city/%17%AC\r\n```\r\n\r\nI tracked the code, it caused by `_updateHash` method.\r\n\r\nThe call stack created by  `History.prototype.navigate` method like this\r\n\r\n* navigate\r\n   -  decodeFragment\r\n   - _updateHash\r\n\r\nThe fragment passed to `_updateHash`,  was decoded by `decodeFragment`, so the hash was incorrect。\r\n\r\nI also searched the commit history, the `decodeFragment` added in \"1.2.0\"\r\n\r\nPS: My english is not good, although I am trying to improve\r\n\r\n",

That is not exactly mardown:

    In Safari , pass a path using unicode string to `navigate` method  like this

```js\r\nBackbone.history.navigate('/city/北京',{trigger:true});
```\r\nThe hash is incorrect. It output

```js\r\nlocation.hash
//> #/city/%17%AC
```

I tracked the code, it caused by `_updateHash` method.

The call stack created by  `History.prototype.navigate` method like this

* navigate
   -  decodeFragment
   - _updateHash
The fragment passed to `_updateHash`,  was decoded by `decodeFragment`, so the hash was incorrect。
I also searched the commit history, the `decodeFragment` added in \"1.2.0\"
PS: My english is not good, although I am trying to improve

The second comment in this issue has two images, so those fancy effects are no markdow:

https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/516562/11164567/62f9ddf6-8b2f-11e5-8aa8-631c1aa84422.gif

[https://jsfiddle.net/leexiaosi/uyp3o6ek/](https://jsfiddle.net/leexiaosi/uyp3o6ek/)

**notice!!!** : please open in safari.

### the record of safari
![safari](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/516562/11164567/62f9ddf6-8b2f-11e5-8aa8-631c1aa84422.gif)

### the record of chrome
![chrome](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/516562/11164583/c66d1b82-8b2f-11e5-9d88-ecba16ae6167.gif)