subscribe to a pull request by API

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How does one subscribe to a pull request by API? The notifications API needs a thread_id, but I don't see how to get that for a specific pull request.

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How does one subscribe to a pull request by API?

• in the GraphQL API it works with the updateSubscription object

example

• subscribe to belm0/perf-timer #9

1. get the node_id

# works easy with 'gh' 
gh api repos/belm0/perf-timer/pulls/9 --jq .node_id
# PR_kwDOC-lkhs49SZSP

2. run the Graphql mutation with the node_id as input

mutation ($node_id: ID!) {
  updateSubscription(input: {state: SUBSCRIBED, subscribableId: $node_id, clientMutationId: "I subscribed"}) {
    clientMutationId
  }
}

{
  "data": {
    "updateSubscription": {
      "clientMutationId": "I subscribed"
    }
  }
}

Can be done with gh as well:

gh api graphql --raw-field node_id="PR_kwDOC-lkhs49SZSP" --raw-field query=$'mutation ($node_id: ID!){ updateSubscription(input: {state: SUBSCRIBED, subscribableId: $node_id, clientMutationId: "I subscribed"}) { clientMutationId }}'
# {
#  "data": {
#  "updateSubscription": {
#      "clientMutationId": "I subscribed"
#    }
#  }
# }

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The notifications API needs a thread_id, but I don't see how to get that for a specific pull request.

Yes, I tried the Rest API first, but quickly gave up. If you find a way, please post it.

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