> ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://developer.vanta.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Get an audit evidence comment by ID > Retrieves a single comment on a classic audit evidence item by its ID. Soft-deleted comments (where `deletionDate !== null`) are included in the response. Clients should check `deletionDate` to determine whether the comment has been deleted. This matches `GET /audits/{auditId}/comments`, which supports `changedSinceDate` and returns soft-deleted comments for delta sync. Comments remain fetchable when the parent evidence item has been soft-deleted, so delayed webhook consumers can still resolve a comment ID after evidence deletion. Rate limit: 50 requests / minute. ## OpenAPI ````yaml https://spec.speakeasy.com/vanta/vanta/conduct-an-audit-with-code-samples get /audits/{auditId}/evidence/{auditEvidenceId}/comments/{commentId} openapi: 3.0.0 info: title: Conduct an audit version: 1.0.0 description: >- The Auditor API lets audit firms conduct audits from a tool outside of Vanta. Unlock data syncing with Vanta through this API. **Note for Vanta Gov (FedRAMP) customers:** Select `Vanta Gov (FedRAMP)` from the server dropdown to issue requests against `https://api.vanta-gov.com`. The OAuth token URL shown below defaults to the commercial host — replace it with `https://api.vanta-gov.com/oauth/token`. termsOfService: https://www.vanta.com/terms license: name: UNLICENSED contact: name: API Support url: https://help.vanta.com/ email: support@vanta.com servers: - url: https://api.vanta.com/v1 description: Vanta (Commercial) - url: https://api.vanta-gov.com/v1 description: Vanta Gov (FedRAMP) security: [] paths: /audits/{auditId}/evidence/{auditEvidenceId}/comments/{commentId}: get: tags: - Audits summary: Get an audit evidence comment by ID description: >- Retrieves a single comment on a classic audit evidence item by its ID. Soft-deleted comments (where `deletionDate !== null`) are included in the response. Clients should check `deletionDate` to determine whether the comment has been deleted. This matches `GET /audits/{auditId}/comments`, which supports `changedSinceDate` and returns soft-deleted comments for delta sync. Comments remain fetchable when the parent evidence item has been soft-deleted, so delayed webhook consumers can still resolve a comment ID after evidence deletion. Rate limit: 50 requests / minute. operationId: GetAuditEvidenceComment parameters: - in: path name: auditId required: true schema: type: string - in: path name: auditEvidenceId required: true schema: type: string - in: path name: commentId required: true schema: type: string responses: '200': description: Ok content: application/json: schema: $ref: '#/components/schemas/Comment' examples: Example 1: value: id: 65fc81a3359c8508c9af880f auditEvidenceId: 65fc81a3359c8508c9af880f text: Some comment creationDate: '2024-03-07T21:25:56.000Z' modificationDate: '2024-03-07T21:25:56.000Z' deletionDate: '2024-03-07T21:25:56.000Z' email: vlad@vantaroo.com authorName: Vlad Vantaroo security: - bearerAuth: [] x-codeSamples: - lang: typescript label: GetAuditEvidenceComment source: |- import { Vanta } from "vanta-auditor-api-sdk"; const vanta = new Vanta({ bearerAuth: process.env["VANTA_BEARER_AUTH"] ?? "", }); async function run() { const result = await vanta.audits.getAuditEvidenceComment({ auditId: "", auditEvidenceId: "", commentId: "", }); console.log(result); } run(); - lang: java label: GetAuditEvidenceComment source: >- package hello.world; import com.vanta.vanta_auditor_api.Vanta; import com.vanta.vanta_auditor_api.models.operations.GetAuditEvidenceCommentResponse; import java.lang.Exception; public class Application { public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception { Vanta sdk = Vanta.builder() .bearerAuth(System.getenv().getOrDefault("BEARER_AUTH", "")) .build(); GetAuditEvidenceCommentResponse res = sdk.audits().getAuditEvidenceComment() .auditId("") .auditEvidenceId("") .commentId("") .call(); if (res.comment().isPresent()) { System.out.println(res.comment().get()); } } } components: schemas: Comment: properties: id: type: string description: The unique identifier for the comment auditEvidenceId: type: string description: The unique identifier for the audit evidence related to the comment. text: type: string description: The comment message creationDate: type: string format: date-time description: When the comment was created modificationDate: type: string format: date-time nullable: true description: When the comment was updated deletionDate: type: string format: date-time nullable: true description: When the comment was deleted email: type: string nullable: true description: >- The email of the comment author. This acts as a unique identifier to map users between Vanta and external systems. authorName: type: string nullable: true description: >- Human-readable display name of the comment author. Null if the author's name is not available (e.g., user was deleted). This enables correct author attribution in integrations where users cannot be reliably matched across systems by email alone. required: - id - auditEvidenceId - text - creationDate - modificationDate - deletionDate - email - authorName type: object additionalProperties: false securitySchemes: bearerAuth: type: http scheme: bearer ```` ## Related topics - [Create a comment for audit evidence](/api-reference/audits/create-a-comment-for-audit-evidence.md) - [Get an information request comment by ID](/api-reference/audits/get-an-information-request-comment-by-id.md) - [Get an audit evidence item by ID](/api-reference/audits/get-an-audit-evidence-item-by-id.md) - [Evidence comment created](/api-reference/evidence/evidence-comment-created.md) - [Evidence comment deleted](/api-reference/evidence/evidence-comment-deleted.md)