Clarification on Likes endpoint behavior regarding new Comment Reactions

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Hi team,

I’m building an application using the Trakt API and have a question regarding how the new Comment Reactions (introduced around September 2025) interact with the existing Likes endpoint.

Currently, the UI supports 5-6 different reactions (Thumbs Up, Thumbs Down, Laugh, Spoiler, etc.), but the API documentation only references “Likes”.

I recently tested this by reacting to a comment with a “Thumbs Down”. When I checked the API response for my Profile, that downvoted comment was still included in the Likes payload. This suggests that the Likes endpoint might be returning an aggregate sum of all reaction types, rather than just positive ones.

Could you clarify the intended behavior? Specifically:

  1. Payload contents: Does the current Likes endpoint fetch the sum of all reactions, or is it supposed to just be “Thumbs Up”? Does this behavior differ between the Profile endpoints vs. the Recent/Trending endpoints?

  2. Filtering for positivity: If the endpoint returns an aggregate of all reactions, is there a query parameter to filter out negative/utility reactions (like Thumbs Down or Spoiler) so we only fetch positive engagement?

  3. Future endpoints: If the Likes endpoint is strictly legacy, is there a new undocumented Reactions endpoint available (or planned) where developers can access the detailed breakdown of reaction types per comment?

Any guidance on how to properly handle these new reaction states via the API would be highly appreciated!

Thanks,
Jairaj

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