--- a/bzconsole/api.py	Thu Sep 19 10:55:13 2013 -0700
+++ b/bzconsole/api.py	Thu Sep 19 13:04:03 2013 -0700
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 
     def __init__(self,
                  server='https://api-dev.bugzilla.mozilla.org/latest',
+                 base_url='https://bugzilla.mozilla.org',
                  refresh=False,
                  print_request=None,
                  username=None,
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@
         - print_request : log any request information to a file
         """
         self.server = server
+        self.base_url = base_url.rstrip('/')
         self.refresh = refresh
         self.print_request = print_request
         self.username = username
@@ -78,6 +80,47 @@
         number = int(number)
         return self._request('/bug/%d' % number)
 
+    def comments(self, bug, comment=None):
+        """
+        display a bug's comments
+        - comment: comment # to display
+        """
+
+        bug = int(bug)
+        if comment:
+            if isinstance(comment, basestring):
+                comment = [comment]
+            comment = [int(c) for c in comment]
+            raise NotImplementedError("TODO")
+        else:
+            return self._request('/bug/%d/comment' % bug)['comments']
+
+    def log(self, bug, reverse=True, lines=2, limit=None):
+        """brief comment log"""
+        bug = int(bug)
+        comments = list(enumerate(self.comments(bug)))
+        if reverse:
+            comments.reverse()
+        if limit is not None:
+            comments = comments[:limit]
+        template = "%(url)s\n%(author)s %(datetime)s \n%(text)s"
+        output = []
+        for index, comment in comments:
+            text = '\n'.join([line.strip() if len(line) < 79 else line[:79] + '...'
+                              for line in comment['text'].splitlines()[:lines]
+                              if line.strip()])
+            vals = dict(url='%s/show_bug.cgi?id=%d#c%d' % (self.base_url, bug, index),
+                        datetime=comment['creation_time'],
+                        author=comment['creator']['name'],
+                        text=text)
+            output.append(template % vals)
+
+        return '\n\n'.join(output)
+
+    def top(self, bug, lines=2, limit=4):
+        """latest comments"""
+        return self.log(bug, lines=lines, limit=limit, reverse=True)
+
     def summary(self, number):
         """
         display bug summary: