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POST
/
v1
/
alerts
Creates an alert
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.rootly.com/v1/alerts \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
  --data '{
  "data": {
    "type": "alerts",
    "attributes": {
      "noise": "noise",
      "source": "rootly",
      "status": "open",
      "summary": "<string>",
      "description": "<string>",
      "service_ids": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "group_ids": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "environment_ids": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "started_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "ended_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
      "external_id": "<string>",
      "external_url": "<string>",
      "alert_urgency_id": "<string>",
      "notification_target_type": "User",
      "notification_target_id": "<string>",
      "labels": [
        {
          "key": "<string>",
          "value": "<string>"
        }
      ],
      "data": {},
      "deduplication_key": "<string>",
      "alert_field_values_attributes": [
        {
          "alert_field_id": "<string>",
          "value": "<string>"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}'
{
  "data": {
    "id": "c50892d4-8afd-4e1c-81ed-85560b5373e9",
    "type": "alerts",
    "attributes": {
      "short_id": null,
      "source": "asana",
      "status": "open",
      "summary": "Asana ticket created",
      "description": null,
      "labels": [
        {
          "key": "status",
          "value": "succeeded"
        }
      ],
      "services": [
        {
          "id": "79f338e3-a2df-4a79-95ac-a4c42eda8421",
          "alert_broadcast_channel": {},
          "alert_broadcast_enabled": false,
          "alert_urgency_id": null,
          "alerts_email_address": "[email protected]",
          "alerts_email_enabled": false,
          "backstage_id": null,
          "color": "#D7F5E1",
          "cortex_id": null,
          "created_at": "2025-11-27T00:05:38.752-08:00",
          "datadog_id": null,
          "deleted_at": null,
          "description": "Voluptatem aut maiores aut.",
          "external_id": null,
          "github_repository_branch": "master",
          "github_repository_name": null,
          "gitlab_repository_branch": "master",
          "gitlab_repository_name": null,
          "heroku_app_name": null,
          "incident_broadcast_channel": {},
          "incident_broadcast_enabled": false,
          "incidents_count": 0,
          "kubernetes_deployment_name": null,
          "name": "Nulla dicta et facilis.",
          "notify_emails": [],
          "opsgenie_id": null,
          "opsgenie_team_id": null,
          "opslevel_id": null,
          "pagerduty_id": null,
          "position": 1,
          "public_description": null,
          "service_now_ci_sys_id": null,
          "show_uptime": true,
          "show_uptime_last_days": 60,
          "slack_aliases": [],
          "slack_channels": [],
          "slug": "nulla-dicta-et-facilis",
          "status": "operational",
          "team_id": 23,
          "updated_at": "2025-11-27T00:05:38.752-08:00"
        }
      ],
      "service_ids": [
        "79f338e3-a2df-4a79-95ac-a4c42eda8421"
      ],
      "groups": [],
      "group_ids": [],
      "environments": [
        {
          "id": "48b52e44-1b92-468a-bc4a-bbf8de12955f",
          "color": "#341818",
          "created_at": "2025-11-27T00:05:38.776-08:00",
          "deleted_at": null,
          "description": "Reiciendis quae magnam modi.",
          "external_id": null,
          "incidents_count": 0,
          "name": "Ea aut beatae suscipit.",
          "notify_emails": [],
          "position": 1,
          "slack_aliases": [],
          "slack_channels": [],
          "slug": "ea-aut-beatae-suscipit",
          "team_id": 23,
          "updated_at": "2025-11-27T00:05:38.776-08:00"
        }
      ],
      "environment_ids": [
        "48b52e44-1b92-468a-bc4a-bbf8de12955f"
      ],
      "responders": [],
      "incidents": [],
      "data": {
        "url": "https://asana.com/issues/1"
      },
      "deduplication_key": null,
      "started_at": "2025-11-27T00:02:35.000-08:00",
      "ended_at": "2025-11-27T00:04:35.000-08:00",
      "external_id": null,
      "external_url": null,
      "url": "https://test.rootly.com/account/alerts/c50892d4-8afd-4e1c-81ed-85560b5373e9",
      "noise": "not_noise",
      "notification_target_type": null,
      "notification_target_id": null,
      "alert_urgency": {
        "id": "cae3418f-089e-4761-9b1c-2c427e83609d",
        "color": "#C73C40",
        "created_at": "2025-11-27T00:05:38.787-08:00",
        "deleted_at": null,
        "description": "Sit porro quis sequi.",
        "name": "novy4",
        "position": 1,
        "team_id": 23,
        "updated_at": "2025-11-27T00:05:38.792-08:00",
        "urgency": "high"
      },
      "alert_urgency_id": "cae3418f-089e-4761-9b1c-2c427e83609d",
      "notified_users": [],
      "created_at": "2025-11-27T00:05:40.209-08:00",
      "updated_at": "2025-11-27T00:05:40.209-08:00"
    },
    "relationships": {
      "events": {
        "data": [
          {
            "id": "49434421-65ef-47b6-83f4-d6b535925cd1",
            "type": "alert_events"
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  }
}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Body

application/vnd.api+json
data
object
required

Response

alert created

data
object
required