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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": "4b57242c-ebf5-4692-9d1e-67157807db46",
    "type": "alerts",
    "attributes": {
      "short_id": null,
      "source": "asana",
      "status": "open",
      "summary": "Asana ticket created",
      "description": null,
      "labels": [
        {
          "key": "status",
          "value": "succeeded"
        }
      ],
      "services": [
        {
          "id": "7b53d3ef-f8a0-4e5b-9856-aeb93a84dd06",
          "alert_broadcast_channel": {},
          "alert_broadcast_enabled": false,
          "alert_urgency_id": null,
          "alerts_email_address": "service-2e57f133662a33a614d505fb0684cdb3@email.rootly.com",
          "alerts_email_enabled": false,
          "backstage_id": null,
          "color": "#FAEBB7",
          "cortex_id": null,
          "created_at": "2025-10-18T10:23:55.984-07:00",
          "datadog_id": null,
          "deleted_at": null,
          "description": "Ab repellendus ea quam.",
          "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": "Reprehenderit deserunt est id.",
          "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": "reprehenderit-deserunt-est-id",
          "status": "operational",
          "team_id": 21,
          "updated_at": "2025-10-18T10:23:55.984-07:00"
        }
      ],
      "service_ids": [
        "7b53d3ef-f8a0-4e5b-9856-aeb93a84dd06"
      ],
      "groups": [],
      "group_ids": [],
      "environments": [
        {
          "id": "2f71c8aa-8372-4642-8945-e8c4a1a89d76",
          "color": "#404063",
          "created_at": "2025-10-18T10:23:56.007-07:00",
          "deleted_at": null,
          "description": "Dolores dolor est in.",
          "external_id": null,
          "incidents_count": 0,
          "name": "Dolores accusamus voluptatem cupiditate.",
          "notify_emails": [],
          "position": 1,
          "slack_aliases": [],
          "slack_channels": [],
          "slug": "dolores-accusamus-voluptatem-cupiditate",
          "team_id": 21,
          "updated_at": "2025-10-18T10:23:56.007-07:00"
        }
      ],
      "environment_ids": [
        "2f71c8aa-8372-4642-8945-e8c4a1a89d76"
      ],
      "responders": [],
      "incidents": [],
      "data": {
        "url": "https://asana.com/issues/1"
      },
      "deduplication_key": null,
      "started_at": "2025-10-18T10:21:03.000-07:00",
      "ended_at": "2025-10-18T10:23:03.000-07:00",
      "external_id": null,
      "external_url": null,
      "url": "https://test.rootly.com/account/alerts/4b57242c-ebf5-4692-9d1e-67157807db46",
      "noise": "not_noise",
      "notification_target_type": null,
      "notification_target_id": null,
      "alert_urgency": {
        "id": "9bb538e5-5b77-46a3-911e-b150c8b3efb4",
        "color": "#C73C40",
        "created_at": "2025-10-18T10:23:56.018-07:00",
        "deleted_at": null,
        "description": "Sit et excepturi sapiente.",
        "name": "w0ncs",
        "position": 1,
        "team_id": 21,
        "updated_at": "2025-10-18T10:23:56.023-07:00",
        "urgency": "high"
      },
      "alert_urgency_id": "9bb538e5-5b77-46a3-911e-b150c8b3efb4",
      "notified_users": [],
      "created_at": "2025-10-18T10:23:58.018-07:00",
      "updated_at": "2025-10-18T10:23:58.018-07:00"
    },
    "relationships": {
      "events": {
        "data": [
          {
            "id": "3718ce49-96ab-4af0-82f5-8f4e5a735b53",
            "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
I