Creates a new alert from provided data
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>"
}
}
}'
{
"data": {
"id": "930dff8f-31aa-4c22-acc9-bc4c7e869ac3",
"type": "alerts",
"attributes": {
"short_id": null,
"source": "asana",
"status": "open",
"summary": "Asana ticket created",
"description": null,
"labels": [
{
"key": "status",
"value": "succeeded"
}
],
"services": [
{
"id": "fa86eb62-008d-4226-9a94-0cc367e815fc",
"alert_broadcast_channel": {},
"alert_broadcast_enabled": false,
"alert_urgency_id": null,
"alerts_email_address": "service-c413e175c1a1da0f48235ba864eda8f2@email.rootly.com",
"alerts_email_enabled": false,
"backstage_id": null,
"color": "#FAEBB7",
"cortex_id": null,
"created_at": "2025-08-21T23:41:04.456-07:00",
"datadog_id": null,
"deleted_at": null,
"description": "Sint qui assumenda dolor.",
"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": "Ab quasi esse animi.",
"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": "ab-quasi-esse-animi",
"status": "operational",
"team_id": 16,
"updated_at": "2025-08-21T23:41:04.456-07:00"
}
],
"service_ids": [
"fa86eb62-008d-4226-9a94-0cc367e815fc"
],
"groups": [],
"group_ids": [],
"environments": [
{
"id": "44447862-c989-49c1-8455-a7f45501b61b",
"color": "#2a932a",
"created_at": "2025-08-21T23:41:04.484-07:00",
"deleted_at": null,
"description": "Nesciunt commodi quis repellendus.",
"external_id": null,
"incidents_count": 0,
"name": "Repellat est quaerat dolorum.",
"notify_emails": [],
"position": 1,
"slack_aliases": [],
"slack_channels": [],
"slug": "repellat-est-quaerat-dolorum",
"team_id": 16,
"updated_at": "2025-08-21T23:41:04.484-07:00"
}
],
"environment_ids": [
"44447862-c989-49c1-8455-a7f45501b61b"
],
"responders": [],
"incidents": [],
"data": {
"url": "https://asana.com/issues/1"
},
"deduplication_key": null,
"started_at": "2025-08-21T23:38:22.000-07:00",
"ended_at": "2025-08-21T23:40:22.000-07:00",
"external_id": null,
"external_url": null,
"url": "https://test.rootly.com/account/alerts/930dff8f-31aa-4c22-acc9-bc4c7e869ac3",
"noise": "not_noise",
"notification_target_type": null,
"notification_target_id": null,
"alert_urgency": {
"id": "7e098031-4814-403a-b951-222ec754390c",
"color": "#C73C40",
"created_at": "2025-08-21T23:41:04.499-07:00",
"deleted_at": null,
"description": "Nostrum aliquam illo sint.",
"name": "pb2av",
"position": 1,
"team_id": 16,
"updated_at": "2025-08-21T23:41:04.504-07:00",
"urgency": "high"
},
"alert_urgency_id": "7e098031-4814-403a-b951-222ec754390c",
"notified_users": [],
"created_at": "2025-08-21T23:41:06.498-07:00",
"updated_at": "2025-08-21T23:41:06.498-07:00"
},
"relationships": {
"events": {
"data": [
{
"id": "e2d538b5-d020-4ec4-afd5-7093ffe5cac8",
"type": "alert_events"
}
]
}
}
}
}
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>
, where <token>
is your auth token.
alert created
The response is of type object
.
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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>"
}
}
}'
{
"data": {
"id": "930dff8f-31aa-4c22-acc9-bc4c7e869ac3",
"type": "alerts",
"attributes": {
"short_id": null,
"source": "asana",
"status": "open",
"summary": "Asana ticket created",
"description": null,
"labels": [
{
"key": "status",
"value": "succeeded"
}
],
"services": [
{
"id": "fa86eb62-008d-4226-9a94-0cc367e815fc",
"alert_broadcast_channel": {},
"alert_broadcast_enabled": false,
"alert_urgency_id": null,
"alerts_email_address": "service-c413e175c1a1da0f48235ba864eda8f2@email.rootly.com",
"alerts_email_enabled": false,
"backstage_id": null,
"color": "#FAEBB7",
"cortex_id": null,
"created_at": "2025-08-21T23:41:04.456-07:00",
"datadog_id": null,
"deleted_at": null,
"description": "Sint qui assumenda dolor.",
"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": "Ab quasi esse animi.",
"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": "ab-quasi-esse-animi",
"status": "operational",
"team_id": 16,
"updated_at": "2025-08-21T23:41:04.456-07:00"
}
],
"service_ids": [
"fa86eb62-008d-4226-9a94-0cc367e815fc"
],
"groups": [],
"group_ids": [],
"environments": [
{
"id": "44447862-c989-49c1-8455-a7f45501b61b",
"color": "#2a932a",
"created_at": "2025-08-21T23:41:04.484-07:00",
"deleted_at": null,
"description": "Nesciunt commodi quis repellendus.",
"external_id": null,
"incidents_count": 0,
"name": "Repellat est quaerat dolorum.",
"notify_emails": [],
"position": 1,
"slack_aliases": [],
"slack_channels": [],
"slug": "repellat-est-quaerat-dolorum",
"team_id": 16,
"updated_at": "2025-08-21T23:41:04.484-07:00"
}
],
"environment_ids": [
"44447862-c989-49c1-8455-a7f45501b61b"
],
"responders": [],
"incidents": [],
"data": {
"url": "https://asana.com/issues/1"
},
"deduplication_key": null,
"started_at": "2025-08-21T23:38:22.000-07:00",
"ended_at": "2025-08-21T23:40:22.000-07:00",
"external_id": null,
"external_url": null,
"url": "https://test.rootly.com/account/alerts/930dff8f-31aa-4c22-acc9-bc4c7e869ac3",
"noise": "not_noise",
"notification_target_type": null,
"notification_target_id": null,
"alert_urgency": {
"id": "7e098031-4814-403a-b951-222ec754390c",
"color": "#C73C40",
"created_at": "2025-08-21T23:41:04.499-07:00",
"deleted_at": null,
"description": "Nostrum aliquam illo sint.",
"name": "pb2av",
"position": 1,
"team_id": 16,
"updated_at": "2025-08-21T23:41:04.504-07:00",
"urgency": "high"
},
"alert_urgency_id": "7e098031-4814-403a-b951-222ec754390c",
"notified_users": [],
"created_at": "2025-08-21T23:41:06.498-07:00",
"updated_at": "2025-08-21T23:41:06.498-07:00"
},
"relationships": {
"events": {
"data": [
{
"id": "e2d538b5-d020-4ec4-afd5-7093ffe5cac8",
"type": "alert_events"
}
]
}
}
}
}