Update a specific cause by id
curl --request PUT \
--url https://api.rootly.com/v1/causes/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
--data '
{
"data": {
"type": "causes",
"attributes": {
"name": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"position": 123
}
}
}
'{
"data": {
"id": "1e135244-5e40-4a80-911a-b94a5a877f30",
"type": "causes",
"attributes": {
"slug": "how-to-handle-security-incident",
"name": "How to handle security incident?",
"description": "This is a description",
"position": 2,
"created_at": "2026-01-03T21:25:32.704-08:00",
"updated_at": "2026-01-03T21:25:33.976-08:00"
}
}
}Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
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curl --request PUT \
--url https://api.rootly.com/v1/causes/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
--data '
{
"data": {
"type": "causes",
"attributes": {
"name": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"position": 123
}
}
}
'{
"data": {
"id": "1e135244-5e40-4a80-911a-b94a5a877f30",
"type": "causes",
"attributes": {
"slug": "how-to-handle-security-incident",
"name": "How to handle security incident?",
"description": "This is a description",
"position": 2,
"created_at": "2026-01-03T21:25:32.704-08:00",
"updated_at": "2026-01-03T21:25:33.976-08:00"
}
}
}