Authorizations
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Path Parameters
Resource UUID
Body
application/vnd.api+json
Response
cause updated
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": "731dea39-3364-48ef-9a3c-ea39a2d79527",
    "type": "causes",
    "attributes": {
      "slug": "how-to-handle-security-incident",
      "name": "How to handle security incident?",
      "description": "This is a description",
      "position": 2,
      "created_at": "2025-11-03T21:31:51.708-08:00",
      "updated_at": "2025-11-03T21:31:54.110-08:00"
    }
  }
}Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Resource UUID
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cause updated
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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": "731dea39-3364-48ef-9a3c-ea39a2d79527",
    "type": "causes",
    "attributes": {
      "slug": "how-to-handle-security-incident",
      "name": "How to handle security incident?",
      "description": "This is a description",
      "position": 2,
      "created_at": "2025-11-03T21:31:51.708-08:00",
      "updated_at": "2025-11-03T21:31:54.110-08:00"
    }
  }
}