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": "ef0e9f6c-2f29-4b33-a143-11c820dfa418",
"type": "causes",
"attributes": {
"slug": "how-to-handle-security-incident",
"name": "How to handle security incident?",
"description": "This is a description",
"position": 2,
"created_at": "2025-12-15T12:18:51.290-08:00",
"updated_at": "2025-12-15T12:18:53.461-08:00"
}
}
}Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Resource UUID
Show child attributes
cause updated
Show child attributes
Unique ID of the cause
causes Show child attributes
The name of the cause
Date of creation
Date of last update
The slug of the cause
The description of the cause
Position of the cause
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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": "ef0e9f6c-2f29-4b33-a143-11c820dfa418",
"type": "causes",
"attributes": {
"slug": "how-to-handle-security-incident",
"name": "How to handle security incident?",
"description": "This is a description",
"position": 2,
"created_at": "2025-12-15T12:18:51.290-08:00",
"updated_at": "2025-12-15T12:18:53.461-08:00"
}
}
}