Updates a communications group
curl --request PATCH \
--url https://api.rootly.com/v1/communications/groups/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
--data '
{
"data": {
"type": "communications_groups",
"attributes": {
"name": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"communication_type_id": "<string>",
"is_private": true,
"condition_type": "any",
"sms_channel": true,
"email_channel": true,
"member_ids": [
123
],
"slack_channel_ids": [
"<string>"
],
"communication_group_conditions": [
{
"id": "<string>",
"property_type": "service",
"service_ids": [
"<string>"
],
"severity_ids": [
"<string>"
],
"functionality_ids": [
"<string>"
],
"group_ids": [
"<string>"
],
"incident_type_ids": [
"<string>"
]
}
],
"communication_external_group_members": [
{
"id": "<string>",
"name": "<string>",
"email": "<string>",
"phone_number": "<string>"
}
]
}
}
}
'{
"data": {
"id": "21d29fe1-3738-4221-8e5b-74004186f45b",
"type": "communications_groups",
"attributes": {
"name": "Updated Group Name",
"slug": "communication-group-1",
"description": "Updated description",
"is_private": false,
"condition_type": "any",
"email_channel": true,
"sms_channel": false,
"communication_type_id": "7d181223-225f-43b0-9f1d-b0af6c70b075",
"slack_channel_ids": [
"f6c07d90-5924-5b4c-85e7-840f0f958f4f",
"86abd6b1-0e64-578b-b9da-36a4d50e6e15"
],
"created_at": "2026-02-18T05:11:27.090-08:00",
"updated_at": "2026-02-18T05:11:49.593-08:00",
"team_id": 201,
"member_ids": [],
"communication_group_members": [],
"communication_external_group_members": [
{
"id": "b5db9cc3-6402-43bc-975e-8464d8fcfa9e",
"name": "Updated External Member",
"email": "external@example.com",
"phone_number": "+911234567890"
}
],
"communication_group_conditions": [
{
"id": "aca9cf0d-7694-43ab-8be3-b48366b7b7f2",
"condition": "is",
"property_type": "service",
"service_ids": [],
"severity_ids": [],
"functionality_ids": [],
"group_ids": [],
"incident_type_ids": [],
"properties": []
}
]
}
}
}Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
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curl --request PATCH \
--url https://api.rootly.com/v1/communications/groups/{id} \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
--data '
{
"data": {
"type": "communications_groups",
"attributes": {
"name": "<string>",
"description": "<string>",
"communication_type_id": "<string>",
"is_private": true,
"condition_type": "any",
"sms_channel": true,
"email_channel": true,
"member_ids": [
123
],
"slack_channel_ids": [
"<string>"
],
"communication_group_conditions": [
{
"id": "<string>",
"property_type": "service",
"service_ids": [
"<string>"
],
"severity_ids": [
"<string>"
],
"functionality_ids": [
"<string>"
],
"group_ids": [
"<string>"
],
"incident_type_ids": [
"<string>"
]
}
],
"communication_external_group_members": [
{
"id": "<string>",
"name": "<string>",
"email": "<string>",
"phone_number": "<string>"
}
]
}
}
}
'{
"data": {
"id": "21d29fe1-3738-4221-8e5b-74004186f45b",
"type": "communications_groups",
"attributes": {
"name": "Updated Group Name",
"slug": "communication-group-1",
"description": "Updated description",
"is_private": false,
"condition_type": "any",
"email_channel": true,
"sms_channel": false,
"communication_type_id": "7d181223-225f-43b0-9f1d-b0af6c70b075",
"slack_channel_ids": [
"f6c07d90-5924-5b4c-85e7-840f0f958f4f",
"86abd6b1-0e64-578b-b9da-36a4d50e6e15"
],
"created_at": "2026-02-18T05:11:27.090-08:00",
"updated_at": "2026-02-18T05:11:49.593-08:00",
"team_id": 201,
"member_ids": [],
"communication_group_members": [],
"communication_external_group_members": [
{
"id": "b5db9cc3-6402-43bc-975e-8464d8fcfa9e",
"name": "Updated External Member",
"email": "external@example.com",
"phone_number": "+911234567890"
}
],
"communication_group_conditions": [
{
"id": "aca9cf0d-7694-43ab-8be3-b48366b7b7f2",
"condition": "is",
"property_type": "service",
"service_ids": [],
"severity_ids": [],
"functionality_ids": [],
"group_ids": [],
"incident_type_ids": [],
"properties": []
}
]
}
}
}