Creates a new event from provided data
curl --request POST \
--url https://api.rootly.com/v1/incidents/{incident_id}/events \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
--data '
{
"data": {
"type": "incident_events",
"attributes": {
"event": "<string>",
"visibility": "internal"
}
}
}
'{
"data": {
"id": "fd845e87-7659-458c-957a-bea34d6be7f0",
"type": "incident_events",
"attributes": {
"event": "New Event",
"event_raw": "New Event",
"kind": "event",
"source": "web",
"visibility": "external",
"user_display_name": "Rootly",
"occurred_at": "2025-12-12T07:17:06.946-08:00",
"starred_at": null,
"created_at": "2025-12-12T07:17:06.946-08:00",
"updated_at": "2025-12-12T07:17:06.946-08:00"
}
}
}Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
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incident_events incident_event created
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Unique ID of the incident event
incident_events Show child attributes
The summary of the incident event
Date of occurence
Date of creation
Date of last update
The visibility of the incident action item
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curl --request POST \
--url https://api.rootly.com/v1/incidents/{incident_id}/events \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
--data '
{
"data": {
"type": "incident_events",
"attributes": {
"event": "<string>",
"visibility": "internal"
}
}
}
'{
"data": {
"id": "fd845e87-7659-458c-957a-bea34d6be7f0",
"type": "incident_events",
"attributes": {
"event": "New Event",
"event_raw": "New Event",
"kind": "event",
"source": "web",
"visibility": "external",
"user_display_name": "Rootly",
"occurred_at": "2025-12-12T07:17:06.946-08:00",
"starred_at": null,
"created_at": "2025-12-12T07:17:06.946-08:00",
"updated_at": "2025-12-12T07:17:06.946-08:00"
}
}
}