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PUT
/
v1
/
incidents
/
{id}
/
cancel
Cancel an incident
curl --request PUT \
  --url https://api.rootly.com/v1/incidents/{id}/cancel \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
  --data '
{
  "data": {
    "type": "incidents",
    "attributes": {
      "cancellation_message": "<string>"
    }
  }
}
'
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      "summary": "Expedita quae qui. Enim occaecati ut. Praesentium doloribus ut.",
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}

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Path Parameters

id
required

Resource UUID

Body

application/vnd.api+json
data
object
required

Response

incident cancel

data
object
required