POST
/
v1
/
incident_types
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.rootly.com/v1/incident_types \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \
  --data '{
  "data": {
    "type": "incident_types",
    "attributes": {
      "name": "<string>",
      "description": "<string>",
      "color": "<string>",
      "position": 123,
      "notify_emails": [
        "<string>"
      ],
      "slack_channels": [
        {
          "id": "<string>",
          "name": "<string>"
        }
      ],
      "slack_aliases": [
        {
          "id": "<string>",
          "name": "<string>"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}'
{
  "data": {
    "id": "c5db596b-7896-468f-b09c-b064a7efe6e9",
    "type": "incident_types",
    "attributes": {
      "slug": "bug",
      "name": "Bug",
      "description": "Bug caused by a human",
      "color": "#FFF",
      "position": 1,
      "notify_emails": [
        "hello@rootly.com",
        "world@rootly.com"
      ],
      "slack_channels": [
        {
          "id": "C03MKDSEJE8",
          "name": "elastisearch"
        }
      ],
      "slack_aliases": [
        {
          "id": "S03F7QUV7F1",
          "name": "leadership"
        }
      ],
      "created_at": "2025-03-19T17:40:55.176-07:00",
      "updated_at": "2025-03-19T17:40:55.176-07:00"
    }
  }
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

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

Body

application/vnd.api+json
​
data
object
required

Response

201
application/vnd.api+json
incident_type created
​
data
object
required

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