Update a specific incident_type by id
curl --request PUT \
--url https://api.rootly.com/v1/incident_types/{id} \
--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": "783536d5-2e50-481f-bea2-e68eebdf91ab",
"type": "incident_types",
"attributes": {
"slug": "p1",
"name": "P1",
"description": "Medium Priority",
"color": "#000",
"position": 2,
"notify_emails": [],
"slack_channels": [],
"slack_aliases": [],
"created_at": "2025-12-10T16:25:44.092-08:00",
"updated_at": "2025-12-10T16:25:46.084-08:00"
}
}
}Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Resource UUID
Show child attributes
incident_types Show child attributes
The name of the incident type
The description of the incident type
The hex color of the incident type
Position of the incident type
Emails to attach to the incident type
incident_type updated
Show child attributes
Unique ID of the incident type
incident_types Show child attributes
The name of the incident type
Date of creation
Date of last update
The slug of the incident type
The description of the incident type
The hex color of the incident type
Position of the incident type
Emails to attach to the incident type
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curl --request PUT \
--url https://api.rootly.com/v1/incident_types/{id} \
--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": "783536d5-2e50-481f-bea2-e68eebdf91ab",
"type": "incident_types",
"attributes": {
"slug": "p1",
"name": "P1",
"description": "Medium Priority",
"color": "#000",
"position": 2,
"notify_emails": [],
"slack_channels": [],
"slack_aliases": [],
"created_at": "2025-12-10T16:25:44.092-08:00",
"updated_at": "2025-12-10T16:25:46.084-08:00"
}
}
}