Creates a severity

curl --request POST \ --url https://api.rootly.com/v1/severities \ --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \ --header 'Content-Type: application/vnd.api+json' \ --data ' { "data": { "type": "severities", "attributes": { "name": "<string>", "description": "<string>", "severity": "critical", "color": "<string>", "position": 123, "notify_emails": [ "<string>" ], "slack_channels": [ { "id": "<string>", "name": "<string>" } ], "slack_aliases": [ { "id": "<string>", "name": "<string>" } ] } } } '

{ "data": { "id": "de1cffcd-5ccc-4272-a295-923dcb4dd95f", "type": "severities", "attributes": { "name": "P0", "slug": "p0", "description": "High Priority", "severity": "medium", "color": "#E58A1F", "position": 1, "notify_emails": [ "[email protected]", "[email protected]" ], "slack_channels": [ { "id": "C03MKDSEJE8", "name": "elastisearch" } ], "slack_aliases": [ { "id": "S03F7QUV7F1", "name": "leadership" } ], "created_at": "2025-12-15T13:49:07.870-08:00", "updated_at": "2025-12-15T13:49:07.870-08:00" } } }

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

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data.type

enum<string>

required

Available options:

severities

data.attributes

object

required

Show child attributes

data.attributes.name

string

required

The name of the severity

data.attributes.description

string | null

The description of the severity

data.attributes.severity

enum<string>

The severity of the severity

Available options:

critical,

high,

medium,

low

data.attributes.color

string | null

The hex color of the severity

data.attributes.position

integer | null

Position of the severity

data.attributes.notify_emails

string[] | null

Emails to attach to the severity

data.attributes.slack_channels

object[] | null

Slack Channels associated with this severity

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data.attributes.slack_channels.id

string

required

Slack channel ID

data.attributes.slack_channels.name

string

required

Slack channel name

data.attributes.slack_aliases

object[] | null

Slack Aliases associated with this severity

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data.attributes.slack_aliases.id

string

required

Slack alias ID

data.attributes.slack_aliases.name

string

required

Slack alias name

Response

severity created

data

object

required

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data.id

string

required

Unique ID of the severity

data.type

enum<string>

required

Available options:

severities

data.attributes

object

required

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data.attributes.name

string

required

The name of the severity

data.attributes.created_at

string

required

Date of creation

data.attributes.updated_at

string

required

Date of last update

data.attributes.slug

string

The slug of the severity

data.attributes.description

string | null

The description of the severity

data.attributes.severity

enum<string>

The severity of the severity

Available options:

critical,

high,

medium,

low

data.attributes.color

string | null

The hex color of the severity

data.attributes.position

integer | null

Position of the severity

data.attributes.notify_emails

string[] | null

Emails to attach to the severity

data.attributes.slack_channels

object[] | null

Slack Channels associated with this severity

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data.attributes.slack_channels.id

string

required

Slack channel ID

data.attributes.slack_channels.name

string

required

Slack channel name

data.attributes.slack_aliases

object[] | null

Slack Aliases associated with this severity

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data.attributes.slack_aliases.id

string

required

Slack alias ID

data.attributes.slack_aliases.name

string

required

Slack alias name

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