Authorizations
Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Path Parameters
Resource UUID
Body
application/vnd.api+json
Response
severity updated
Update a specific severity by id
curl --request PUT \
--url https://api.rootly.com/v1/severities/{id} \
--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": "a6e148e7-e352-4019-abf5-f010bbd8ae7d",
"type": "severities",
"attributes": {
"name": "P1",
"slug": "p1",
"description": "Medium Priority",
"severity": "medium",
"color": "#000",
"position": 2,
"notify_emails": [],
"slack_channels": [],
"slack_aliases": [],
"created_at": "2025-11-06T13:29:59.199-08:00",
"updated_at": "2025-11-06T13:30:01.559-08:00"
}
}
}Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.
Resource UUID
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curl --request PUT \
--url https://api.rootly.com/v1/severities/{id} \
--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": "a6e148e7-e352-4019-abf5-f010bbd8ae7d",
"type": "severities",
"attributes": {
"name": "P1",
"slug": "p1",
"description": "Medium Priority",
"severity": "medium",
"color": "#000",
"position": 2,
"notify_emails": [],
"slack_channels": [],
"slack_aliases": [],
"created_at": "2025-11-06T13:29:59.199-08:00",
"updated_at": "2025-11-06T13:30:01.559-08:00"
}
}
}