Create

Create a new incident action.

POST /v2/actions

Create

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.incident.io/v2/actions \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "assignee_id": "01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0",
  "description": "Call the fire brigade",
  "incident_id": "01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0"
}
'

import requests

url = "https://api.incident.io/v2/actions"

payload = {
    "assignee_id": "01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0",
    "description": "Call the fire brigade",
    "incident_id": "01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0"
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    assignee_id: '01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0',
    description: 'Call the fire brigade',
    incident_id: '01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0'
  })
};

fetch('https://api.incident.io/v2/actions', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
  CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.incident.io/v2/actions",
  CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
  CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
  CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
  CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
  CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
  CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
  CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
    'assignee_id' => '01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0',
    'description' => 'Call the fire brigade',
    'incident_id' => '01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0'
  ]),
  CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
    "Authorization: Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type: application/json"
  ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
  echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
  echo $response;
}

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.incident.io/v2/actions"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"assignee_id\": \"01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0\",\n  \"description\": \"Call the fire brigade\",\n  \"incident_id\": \"01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0\"\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(string(body))

}

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.incident.io/v2/actions")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"assignee_id\": \"01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0\",\n  \"description\": \"Call the fire brigade\",\n  \"incident_id\": \"01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0\"\n}")
  .asString();

require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.incident.io/v2/actions")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"assignee_id\": \"01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0\",\n  \"description\": \"Call the fire brigade\",\n  \"incident_id\": \"01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body

201

{
  "action": {
    "assignee": {
      "email": "[e-mail]",
      "id": "01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0",
      "name": "Lisa Karlin Curtis",
      "role": "owner",
      "slack_user_id": "U02AYNF2XJM"
    },
    "completed_at": "2021-08-17T13:28:57.801578Z",
    "created_at": "2021-08-17T13:28:57.801578Z",
    "creator": {
      "alert": {
        "id": "01GW2G3V0S59R238FAHPDS1R66",
        "title": "*errors.withMessage: PG::Error failed to connect"
      },
      "api_key": {
        "id": "01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0",
        "name": "My test API key"
      },
      "user": {
        "email": "[e-mail]",
        "id": "01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0",
        "name": "Lisa Karlin Curtis",
        "role": "owner",
        "slack_user_id": "U02AYNF2XJM"
      },
      "workflow": {
        "id": "01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0",
        "name": "My little workflow"
      }
    },
    "description": "Call the fire brigade",
    "id": "01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0",
    "incident_id": "01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0",
    "status": "outstanding",
    "updated_at": "2021-08-17T13:28:57.801578Z"
  }
}

🔑 Requires the actions.create scope.

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

API key from your incident.io dashboard (Settings → API keys)

Body

application/json

description · string · required

Description of the action. Supports Markdown.

Example:

"Call the fire brigade"

incident_id · string · required

Unique identifier of the incident the action belongs to

Example:

"01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0"

assignee_id · string

ID of the user this action is assigned to

Example:

"01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0"

Response

201 - application/json

Created response.

action · object · required

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