Update

Update an existing incident role

PUT /v2/incident_roles/{id}

Update

cURL

curl --request PUT \
  --url https://api.incident.io/v2/incident_roles/{id} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "description": "The person currently coordinating the incident",
  "instructions": "Take point on the incident; Make sure people are clear on responsibilities",
  "name": "Incident Lead",
  "shortform": "lead"
}
'

200

{
  "incident_role": {
    "created_at": "2021-08-17T13:28:57.801578Z",
    "description": "The person currently coordinating the incident",
    "id": "01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0",
    "instructions": "Take point on the incident; Make sure people are clear on responsibilities",
    "name": "Incident Lead",
    "role_type": "lead",
    "shortform": "lead",
    "updated_at": "2021-08-17T13:28:57.801578Z"
  }
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

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

Path Parameters

id · string · required

Unique identifier for the role

Example:

"01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0"

Body

application/json

description · string · required

Describes the purpose of the role

Minimum string length: 1

Example:

"The person currently coordinating the incident"

instructions · string · required

Provided to whoever is nominated for the role. Note that this will be empty for the 'reporter' role.

Example:

"Take point on the incident; Make sure people are clear on responsibilities"

name · string · required

Human readable name of the incident role

Minimum string length: 1

Example:

"Incident Lead"

shortform · string · required

Short human readable name for Slack. Note that this will be empty for the 'reporter' role.

Example:

"lead"

Response

200 - application/json

OK response.

incident_role · object · required

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