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Fetch the content of a post-mortem document, rendered as markdown.

The response contains the full document content as a single markdown string. The markdown follows standard formatting and is structured to mirror the post-mortem as it appears in the incident.io dashboard:

• Headings (#, ##, ###) for document title and sections
• Bold and italic text formatting
• Bullet lists and numbered lists
• Links to external resources, Slack threads, and pull requests
• Mentions of users, incidents, and catalog entries resolved to their display names
• Custom field values rendered as labelled bullet lists
• Timeline entries grouped by date with timestamps
• Follow-ups with assignees and descriptions

To preview what this markdown will look like for a given post-mortem, open the document in the incident.io dashboard and use the “Copy to clipboard” button. The copied content uses the same rendering pipeline as this endpoint.

If you only need document metadata, use the Show or List endpoints instead.

GET /v1/postmortem_documents/{id}/content

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cURL

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.incident.io/v1/postmortem_documents/{id}/content \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

200

{
  "markdown": "# Incident Postmortem\n\n## Summary\n\nThis incident was investigated by Alice Smith and affected the API Gateway service.\n\n## Timeline\n\n### 2024-06-15 (UTC)\n\n* [10:30] **Alert fired**\n\n* [10:35] **Incident declared**\n\n## Follow-ups\n\n* **Add monitoring** - Assignee: Alice Smith\n"
}

Authorizations

Authorization · string · header · required

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

Path Parameters

id · string · required

Unique identifier for the post-mortem document

Example:

"01GDZEW57FDA1K4S63MGMQ5DS9"

Response

200 - application/json

OK response.

markdown · string · required

The full content of the post-mortem document, rendered as markdown. Includes all sections, resolved mentions, timeline, follow-ups, and custom fields.

Example:

"# Incident Postmortem\n\n## Summary\n\nThis incident was investigated by Alice Smith and affected the API Gateway service.\n\n## Timeline\n\n### 2024-06-15 (UTC)\n\n* [10:30] **Alert fired**\n\n* [10:35] **Incident declared**\n\n## Follow-ups\n\n* **Add monitoring** - Assignee: Alice Smith\n"