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Create an incident

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POSThttps://api.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidentshttps://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidentshttps://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidentshttps://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v2/incidentshttps://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidentshttps://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidentshttps://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v2/incidentshttps://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/incidentshttps://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v2/incidents

Overview

Create an incident.

This endpoint requires the incident_write permission.

OAuth apps require the incident_write authorization scope to access this endpoint.

Request

Body Data (required)

Incident payload.

Field
Type
Description
data [required]
object

Incident data for a create request.

Response

CREATED

Response with an incident.

Field
Type
Description
data [required]
object

Incident data from a response.

included
[<oneOf>]

Included related resources that the user requested.

Code Example

Create an incident returns "CREATED" response
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/incidents" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "type": "incidents",
    "attributes": {
      "title": "Example-Incident",
      "customer_impacted": false,
      "fields": {
        "state": {
          "type": "dropdown",
          "value": "resolved"
        }
      }
    },
    "relationships": {
      "commander_user": {
        "data": {
          "type": "users",
          "id": "string"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
EOF
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="us3.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/incidents" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "type": "incidents",
    "attributes": {
      "title": "Example-Incident",
      "customer_impacted": false,
      "fields": {
        "state": {
          "type": "dropdown",
          "value": "resolved"
        }
      }
    },
    "relationships": {
      "commander_user": {
        "data": {
          "type": "users",
          "id": "string"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
EOF
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="us5.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/incidents" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "type": "incidents",
    "attributes": {
      "title": "Example-Incident",
      "customer_impacted": false,
      "fields": {
        "state": {
          "type": "dropdown",
          "value": "resolved"
        }
      }
    },
    "relationships": {
      "commander_user": {
        "data": {
          "type": "users",
          "id": "string"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
EOF
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="datadoghq.eu"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/incidents" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "type": "incidents",
    "attributes": {
      "title": "Example-Incident",
      "customer_impacted": false,
      "fields": {
        "state": {
          "type": "dropdown",
          "value": "resolved"
        }
      }
    },
    "relationships": {
      "commander_user": {
        "data": {
          "type": "users",
          "id": "string"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
EOF
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="ap1.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/incidents" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "type": "incidents",
    "attributes": {
      "title": "Example-Incident",
      "customer_impacted": false,
      "fields": {
        "state": {
          "type": "dropdown",
          "value": "resolved"
        }
      }
    },
    "relationships": {
      "commander_user": {
        "data": {
          "type": "users",
          "id": "string"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
EOF
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="ap2.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/incidents" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "type": "incidents",
    "attributes": {
      "title": "Example-Incident",
      "customer_impacted": false,
      "fields": {
        "state": {
          "type": "dropdown",
          "value": "resolved"
        }
      }
    },
    "relationships": {
      "commander_user": {
        "data": {
          "type": "users",
          "id": "string"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
EOF
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="uk1.datadoghq.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/incidents" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "type": "incidents",
    "attributes": {
      "title": "Example-Incident",
      "customer_impacted": false,
      "fields": {
        "state": {
          "type": "dropdown",
          "value": "resolved"
        }
      }
    },
    "relationships": {
      "commander_user": {
        "data": {
          "type": "users",
          "id": "string"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
EOF
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="ddog-gov.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/incidents" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "type": "incidents",
    "attributes": {
      "title": "Example-Incident",
      "customer_impacted": false,
      "fields": {
        "state": {
          "type": "dropdown",
          "value": "resolved"
        }
      }
    },
    "relationships": {
      "commander_user": {
        "data": {
          "type": "users",
          "id": "string"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
EOF
# Set your Datadog site and credentials
export DD_SITE="us2.ddog-gov.com"
# Use a Personal Access Token or Service Access Token
export DD_BEARER_TOKEN="<PERSONAL_ACCESS_TOKEN OR SERVICE_ACCESS_TOKEN>"

curl -X POST "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v2/incidents" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "data": {
    "type": "incidents",
    "attributes": {
      "title": "Example-Incident",
      "customer_impacted": false,
      "fields": {
        "state": {
          "type": "dropdown",
          "value": "resolved"
        }
      }
    },
    "relationships": {
      "commander_user": {
        "data": {
          "type": "users",
          "id": "string"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
EOF