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Add a security signal to an incident

PATCHhttps://api.datadoghq.com/api/v1/security_analytics/signals/{signal_id}/add_to_incidenthttps://api.us3.datadoghq.com/api/v1/security_analytics/signals/{signal_id}/add_to_incidenthttps://api.us5.datadoghq.com/api/v1/security_analytics/signals/{signal_id}/add_to_incidenthttps://api.datadoghq.eu/api/v1/security_analytics/signals/{signal_id}/add_to_incidenthttps://api.ap1.datadoghq.com/api/v1/security_analytics/signals/{signal_id}/add_to_incidenthttps://api.ap2.datadoghq.com/api/v1/security_analytics/signals/{signal_id}/add_to_incidenthttps://api.uk1.datadoghq.com/api/v1/security_analytics/signals/{signal_id}/add_to_incidenthttps://api.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/security_analytics/signals/{signal_id}/add_to_incidenthttps://api.us2.ddog-gov.com/api/v1/security_analytics/signals/{signal_id}/add_to_incident

Overview

Add a security signal to an incident. This makes it possible to search for signals by incident within the signal explorer and to view the signals on the incident timeline.

This endpoint requires the security_monitoring_signals_write permission.

Arguments

Path Parameters

Name
Type
Description
signal_id [required]
string

The ID of the signal.

Request

Body Data (required)

Attributes describing the signal update.

Field
Type
Description
add_to_signal_timeline
boolean

Whether to post the signal on the incident timeline.

incident_id [required]
int64

Public ID attribute of the incident to which the signal will be added.

version
int64

Version of the updated signal. If server side version is higher, update will be rejected.

Response

OK

Updated signal data following a successfully performed update.

Field
Type
Description
status
string

Status of the response.

Code Example

Add a security signal to an incident returns "OK" response
# Path parameters
export signal_id="CHANGE_ME"

# 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 PATCH "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v1/security_analytics/signals/${signal_id}/add_to_incident" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "incident_id": 2609
}
EOF
# Path parameters
export signal_id="CHANGE_ME"

# 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 PATCH "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v1/security_analytics/signals/${signal_id}/add_to_incident" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "incident_id": 2609
}
EOF
# Path parameters
export signal_id="CHANGE_ME"

# 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 PATCH "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v1/security_analytics/signals/${signal_id}/add_to_incident" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "incident_id": 2609
}
EOF
# Path parameters
export signal_id="CHANGE_ME"

# 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 PATCH "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v1/security_analytics/signals/${signal_id}/add_to_incident" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "incident_id": 2609
}
EOF
# Path parameters
export signal_id="CHANGE_ME"

# 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 PATCH "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v1/security_analytics/signals/${signal_id}/add_to_incident" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "incident_id": 2609
}
EOF
# Path parameters
export signal_id="CHANGE_ME"

# 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 PATCH "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v1/security_analytics/signals/${signal_id}/add_to_incident" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "incident_id": 2609
}
EOF
# Path parameters
export signal_id="CHANGE_ME"

# 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 PATCH "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v1/security_analytics/signals/${signal_id}/add_to_incident" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "incident_id": 2609
}
EOF
# Path parameters
export signal_id="CHANGE_ME"

# 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 PATCH "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v1/security_analytics/signals/${signal_id}/add_to_incident" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "incident_id": 2609
}
EOF
# Path parameters
export signal_id="CHANGE_ME"

# 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 PATCH "https://api.${DD_SITE}/api/v1/security_analytics/signals/${signal_id}/add_to_incident" \
-H "Accept: application/json" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer ${DD_BEARER_TOKEN}" \
-d @- << EOF
{
  "incident_id": 2609
}
EOF