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  11. On-call & Incidents API
    1. On-call calendar
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    5. Severities
      1. List all severities GET
      2. Get a single severity GET
      3. Create a severity POST
      4. Update a severity PATCH
      5. Delete a severity DELETE
      6. Severities API response params
    6. Severity groups
    7. Incidents
    8. Comments
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  14. Other API
    1. Metadata

Create a severity

Returns either a newly created severity, or validation errors.

POST https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v2/urgencies

Headers

Authorization
required string

Bearer $TOKEN

Content_Type
string

application/json

Body parameters

team_name
string

Required if using global API token to specify the team which should own the resource

name
required string

The name of this severity.

sms
required boolean

Whether to send SMS when a new incident is created.

call
required boolean

Whether to call when a new incident is created.

email
required boolean

Whether to send email when a new incident is created.

push
required boolean

Whether to send push notification when a new incident is created.

201

Returns newly created escalation policy

Response body

{
  "data": {
    "id": "789",
    "type": "urgency",
    "attributes": {
      "name": "New severity",
      "team_name": "Test team",
      "sms": false,
      "call": true,
      "email": false,
      "push": true
    }
}

Example cURL

Example
curl -X "POST" "https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v2/urgencies/" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8' \
-d $'{ "name": "New severity", "sms": false, "call": true, "email": false, "push": true }'

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