Better Uptime Incidents API

View and manage incidents triggered by monitors

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GET /incidents List incidents #

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OpenAPI Specification

betteruptime-incidents-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Better Stack Uptime Heartbeats Incidents API
  description: The Better Stack Uptime API provides programmatic access to manage uptime monitors, heartbeats, on-call schedules, incidents, status pages, integrations, team members, and reporting. The API follows the JSON:API specification and uses Bearer token authentication.
  version: v2
  contact:
    name: Better Stack Support
    url: https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/api/getting-started-with-uptime-api/
  termsOfService: https://betterstack.com/terms
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://betterstack.com/terms
servers:
- url: https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v2
  description: Better Stack Uptime API v2
- url: https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v3
  description: Better Stack Uptime API v3 (incidents)
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Incidents
  description: View and manage incidents triggered by monitors
paths:
  /incidents:
    get:
      operationId: listIncidents
      summary: List incidents
      description: Returns a list of all incidents with optional filtering.
      tags:
      - Incidents
      servers:
      - url: https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v3
      parameters:
      - name: team_name
        in: query
        description: Filter by team name
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: from
        in: query
        description: Start date for filtering (YYYY-MM-DD)
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      - name: to
        in: query
        description: End date for filtering (YYYY-MM-DD)
        schema:
          type: string
          format: date
      - name: monitor_id
        in: query
        description: Filter by monitor ID
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: heartbeat_id
        in: query
        description: Filter by heartbeat ID
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: resolved
        in: query
        description: Filter by resolved status
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: acknowledged
        in: query
        description: Filter by acknowledged status
        schema:
          type: boolean
      - name: page
        in: query
        description: Page number for pagination
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of incidents
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/IncidentListResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
components:
  schemas:
    IncidentListResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/IncidentResource'
        pagination:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pagination'
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              title:
                type: string
              detail:
                type: string
    Pagination:
      type: object
      properties:
        first:
          type: string
          format: uri
        last:
          type: string
          format: uri
        prev:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
        next:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
    IncidentAttributes:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: Incident name
        cause:
          type: string
          description: Root cause description
        status:
          type: string
          description: Current incident status
        started_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
        acknowledged_at:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        resolved_at:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        acknowledged_by:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        resolved_by:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        team_name:
          type: string
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
        http_method:
          type: string
        call:
          type: boolean
        sms:
          type: boolean
        email:
          type: boolean
        push:
          type: boolean
        regions:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        response_content:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        screenshot_url:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
        metadata:
          type: object
          additionalProperties: true
    IncidentResource:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - incident
        attributes:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/IncidentAttributes'
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication failed
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Bearer token obtained from Better Stack account settings