Checkly

Checkly Incidents API

The Incidents API from Checkly — 4 operation(s) for incidents.

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Business capability
Incident Response Management BC-4220.30

Operations 4

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

POST /v1/incidents Open an incident on a dashboard · Create an incident #
Ask an LLM
“How do I announce an incident on one of my dashboards?”
“Can I set the impact level and start time of a dashboard incident?”
Tell an agent
Open incident {name} with impact {impact} on dashboard {dashboardId} with first update {incidentUpdates}.
Create a dashboard incident {name}, impact {impact}, on {dashboardId}, started {startedAt}, first update {incidentUpdates}.
DELETE /v1/incidents/{id} Delete a dashboard incident · Delete an incident #
Ask an LLM
“How do I remove a dashboard incident and all its updates?”
“Can a deleted dashboard incident be restored?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Delete dashboard incident {id}.
Remove dashboard incident {id} with every update on it.
GET /v1/incidents/{id} Get a dashboard incident · Retrieve an incident #
Ask an LLM
“What's the current state of a dashboard incident?”
“Can I include every update when I fetch a dashboard incident?”
Tell an agent
Show dashboard incident {id}.
Get dashboard incident {id} with all updates {includeAllIncidentUpdates}.
PUT /v1/incidents/{id} Update a dashboard incident · Update an incident #
Ask an LLM
“How do I mark a dashboard incident as stopped?”
“Can I change the impact of a dashboard incident after opening it?”
Tell an agent
Update dashboard incident {id} to name {name} and impact {impact}.
Close dashboard incident {id} ({name}, {impact}) with stop time {stoppedAt}.

Specifications

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OpenAPI Specification

checkly-incidents-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Checkly Public Incidents API
  version: v1
  description: 'These are the docs for the newly released Checkly Public API.

    If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us.'
servers:
- url: https://api.checklyhq.com
security:
- Bearer: []
tags:
- name: Incidents
paths:
  /v1/incidents:
    post:
      summary: Create an incident
      operationId: postV1Incidents
      description: Creates a new incident.
      parameters:
      - name: x-checkly-account
        in: header
        schema:
          type: string
          description: Your Checkly account ID, you can find it at https://app.checklyhq.com/settings/account/general
          x-format:
            guid: true
        description: Your Checkly account ID, you can find it at https://app.checklyhq.com/settings/account/general
      tags:
      - Incidents
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Model43'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Model47'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedError'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ForbiddenError'
        '404':
          description: Not Found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotFoundError'
        '429':
          description: Too Many Requests
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TooManyRequestsError'
  /v1/incidents/{id}:
    delete:
      summary: Delete an incident
      operationId: deleteV1IncidentsId
      description: Permanently removes an incident and all its updates.
      parameters:
      - name: x-checkly-account
        in: header
        schema:
          type: string
          description: Your Checkly account ID, you can find it at https://app.checklyhq.com/settings/account/general
          x-format:
            guid: true
        description: Your Checkly account ID, you can find it at https://app.checklyhq.com/settings/account/general
      - name: id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
          x-format:
            guid: true
        required: true
      tags:
      - Incidents
      responses:
        '204':
          description: No Content
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedError'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ForbiddenError'
        '429':
          description: Too Many Requests
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TooManyRequestsError'
    get:
      summary: Retrieve an incident
      operationId: getV1IncidentsId
      description: Shows details of a specific incident. Uses the "includeAllIncidentUpdates" query parameter to obtain all updates.
      parameters:
      - name: x-checkly-account
        in: header
        schema:
          type: string
          description: Your Checkly account ID, you can find it at https://app.checklyhq.com/settings/account/general
          x-format:
            guid: true
        description: Your Checkly account ID, you can find it at https://app.checklyhq.com/settings/account/general
      - name: id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
          x-format:
            guid: true
        required: true
      - name: includeAllIncidentUpdates
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
          description: You use it to include all the incident updates.
          example: true
          default: false
        description: You use it to include all the incident updates.
      tags:
      - Incidents
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Model47'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedError'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ForbiddenError'
        '404':
          description: Not Found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotFoundError'
        '429':
          description: Too Many Requests
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TooManyRequestsError'
    put:
      summary: Update an incident
      operationId: putV1IncidentsId
      description: Updates an incident.
      parameters:
      - name: x-checkly-account
        in: header
        schema:
          type: string
          description: Your Checkly account ID, you can find it at https://app.checklyhq.com/settings/account/general
          x-format:
            guid: true
        description: Your Checkly account ID, you can find it at https://app.checklyhq.com/settings/account/general
      - name: id
        in: path
        schema:
          type: string
          x-format:
            guid: true
        required: true
      - name: probe
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
      tags:
      - Incidents
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/Model48'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Successful
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Model49'
        '401':
          description: Unauthorized
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/UnauthorizedError'
        '403':
          description: Forbidden
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/ForbiddenError'
        '404':
          description: Not Found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/NotFoundError'
        '429':
          description: Too Many Requests
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/TooManyRequestsError'
components:
  schemas:
    UnauthorizedError:
      type: object
      properties:
        statusCode:
          type: number
          enum:
          - 401
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/error'
        message:
          type: string
          example: Bad Token
        attributes:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/attributes'
      required:
      - statusCode
      - error
    Model49:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: A name used to describe the incident.
          example: Service outage
        impact:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/impact'
        startedAt:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: Used to indicate when incident starts to be active.
          example: '2022-11-25T12:34:56.000Z'
        stoppedAt:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: Used to indicate when incident turns to inactive.
          example: '2022-11-25T13:34:56.000Z'
        dashboardId:
          type: number
          description: The dashboard ID where the incident will be shown.
          example: 1234
        id:
          type: string
          description: The incident universal and unique identificator.
          example: e50ad839-1b90-4955-b716-1c6edbda57cb
          x-format:
            guid: true
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The timestamp when the incident was created.
          example: '2022-09-08T19:41:28.658Z'
        updated_at:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: The timestamp when the incident was last updated.
          example: '2022-09-08T20:41:28.658Z'
        incidentUpdates:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
      required:
      - name
      - impact
      - dashboardId
      - id
      - created_at
      - updated_at
    Model42:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Model41'
        description:
          type: string
          description: A description about the status update.
          example: We found the issue and we are working on it.
      required:
      - status
      - description
    Model4:
      type: string
      enum:
      - Not Found
    Model46:
      type: array
      description: The first incident update with the status and description. It must be only one element.
      example:
      - id: 01f477f8-4293-4e1c-82bd-99797720434c
        status: RESOLVED
        description: The service is up and all is recovered.
        incidentId: 3abcfdfe-ae2d-4632-8dd1-18dd871e18fc
        created_at: '2022-09-08T20:56:48.425Z'
        updated_at: null
      - id: 1f0640f8-1910-4137-b91d-ed152faa92e6
        status: INVESTIGATING
        description: The service is down and affects all the regions.
        incidentId: 3abcfdfe-ae2d-4632-8dd1-18dd871e18fc
        created_at: '2022-09-08T18:56:48.425Z'
        updated_at: null
      minItems: 1
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/Model45'
    Model41:
      type: string
      description: The incident update status. Must be one of INVESTIGATING,IDENTIFIED,MONITORING,RESOLVED,MAINTENANCE
      example: INVESTIGATING
      enum:
      - INVESTIGATING
      - IDENTIFIED
      - MONITORING
      - RESOLVED
      - MAINTENANCE
    ForbiddenError:
      type: object
      properties:
        statusCode:
          type: number
          enum:
          - 403
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Model1'
        message:
          type: string
          example: Forbidden
      required:
      - statusCode
      - error
    attributes:
      type: object
    Model45:
      type: object
      properties:
        status:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Model44'
        description:
          type: string
          description: A description about the status update.
          example: We found the issue and we are working on it.
        id:
          type: string
          description: The incident update universal and unique identificator.
          example: e50ad839-1b90-4955-b716-1c6edbda57cb
          x-format:
            guid: true
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The timestamp when the incident update was created.
          example: '2022-09-08T19:41:28.658Z'
        updated_at:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: The timestamp when last the update.
          example: '2022-09-08T20:41:28.658Z'
      required:
      - status
      - description
      - id
      - created_at
      - updated_at
    Model2:
      type: string
      enum:
      - Too Many Requests
    incidentUpdates:
      type: array
      description: The first incident update with the status and description. It must be only one element.
      example:
      - status: INVESTIGATING
        description: The service is down and affects all the regions.
      x-constraint:
        length: 1
      items:
        $ref: '#/components/schemas/Model42'
    Model48:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: A name used to describe the incident.
          example: Service outage
        impact:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/impact'
        startedAt:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: Used to indicate when incident starts to be active.
          example: '2022-11-25T12:34:56.000Z'
        stoppedAt:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: Used to indicate when incident turns to inactive.
          example: '2022-11-25T13:34:56.000Z'
      required:
      - name
      - impact
    impact:
      type: string
      description: Used to indicate the impact or severity.
      example: MINOR
      default: MINOR
      enum:
      - MAINTENANCE
      - MAJOR
      - MINOR
    error:
      type: string
      enum:
      - Unauthorized
    Model44:
      type: string
      description: The incident update status. Must be one of INVESTIGATING,IDENTIFIED,MONITORING,RESOLVED,MAINTENANCE
      example: INVESTIGATING
      enum:
      - INVESTIGATING
      - IDENTIFIED
      - MONITORING
      - RESOLVED
      - MAINTENANCE
    Model47:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: A name used to describe the incident.
          example: Service outage
        impact:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/impact'
        startedAt:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: Used to indicate when incident starts to be active.
          example: '2022-11-25T12:34:56.000Z'
        stoppedAt:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: Used to indicate when incident turns to inactive.
          example: '2022-11-25T13:34:56.000Z'
        dashboardId:
          type: number
          description: The dashboard ID where the incident will be shown.
          example: 1234
        id:
          type: string
          description: The incident universal and unique identificator.
          example: e50ad839-1b90-4955-b716-1c6edbda57cb
          x-format:
            guid: true
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          description: The timestamp when the incident was created.
          example: '2022-09-08T19:41:28.658Z'
        updated_at:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: The timestamp when the incident was last updated.
          example: '2022-09-08T20:41:28.658Z'
        incidentUpdates:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Model46'
      required:
      - name
      - impact
      - dashboardId
      - id
      - created_at
      - updated_at
      - incidentUpdates
    NotFoundError:
      type: object
      properties:
        statusCode:
          type: number
          enum:
          - 404
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Model4'
        message:
          type: string
          example: Not Found
      required:
      - statusCode
      - error
    TooManyRequestsError:
      type: object
      properties:
        statusCode:
          type: number
          enum:
          - 429
        error:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Model2'
        message:
          type: string
          example: Too Many Requests
        attributes:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/attributes'
      required:
      - statusCode
      - error
    Model43:
      type: object
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
          description: A name used to describe the incident.
          example: Service outage
        impact:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/impact'
        startedAt:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: Used to indicate when incident starts to be active.
          example: '2022-11-25T12:34:56.000Z'
        stoppedAt:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
          description: Used to indicate when incident turns to inactive.
          example: '2022-11-25T13:34:56.000Z'
        dashboardId:
          type: number
          description: The dashboard ID where the incident will be shown.
          example: 1234
        incidentUpdates:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/incidentUpdates'
      required:
      - name
      - impact
      - dashboardId
      - incidentUpdates
    Model1:
      type: string
      enum:
      - Forbidden
  securitySchemes:
    Bearer:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: Bearer
      description: 'The Checkly Public API uses API keys to authenticate requests. You can get the API Key <a href="https://app.checklyhq.com/settings/user/api-keys" target="_blank">here</a>.</br>Your API key is like a password: <br>keep it secure!</br></br>Authentication to the API is performed using the Bearer auth method in the Authorization header and using the account ID.</br></br>For example, set <b>Authorization</b> header while using cURL: <code>curl -H "Authorization: Bearer [apiKey]" "X-Checkly-Account: [accountId]"</code></br>'