post https://api.everbridge.net/rest/incidents/
Creating a new incident results in launching one or more new notifications. Incident can be launched with default values set up at the template level or various parameters defined at the template level can be overridden by sending it through this API.
The following APIs can be used to find the IDs of resources used for launching an incident:
- Template ID: List Templates
- Variable ID: List Org Variables or List Template Variables
- Contact Paths: List Contact Paths
Error Messages
| status | message |
|---|---|
| 400 | Invalid template id. |
| 400 | Information variable [<variable ID] is required! |
| 400 | Invalid option for [<variable ID]! |
| 400 | Incident Template is not Live status. |
| 400 | Please specify the incidentAction for Incident object. |
| 400 | Required request body is missing |
| 500 | Fatal error on handling request |