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POST
/
v2
/
follow_ups
/
{id}
/
actions
/
connect_external_issue
Connect external issue
curl --request POST \
  --url https://api.incident.io/v2/follow_ups/{id}/actions/connect_external_issue \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "provider": "linear",
  "url": "https://linear.app/incident/issue/INC-123"
}
'
import requests

url = "https://api.incident.io/v2/follow_ups/{id}/actions/connect_external_issue"

payload = {
"provider": "linear",
"url": "https://linear.app/incident/issue/INC-123"
}
headers = {
"Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)
const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({provider: 'linear', url: 'https://linear.app/incident/issue/INC-123'})
};

fetch('https://api.incident.io/v2/follow_ups/{id}/actions/connect_external_issue', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.incident.io/v2/follow_ups/{id}/actions/connect_external_issue",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'provider' => 'linear',
'url' => 'https://linear.app/incident/issue/INC-123'
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Authorization: Bearer <token>",
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}
package main

import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)

func main() {

url := "https://api.incident.io/v2/follow_ups/{id}/actions/connect_external_issue"

payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"provider\": \"linear\",\n \"url\": \"https://linear.app/incident/issue/INC-123\"\n}")

req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)

req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

fmt.Println(string(body))

}
HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.incident.io/v2/follow_ups/{id}/actions/connect_external_issue")
.header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"provider\": \"linear\",\n \"url\": \"https://linear.app/incident/issue/INC-123\"\n}")
.asString();
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.incident.io/v2/follow_ups/{id}/actions/connect_external_issue")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"provider\": \"linear\",\n \"url\": \"https://linear.app/incident/issue/INC-123\"\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
{
  "follow_up": {
    "assignee": {
      "email": "lisa@incident.io",
      "id": "01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0",
      "name": "Lisa Karlin Curtis",
      "role": "owner",
      "slack_user_id": "U02AYNF2XJM"
    },
    "assignee_team": {
      "id": "abc123",
      "name": "abc123"
    },
    "completed_at": "2021-08-17T13:28:57.801578Z",
    "created_at": "2021-08-17T13:28:57.801578Z",
    "creator": {
      "alert": {
        "id": "01GW2G3V0S59R238FAHPDS1R66",
        "title": "*errors.withMessage: PG::Error failed to connect"
      },
      "api_key": {
        "id": "01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0",
        "name": "My test API key"
      },
      "user": {
        "email": "lisa@incident.io",
        "id": "01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0",
        "name": "Lisa Karlin Curtis",
        "role": "owner",
        "slack_user_id": "U02AYNF2XJM"
      },
      "workflow": {
        "id": "01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0",
        "name": "My little workflow"
      }
    },
    "description": "Call the fire brigade",
    "external_issue_reference": {
      "issue_name": "INC-123",
      "issue_permalink": "https://linear.app/incident-io/issue/INC-1609/find-copywriter-to-write-up",
      "provider": "asana"
    },
    "id": "01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0",
    "incident_id": "01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0",
    "labels": [
      "bug",
      "urgent"
    ],
    "priority": {
      "description": "A follow-up that requires immediate attention.",
      "id": "01GNW4BAQ7XRMFF6FHKNXDFPRW",
      "name": "Urgent",
      "rank": 10
    },
    "status": "outstanding",
    "title": "Cat is stuck in the tree",
    "updated_at": "2021-08-17T13:28:57.801578Z"
  }
}
🔑 Requires the follow_ups.connect_external_issue scope.

Authorizations

Authorization
string
header
required

API key from your incident.io dashboard (Settings → API keys)

Path Parameters

id
string
required

Unique identifier for the follow-up

Example:

"01FCNDV6P870EA6S7TK1DSYDG0"

Body

application/json
provider
enum<string>
required

The issue tracker provider the issue belongs to

Available options:
asana,
azure_devops,
click_up,
linear,
jira,
jira_server,
github,
gitlab,
service_now,
shortcut
Example:

"linear"

url
string
required

URL of the issue in the external provider

Example:

"https://linear.app/incident/issue/INC-123"

Response

200 - application/json

OK response.

follow_up
object
required