ShowContent

Fetch the content of a post-mortem document, rendered as markdown.

The response contains the full document content as a single markdown string. The markdown follows standard formatting and is structured to mirror the post-mortem as it appears in the incident.io dashboard:

Headings (#, ##, ###) for document title and sections
Bold and italic text formatting
Bullet lists and numbered lists
Links to external resources, Slack threads, and pull requests
Mentions of users, incidents, and catalog entries resolved to their display names
Custom field values rendered as labelled bullet lists
Timeline entries grouped by date with timestamps
Follow-ups with assignees and descriptions

To preview what this markdown will look like for a given post-mortem, open the document in the incident.io dashboard and use the “Copy to clipboard” button. The copied content uses the same rendering pipeline as this endpoint.

If you only need document metadata, use the Show or List endpoints instead.

GET

postmortem_documents

{id}

content

ShowContent

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.incident.io/v1/postmortem_documents/{id}/content \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

{
  "markdown": "# Incident Postmortem\n\n## Summary\n\nThis incident was investigated by Alice Smith and affected the API Gateway service.\n\n## Timeline\n\n### 2024-06-15 (UTC)\n\n* [10:30] **Alert fired**\n\n* [10:35] **Incident declared**\n\n## Follow-ups\n\n* **Add monitoring** - Assignee: Alice Smith\n"
}

Authorizations

Authorization

string

header

required

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

Path Parameters

string

required

Unique identifier for the post-mortem document

Example:

"01GDZEW57FDA1K4S63MGMQ5DS9"

Response

200 - application/json

OK response.

markdown

string

required

The full content of the post-mortem document, rendered as markdown. Includes all sections, resolved mentions, timeline, follow-ups, and custom fields.

Example:

"# Incident Postmortem\n\n## Summary\n\nThis incident was investigated by Alice Smith and affected the API Gateway service.\n\n## Timeline\n\n### 2024-06-15 (UTC)\n\n* [10:30] **Alert fired**\n\n* [10:35] **Incident declared**\n\n## Follow-ups\n\n* **Add monitoring** - Assignee: Alice Smith\n"

UpdateStatus

ListScheduleEntries

⌘I

ShowContent

curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.incident.io/v1/postmortem_documents/{id}/content \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'

{
  "markdown": "# Incident Postmortem\n\n## Summary\n\nThis incident was investigated by Alice Smith and affected the API Gateway service.\n\n## Timeline\n\n### 2024-06-15 (UTC)\n\n* [10:30] **Alert fired**\n\n* [10:35] **Incident declared**\n\n## Follow-ups\n\n* **Add monitoring** - Assignee: Alice Smith\n"
}

Getting started

Endpoints

Webhooks

Audit logs

Deprecated endpoints

ShowContent

Authorizations

Path Parameters

Response