openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Better Stack Uptime Heartbeats Incidents API
  description: 'Programmatic access to Better Stack''s uptime monitoring, heartbeat monitoring,

    incident management, status pages, escalation policies, and on-call surfaces.

    Responses follow the JSON:API specification.


    This document is a best-effort reconstruction from Better Stack''s public

    documentation and is not exhaustive. Refer to

    https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/api/ for authoritative reference.

    '
  version: 2.0.0
  contact:
    name: Better Stack
    url: https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/api/getting-started/
  license:
    name: Proprietary
servers:
- url: https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v2
  description: Better Stack Uptime API (v2 surface — monitors, heartbeats, status pages, on-call)
- url: https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v3
  description: Better Stack Uptime API (v3 surface — incidents)
security:
- bearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Incidents
paths:
  /incidents:
    servers:
    - url: https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v3
    get:
      tags:
      - Incidents
      summary: List incidents
      operationId: listIncidents
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/PerPage'
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Page'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A page of incidents.
    post:
      tags:
      - Incidents
      summary: Create incident
      operationId: createIncident
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/IncidentCreate'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Created incident.
  /incidents/{id}:
    servers:
    - url: https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v3
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Id'
    get:
      tags:
      - Incidents
      summary: Get incident
      operationId: getIncident
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Incident.
    delete:
      tags:
      - Incidents
      summary: Remove incident
      operationId: deleteIncident
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Removed.
  /incidents/{id}/timeline:
    servers:
    - url: https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v3
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Id'
    get:
      tags:
      - Incidents
      summary: List incident timeline
      operationId: getIncidentTimeline
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Timeline entries.
  /incidents/{id}/acknowledge:
    servers:
    - url: https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v3
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Id'
    post:
      tags:
      - Incidents
      summary: Acknowledge incident
      operationId: acknowledgeIncident
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Acknowledged.
  /incidents/{id}/resolve:
    servers:
    - url: https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v3
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Id'
    post:
      tags:
      - Incidents
      summary: Resolve incident
      operationId: resolveIncident
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Resolved.
  /incidents/{id}/reopen:
    servers:
    - url: https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v3
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Id'
    post:
      tags:
      - Incidents
      summary: Reopen incident
      operationId: reopenIncident
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Reopened.
  /incidents/{id}/escalate:
    servers:
    - url: https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v3
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Id'
    post:
      tags:
      - Incidents
      summary: Escalate incident
      operationId: escalateIncident
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Escalated.
components:
  parameters:
    PerPage:
      name: per_page
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
        maximum: 50
    Id:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
    Page:
      name: page
      in: query
      schema:
        type: integer
        minimum: 1
  schemas:
    IncidentCreate:
      type: object
      required:
      - summary
      - requester_email
      properties:
        summary:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        requester_email:
          type: string
          format: email
        call:
          type: boolean
        sms:
          type: boolean
        email:
          type: boolean
        push:
          type: boolean
        team_wait:
          type: integer
        policy_id:
          type: string
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: 'Bearer token. Provide either a Global API Token (account-wide) or a

        team-scoped Uptime API Token. Issued from Better Stack → API tokens.

        '