StatusPage API - Unable to Update Components Status when Creating an Incident

[Nivi Mor]

I'm trying to create an incident using the the StatusPage API. I'm getting the error:

{"error":"incident[components] is invalid"}

I'm attaching my script below but the crucial part is the payload which looks like this:

data = {
  "incident[name]": "test",
  "incident[impact_override]": "critical",
  "incident[status]": "investigating",
  "incident[body]": "test",
  "incident[component_ids]": ["xxx"],
  "incident[components]": {"xxx": "degraded_performance"}
}

No matter what I do or what I try, it won't work.

import requests

# Replace with your actual page ID and API key

page_id = "xxx"

api_key = "xxx"

url = f"https://api.statuspage.io/v1/pages/{page_id}/incidents"

# Data to send in the POST request

data = {

"incident[name]": "test",

"incident[impact_override]": "critical",

"incident[status]": "investigating",

"incident[body]": "test",

"incident[component_ids]": ["xxx"],

"incident[components]": {"xxx": "degraded_performance"}

}

# Headers with Authorization

headers = {

"Authorization": f"OAuth {api_key}"

}

# Send POST request

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, data=data)

# Print response

print(response.status_code)

print(response.text)

[Nivi Mor · Accepted solution]

Found the answer here.

To change a component status the payload should look like this:

data = {
  "incident[name]": "test",
  "incident[impact_override]": "critical",
  "incident[status]": "investigating",
  "incident[body]": "test",
  "incident[component_ids]": ["xxxx"],
  # list your components here one by one with their status
  "incident[components][xxxx]": "degraded_performance",
  "incident[components][xxxx]": "degraded_performance"
}

[Aditya Bodke]

Thanks so much for sharing your solution with the community, Nivi! 🎉

Your willingness to post what worked not only helps others find answers faster, but also makes our community stronger. We appreciate you taking the time to give back and keep the momentum going. 

Regards,
Aditya