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# Create Incident

Create an incident synchronously without a corresponding event from a monitoring service.

An incident represents a problem or an issue that needs to be addressed and resolved.

For more information see the [API Concepts Document](https://developer.pagerduty.com/api-reference/ZG9jOjI3NDc5Nzc-api-concepts#incidents).

## Parameters

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  | Parameter        | Description                                                                                                                                                   |
  | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
  | Assign to        | JSON array of PagerDuty user objects to assign this incident to. e.g. <pre><code>\[\{"assignee":\{"id": "USER\_ID", "type": "user\_reference"}}]</code></pre> |
  | Created by       | The email address of a valid user associated with the account making the request.                                                                             |
  | Description      | Additional incident details.                                                                                                                                  |
  | Incident Urgency | The urgency of the incident.                                                                                                                                  |
  | Service ID       | The unique identifier of the incident service.                                                                                                                |
  | Title            | A succinct description of the nature, symptoms, cause, or effect of the incident.                                                                             |
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## Example Output

```json theme={"dark"}
{
	"incident": {
		"id": "PT4KHLK",
		"type": "incident",
		"title": "The server is on fire.",
		"summary": "[#1234] The server is on fire.",
		"self": "https://api.pagerduty.com/incidents/PT4KHLK",
		"html_url": "https://subdomain.pagerduty.com/incidents/PT4KHLK",
		"incident_number": 1234,
		"created_at": "2015-10-06T21:30:42Z",
		"updated_at": "2015-10-06T21:40:23Z",
		"status": "triggered",
		"incident_key": "baf7cf21b1da41b4b0221008339ff357",
		"service": {
			"id": "PWIXJZS",
			"type": "service_reference",
			"summary": "My Mail Service",
			"self": "https://api.pagerduty.com/services/PWIXJZS",
			"html_url": "https://subdomain.pagerduty.com/service-directory/PWIXJZS"
		},
		"priority": {
			"id": "P53ZZH5",
			"type": "priority_reference",
			"summary": "P2",
			"self": "https://api.pagerduty.com/priorities/P53ZZH5"
		},
		"assigned_via": "escalation_policy",
		"assignments": [
			{
				"at": "2015-11-10T00:31:52Z",
				"assignee": {
					"id": "PXPGF42",
					"type": "user_reference",
					"summary": "Earline Greenholt",
					"self": "https://api.pagerduty.com/users/PXPGF42",
					"html_url": "https://subdomain.pagerduty.com/users/PXPGF42"
				}
			}
		],
		"resolved_at": null,
		"last_status_change_at": "2015-10-06T21:38:23Z",
		"last_status_change_by": {
			"id": "PXPGF42",
			"type": "user_reference",
			"summary": "Earline Greenholt",
			"self": "https://api.pagerduty.com/users/PXPGF42",
			"html_url": "https://subdomain.pagerduty.com/users/PXPGF42"
		},
		"first_trigger_log_entry": {
			"id": "Q02JTSNZWHSEKV",
			"type": "trigger_log_entry_reference",
			"summary": "Triggered through the API",
			"self": "https://api.pagerduty.com/log_entries/Q02JTSNZWHSEKV?incident_id=PT4KHLK",
			"html_url": "https://subdomain.pagerduty.com/incidents/PT4KHLK/log_entries/Q02JTSNZWHSEKV"
		},
		"incident_type": {
			"name": "major_incident"
		},
		"escalation_policy": {
			"id": "PT20YPA",
			"type": "escalation_policy_reference",
			"summary": "Another Escalation Policy",
			"self": "https://api.pagerduty.com/escalation_policies/PT20YPA",
			"html_url": "https://subdomain.pagerduty.com/escalation_policies/PT20YPA"
		},
		"teams": [
			{
				"id": "PQ9K7I8",
				"type": "team_reference",
				"summary": "Engineering",
				"self": "https://api.pagerduty.com/teams/PQ9K7I8",
				"html_url": "https://subdomain.pagerduty.com/teams/PQ9K7I8"
			}
		],
		"urgency": "high"
	}
}
```

## Workflow Library Example

[Create Incident with Pagerduty and Send Results Via Email](https://library.blinkops.com/workflows/create-incident-with-pagerduty-and-send-results-via-email)

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