Risk Severities API

List risk severities
Get a single risk severity
Create a risk severity
Update a risk severity
Fields

List risk severities

List all risk severities for an account:

GET /risk_severities

Response

Status: 200 OK

[
  {
    "id": 2,
    "sourceID": null,
    "reference": "low",
    "name": "Low",
    "description": "Risk is Limited",
    "position": 1,
    "created_at": "2016-12-23T05:09:03-06:00",
    "updated_at": "2016-12-23T05:09:03-06:00"
  },
  "..."
]

The response contains these fields by default. Filtering and pagination are available to reduce/limit the collection of risk severities.

Collection Fields

By default the following fields will appear in collections of risk severities:

id sourceID reference name description position created_at updated_at

Obtain a different set of fields using the ?fields=parameter.

Filtering

Filtering is available for the following fields:

id source sourceID disabled reference name created_at updated_at disabled

The filters on source, sourceID, reference and name are not case sensitive.

Sorting

By default a collection of risk severities is sorted ascending by id.

The following fields are accepted by the ?sort=parameter:

id sourceID reference name position created_at updated_at

Get a single risk severity

GET /risk_severities/:id

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "attachments": [],
  "created_at": "2016-12-23T05:09:03-06:00",
  "description": "Risk is Limited",
  "disabled": false,
  "id": 2,
  "information": "A risk is considered to be low when: ...",
  "name": "Low",
  "position": 1,
  "reference": "low",
  "source": null,
  "sourceID": null,
  "updated_at": "2016-12-23T05:09:03-06:00"
}

The response contains these fields.

Create a risk severity

POST /risk_severities

When creating a new risk severity these fields are available.

Response

Status: 201 Created

{
  "id": "...",
  "...": "..."
}

The response contains all fields of the created risk severity and is similar to the response in Get a single risk severity.

Update a risk severity

PATCH /risk_severities/:id

When updating a risk severity these fields are available.

Response

Status: 200 OK

{
  "id": "...",
  "...": "..."
}

The response contains all fields of the updated risk severity and is similar to the response in Get a single risk severity.

Fields

attachments: Readonly aggregated Attachments
created_at: Readonly datetime — The date and time at which the risk severity was created.
description: Optional string (max 255) — The Description field is used to enter a very short description of the risk severity, for example “Risk is Significant”.
disabled: Optional boolean, default: false — The Disabled box is checked when the risk severity may not be related to any more risks.
id: Readonly integer — The unique ID of the risk severity.
information: Optional text (max 64KB) — The Information field is used to add any additional information about the risk severity that might prove useful, especially for risk managers when they need to decide which severity to select for a risk.
information_attachments: Writeonly attachments The attachments used in the Information field.
name: Required string (max 128) — The Name field is used to enter the name of the risk severity. Ideally the name of a risk severity consists of a single word, such as “High”.
position: Optional integer — The Position field dictates the position that the risk severity takes when it is displayed in a sorted list.
reference: Readonly string (max 128) — The Reference field is automatically set to the Name field value, written in lower case characters and with all spaces replaced by the underscore character. This reference can be used to link the risk severity to a risk using the R-Service REST API or the R-Service Import functionality.
source: Optional string (max 30) - See source
sourceID: Optional string (max 128) - See source
updated_at: Readonly datetime — The date and time of the last update of the risk severity. If the risk severity has no updates it contains the created_at value.