---
title: "Add an escalation policy to a team"
method: PUT
path: "/teams/{id}/escalation_policies/{escalation_policy_id}"
tags: ["Teams"]
---

# Add an escalation policy to a team

`PUT /teams/{id}/escalation_policies/{escalation_policy_id}`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.pagerduty.com`
- URL: `https://api.pagerduty.com/teams/{id}/escalation_policies/{escalation_policy_id}`
- Auth: API key in header `Authorization`
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/pagerduty/apis/rest-api/docs/teams/:id/escalation_policies/:escalation_policy_id/put.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

Add an escalation policy to a team.

A team is a collection of Users and Escalation Policies that represent a group of people within an organization.

For more information see the [API Concepts Document](../../api-reference/a47605517c19a-api-concepts#teams)

Scoped OAuth requires: `teams.write`

## Path parameters

- `id` string, required
- `escalation_policy_id` string, required

## Headers

- `Accept` string, required
- `Content-Type` 'application/json', required

## Response `204`

The escalation policy was added to the team.

## Other responses

- `400`: Caller provided invalid arguments. Please review the response for error details. Retrying with the same arguments will *not* work.
- `401`: Caller did not supply credentials or did not provide the correct credentials. If you are using an API key, it may be invalid or your Authorization header may be malformed.
- `402`: Account does not have the abilities to perform the action. Please review the response for the required abilities. You can also use the [Abilities API](#resource_Abilities) to determine what features are available to your account.
- `403`: Caller is not authorized to view the requested resource. While your authentication is valid, the authenticated user or token does not have permission to perform this action.
- `404`: The requested resource was not found.
- `429`: Too many requests have been made, the rate limit has been reached.

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