def create_incident(**kwargs):
    """
    Creates an incident
    """
    incidents = cachet.Incidents(endpoint=ENDPOINT, api_token=API_TOKEN)
    if 'component_id' in kwargs:
        return incidents.post(name=kwargs['name'],
                              message=kwargs['message'],
                              status=kwargs['status'],
                              component_id=kwargs['component_id'],
                              component_status=kwargs['component_status'])
    else:
        return incidents.post(name=kwargs['name'],
                              message=kwargs['message'],
                              status=kwargs['status'])
Creates an incident