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Alert groups HTTP API

List alert groups

Required permission: grafana-oncall-app.alert-groups:read

shell 
curl "{{API_URL}}/api/v1/alert_groups/" \
  --request GET \
  --header "Authorization: meowmeowmeow" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json"

The above command returns JSON structured in the following way:

JSON 
{
  "count": 1,
  "next": null,
  "previous": null,
  "results": [
    {
      "id": "I68T24C13IFW1",
      "integration_id": "CFRPV98RPR1U8",
      "route_id": "RIYGUJXCPFHXY",
      "alerts_count": 3,
      "state": "resolved",
      "created_at": "2020-05-19T12:37:01.430444Z",
      "resolved_at": "2020-05-19T13:37:01.429805Z",
      "acknowledged_at": null,
      "acknowledged_by": null,
      "resolved_by": "UCGEIXI1MR1NZ",
      "title": "Memory above 90% threshold",
      "permalinks": {
        "slack": "https://ghostbusters.slack.com/archives/C1H9RESGA/p135854651500008",
        "telegram": "https://t.me/c/5354/1234?thread=1234"
      },
      "silenced_at": "2020-05-19T13:37:01.429805Z",
      "last_alert": {
        "id": "AA74DN7T4JQB6",
        "alert_group_id": "I68T24C13IFW1",
        "created_at": "2020-05-11T20:08:43Z",
        "payload": {
          "state": "alerting",
          "title": "[Alerting] Test notification",
          "ruleId": 0,
          "message": "Someone is testing the alert notification within Grafana.",
          "ruleUrl": "{{API_URL}}/",
          "ruleName": "Test notification",
          "evalMatches": [
            {
              "tags": null,
              "value": 100,
              "metric": "High value"
            },
            {
              "tags": null,
              "value": 200,
              "metric": "Higher Value"
            }
          ]
        }
      },
    }
  ],
  "current_page_number": 1,
  "page_size": 50,
  "total_pages": 1
}

Note: The response is paginated. You may need to make multiple requests to get all records.

These available filter parameters should be provided as GET arguments:

  • id (Exact match, alert group ID)
  • route_id (Exact match, route ID)
  • integration_id (Exact match, integration ID)
  • label (Matching labels, can be passed multiple times; expected format: key1:value1)
  • team_id (Exact match, team ID)
  • started_at (A “{start}_{end}” ISO 8601 timestamp range; expected format: %Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S_%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S)
  • state (Possible values: new, acknowledged, resolved or silenced)

HTTP request

GET {{API_URL}}/api/v1/alert_groups/

Alert group details

Required permission: grafana-oncall-app.alert-groups:read

shell 
curl "{{API_URL}}/api/v1/alert_groups/I68T24C13IFW1" \
  --request GET \
  --header "Authorization: meowmeowmeow"

HTTP request

GET {{API_URL}}/api/v1/alert_groups/<ALERT_GROUP_ID>

Acknowledge an alert group

Required permission: grafana-oncall-app.alert-groups:write (user authentication only)

shell 
curl "{{API_URL}}/api/v1/alert_groups/I68T24C13IFW1/acknowledge" \
  --request POST \
  --header "Authorization: meowmeowmeow"

HTTP request

POST {{API_URL}}/api/v1/alert_groups/<ALERT_GROUP_ID>/acknowledge

Unacknowledge an alert group

Required permission: grafana-oncall-app.alert-groups:write (user authentication only)

shell 
curl "{{API_URL}}/api/v1/alert_groups/I68T24C13IFW1/unacknowledge" \
  --request POST \
  --header "Authorization: meowmeowmeow"

HTTP request

POST {{API_URL}}/api/v1/alert_groups/<ALERT_GROUP_ID>/unacknowledge

Resolve an alert group

Required permission: grafana-oncall-app.alert-groups:write (user authentication only)

shell 
curl "{{API_URL}}/api/v1/alert_groups/I68T24C13IFW1/resolve" \
  --request POST \
  --header "Authorization: meowmeowmeow"

HTTP request

POST {{API_URL}}/api/v1/alert_groups/<ALERT_GROUP_ID>/resolve

Unresolve an alert group

Required permission: grafana-oncall-app.alert-groups:write (user authentication only)

shell 
curl "{{API_URL}}/api/v1/alert_groups/I68T24C13IFW1/unresolve" \
  --request POST \
  --header "Authorization: meowmeowmeow"

HTTP request

POST {{API_URL}}/api/v1/alert_groups/<ALERT_GROUP_ID>/unresolve

Silence an alert group

Required permission: grafana-oncall-app.alert-groups:write (user authentication only)

shell 
curl "{{API_URL}}/api/v1/alert_groups/I68T24C13IFW1/silence" \
  --request POST \
  --header "Authorization: meowmeowmeow" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
      "delay": 10800
  }'

HTTP request

POST {{API_URL}}/api/v1/alert_groups/<ALERT_GROUP_ID>/silence

ParameterRequiredDescription
delayYesThe duration of silence in seconds, -1 for silencing the alert forever

Unsilence an alert group

Required permission: grafana-oncall-app.alert-groups:write (user authentication only)

shell 
curl "{{API_URL}}/api/v1/alert_groups/I68T24C13IFW1/unsilence" \
  --request POST \
  --header "Authorization: meowmeowmeow"

HTTP request

POST {{API_URL}}/api/v1/alert_groups/<ALERT_GROUP_ID>/unsilence

Delete an alert group

Required permission: grafana-oncall-app.alert-groups:write

shell 
curl "{{API_URL}}/api/v1/alert_groups/I68T24C13IFW1/" \
  --request DELETE \
  --header "Authorization: meowmeowmeow" \
  --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --data '{
      "mode": "wipe"
  }'
ParameterRequiredDescription
modeNoThe default value for this parameter is wipe. Using wipe will delete the content of the alert group but keep the metadata, which is helpful if you’ve sent sensitive information to OnCall. On the other hand, passing delete will fully erase the alert group and its metadata, as well as delete related messages in Slack and other platforms.

NOTE: DELETE can take a few moments to delete alert groups because Grafana OnCall interacts with 3rd party APIs such as Slack. Please check objects using GET to be sure the data is removed.

HTTP request

DELETE {{API_URL}}/api/v1/alert_groups/<ALERT_GROUP_ID>