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API Reference

The Alerta API lets trusted systems send alerts to connected delivery channels. New integrations should use the v2 API and credentials created in the Alerta dashboard.

Base URL

Use the production API base URL shown in your Alerta dashboard. The examples in this reference use:

https://api.usealerta.com

Authentication

Every public v2 request requires:

x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY
x-api-secret: YOUR_API_SECRET
Content-Type: application/json

Create and manage these credentials in https://app.alerta.encrisoft.com.

Core Endpoints

MethodPathUse
POST/v2/slack/sendSend a Slack alert
POST/v2/slack/replyReply in a Slack thread
POST/v2/discord/sendSend a Discord alert
POST/v2/discord/replyReply to a Discord message
POST/v2/discord/start-threadStart a Discord thread
POST/v2/discord/send-thread-messageSend to a Discord thread
POST/v2/teams/sendSend a Microsoft Teams alert
POST/v2/teams/replyReply to a Microsoft Teams message

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