---
layout: default
title: API
parent: Alerting
nav_order: 15
---

# Alerting API

Use the alerting API to programmatically manage monitors and alerts.

---

#### Table of contents
- TOC
{:toc}


---

## Create query-level monitor
Introduced 1.0
{: .label .label-purple }

Query-level monitors run the query and check whether the results should trigger any alerts. As such, query-level monitors can only trigger one alert at a time. For more information about query-level monitors versus bucket-level monitors, see [Create monitors]({{site.url}}{{site.baseurl}}/monitoring-plugins/alerting/monitors/#create-monitors).

#### Request

```json
POST _plugins/_alerting/monitors
{
  "type": "monitor",
  "name": "test-monitor",
  "monitor_type": "query_level_monitor",
  "enabled": true,
  "schedule": {
    "period": {
      "interval": 1,
      "unit": "MINUTES"
    }
  },
  "inputs": [{
    "search": {
      "indices": ["movies"],
      "query": {
        "size": 0,
        "aggregations": {},
        "query": {
          "bool": {
            "filter": {
              "range": {
                "@timestamp": {
                  "gte": "||-1h",
                  "lte": "",
                  "format": "epoch_millis"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }],
  "triggers": [{
    "name": "test-trigger",
    "severity": "1",
    "condition": {
      "script": {
        "source": "ctx.results[0].hits.total.value > 0",
        "lang": "painless"
      }
    },
    "actions": [{
      "name": "test-action",
      "destination_id": "ld7912sBlQ5JUWWFThoW",
      "message_template": {
        "source": "This is my message body."
      },
      "throttle_enabled": true,
      "throttle": {
        "value": 27,
        "unit": "MINUTES"
      },
      "subject_template": {
        "source": "TheSubject"
      }
    }]
  }]
}
```

If you use a custom webhook for your destination and need to embed JSON in the message body, be sure to escape your quotes:

```json
{
  "message_template": {
    {% raw %}"source": "{ \"text\": \"Monitor {{ctx.monitor.name}} just entered alert status. Please investigate the issue. - Trigger: {{ctx.trigger.name}} - Severity: {{ctx.trigger.severity}} - Period start: {{ctx.periodStart}} - Period end: {{ctx.periodEnd}}\" }"{% endraw %}
  }
}
```

#### Sample response

```json
{
  "_id": "vd5k2GsBlQ5JUWWFxhsP",
  "_version": 1,
  "_seq_no": 7,
  "_primary_term": 1,
  "monitor": {
    "type": "monitor",
    "schema_version": 1,
    "name": "test-monitor",
    "enabled": true,
    "enabled_time": 1562703611363,
    "schedule": {
      "period": {
        "interval": 1,
        "unit": "MINUTES"
      }
    },
    "inputs": [{
      "search": {
        "indices": [
          "movies"
        ],
        "query": {
          "size": 0,
          "query": {
            "bool": {
              "filter": [{
                "range": {
                  "@timestamp": {
                    "from": "||-1h",
                    "to": "",
                    "include_lower": true,
                    "include_upper": true,
                    "format": "epoch_millis",
                    "boost": 1
                  }
                }
              }],
              "adjust_pure_negative": true,
              "boost": 1
            }
          },
          "aggregations": {}
        }
      }
    }],
    "triggers": [{
      "id": "ud5k2GsBlQ5JUWWFxRvi",
      "name": "test-trigger",
      "severity": "1",
      "condition": {
        "script": {
          "source": "ctx.results[0].hits.total.value > 0",
          "lang": "painless"
        }
      },
      "actions": [{
        "id": "ut5k2GsBlQ5JUWWFxRvj",
        "name": "test-action",
        "destination_id": "ld7912sBlQ5JUWWFThoW",
        "message_template": {
          "source": "This is my message body.",
          "lang": "mustache"
        },
        "throttle_enabled": false,
        "subject_template": {
          "source": "Subject",
          "lang": "mustache"
        }
      }]
    }],
    "last_update_time": 1562703611363
  }
}
```

If you want to specify a timezone, you can do so by including a [cron expression]({{site.url}}{{site.baseurl}}/monitoring-plugins/alerting/cron/) with a timezone name in the `schedule` section of your request.

The following example creates a monitor that runs at 12:10 PM Pacific Time on the 1st day of every month.

#### Request

```json
{
  "type": "monitor",
  "name": "test-monitor",
  "monitor_type": "query_level_monitor",
  "enabled": true,
  "schedule": {
    "cron" : {
        "expression": "10 12 1 * *",
        "timezone": "America/Los_Angeles"
    }
  },
  "inputs": [{
    "search": {
      "indices": ["movies"],
      "query": {
        "size": 0,
        "aggregations": {},
        "query": {
          "bool": {
            "filter": {
              "range": {
                "@timestamp": {
                  "gte": "||-1h",
                  "lte": "",
                  "format": "epoch_millis"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }],
  "triggers": [{
    "name": "test-trigger",
    "severity": "1",
    "condition": {
      "script": {
        "source": "ctx.results[0].hits.total.value > 0",
        "lang": "painless"
      }
    },
    "actions": [{
      "name": "test-action",
      "destination_id": "ld7912sBlQ5JUWWFThoW",
      "message_template": {
        "source": "This is a message body."
      },
      "throttle_enabled": true,
      "throttle": {
        "value": 27,
        "unit": "MINUTES"
      },
      "subject_template": {
        "source": "Subject"
      }
    }]
  }]
}
```

For a full list of timezone names, refer to [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones). The alerting plugin uses the Java [TimeZone](https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/util/TimeZone.html) class to convert a [`ZoneId`](https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/api/java.base/java/time/ZoneId.html) to a valid timezone.

---

## Create bucket-level monitor

Bucket-level monitors categorize results into buckets separated by fields. The monitor then runs your script with each bucket's results and evaluates whether to trigger an alert. For more information about bucket-level monitors versus query-level monitors, see [Create monitors]({{site.url}}{{site.baseurl}}/monitoring-plugins/alerting/monitors/#create-monitors).

```json
POST _plugins/_alerting/monitors
{
  "type": "monitor",
  "name": "test-bucket-level-monitor",
  "monitor_type": "bucket_level_monitor",
  "enabled": true,
  "schedule": {
    "period": {
      "interval": 1,
      "unit": "MINUTES"
    }
  },
  "inputs": [
    {
      "search": {
        "indices": [
          "movies"
        ],
        "query": {
          "size": 0,
          "query": {
            "bool": {
              "filter": [
                {
                  "range": {
                    "order_date": {
                      "from": "{{period_end}}||-1h",
                      "to": "{{period_end}}",
                      "include_lower": true,
                      "include_upper": true,
                      "format": "epoch_millis"
                    }
                  }
                }
              ]
            }
          },
          "aggregations": {
            "composite_agg": {
              "composite": {
                "sources": [
                  {
                    "user": {
                      "terms": {
                        "field": "user"
                      }
                    }
                  }
                ]
              },
              "aggregations": {
                "avg_products_base_price": {
                  "avg": {
                    "field": "products.base_price"
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "triggers": [
    {
      "bucket_level_trigger": {
        "name": "test-trigger",
        "severity": "1",
        "condition": {
          "buckets_path": {
            "_count": "_count",
            "avg_products_base_price": "avg_products_base_price"
          },
          "parent_bucket_path": "composite_agg",
          "script": {
            "source": "params._count > 50 || params.avg_products_base_price < 35",
            "lang": "painless"
          }
        },
        "actions": [
          {
            "name": "test-action",
            "destination_id": "E4o5hnsB6KjPKmHtpfCA",
            "message_template": {
              "source": """Monitor {{ctx.monitor.name}} just entered alert status. Please investigate the issue.   - Trigger: {{ctx.trigger.name}}   - Severity: {{ctx.trigger.severity}}   - Period start: {{ctx.periodStart}}   - Period end: {{ctx.periodEnd}}    - Deduped Alerts:   {{ctx.dedupedAlerts}}     * {{id}} : {{bucket_keys}}   {{ctx.dedupedAlerts}}    - New Alerts:   {{ctx.newAlerts}}     * {{id}} : {{bucket_keys}}   {{ctx.newAlerts}}    - Completed Alerts:   {{ctx.completedAlerts}}     * {{id}} : {{bucket_keys}}   {{ctx.completedAlerts}}""",
              "lang": "mustache"
            },
            "throttle_enabled": false,
            "throttle": {
              "value": 10,
              "unit": "MINUTES"
            },
            "action_execution_policy": {
              "action_execution_scope": {
                "per_alert": {
                  "actionable_alerts": [
                    "DEDUPED",
                    "NEW"
                  ]
                }
              }
            },
            "subject_template": {
              "source": "The Subject",
              "lang": "mustache"
            }
          }
        ]
      }
    }
  ]
}
```

#### Sample response
```json
{
  "_id" : "Dfxr63sBwex6DxEhHV5N",
  "_version" : 1,
  "_seq_no" : 3,
  "_primary_term" : 1,
  "monitor" : {
    "type" : "monitor",
    "schema_version" : 4,
    "name" : "test-bucket-level-monitor",
    "monitor_type" : "bucket_level_monitor",
    "user" : {
      "name" : "",
      "backend_roles" : [ ],
      "roles" : [ ],
      "custom_attribute_names" : [ ],
      "user_requested_tenant" : null
    },
    "enabled" : true,
    "enabled_time" : 1631742270785,
    "schedule" : {
      "period" : {
        "interval" : 1,
        "unit" : "MINUTES"
      }
    },
    "inputs" : [
      {
        "search" : {
          "indices" : [
            "opensearch_dashboards_sample_data_flights"
          ],
          "query" : {
            "size" : 0,
            "query" : {
              "bool" : {
                "filter" : [
                  {
                    "range" : {
                      "order_date" : {
                        "from" : "{{period_end}}||-1h",
                        "to" : "{{period_end}}",
                        "include_lower" : true,
                        "include_upper" : true,
                        "format" : "epoch_millis",
                        "boost" : 1.0
                      }
                    }
                  }
                ],
                "adjust_pure_negative" : true,
                "boost" : 1.0
              }
            },
            "aggregations" : {
              "composite_agg" : {
                "composite" : {
                  "size" : 10,
                  "sources" : [
                    {
                      "user" : {
                        "terms" : {
                          "field" : "user",
                          "missing_bucket" : false,
                          "order" : "asc"
                        }
                      }
                    }
                  ]
                },
                "aggregations" : {
                  "avg_products_base_price" : {
                    "avg" : {
                      "field" : "products.base_price"
                    }
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    ],
    "triggers" : [
      {
        "bucket_level_trigger" : {
          "id" : "C_xr63sBwex6DxEhHV5B",
          "name" : "test-trigger",
          "severity" : "1",
          "condition" : {
            "buckets_path" : {
              "_count" : "_count",
              "avg_products_base_price" : "avg_products_base_price"
            },
            "parent_bucket_path" : "composite_agg",
            "script" : {
              "source" : "params._count > 50 || params.avg_products_base_price < 35",
              "lang" : "painless"
            },
            "gap_policy" : "skip"
          },
          "actions" : [
            {
              "id" : "DPxr63sBwex6DxEhHV5B",
              "name" : "test-action",
              "destination_id" : "E4o5hnsB6KjPKmHtpfCA",
              "message_template" : {
                "source" : "Monitor {{ctx.monitor.name}} just entered alert status. Please investigate the issue.   - Trigger: {{ctx.trigger.name}}   - Severity: {{ctx.trigger.severity}}   - Period start: {{ctx.periodStart}}   - Period end: {{ctx.periodEnd}}    - Deduped Alerts:   {{ctx.dedupedAlerts}}     * {{id}} : {{bucket_keys}}   {{ctx.dedupedAlerts}}    - New Alerts:   {{ctx.newAlerts}}     * {{id}} : {{bucket_keys}}   {{ctx.newAlerts}}    - Completed Alerts:   {{ctx.completedAlerts}}     * {{id}} : {{bucket_keys}}   {{ctx.completedAlerts}}",
                "lang" : "mustache"
              },
              "throttle_enabled" : false,
              "subject_template" : {
                "source" : "The Subject",
                "lang" : "mustache"
              },
              "throttle" : {
                "value" : 10,
                "unit" : "MINUTES"
              },
              "action_execution_policy" : {
                "action_execution_scope" : {
                  "per_alert" : {
                    "actionable_alerts" : [
                      "DEDUPED",
                      "NEW"
                    ]
                  }
                }
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    ],
    "last_update_time" : 1631742270785
  }
}
```

## Update monitor
Introduced 1.0
{: .label .label-purple }

When updating a monitor, you can optionally include `seq_no` and `primary_term` as URL parameters. If these numbers don't match the existing monitor or the monitor doesn't exist, the alerting plugin throws an error. OpenSearch increments the version number and the sequence number automatically (see the sample response).

#### Request

```json
PUT _plugins/_alerting/monitors/<monitor_id>
{
  "type": "monitor",
  "name": "test-monitor",
  "enabled": true,
  "enabled_time": 1551466220455,
  "schedule": {
    "period": {
      "interval": 1,
      "unit": "MINUTES"
    }
  },
  "inputs": [{
    "search": {
      "indices": [
        "*"
      ],
      "query": {
        "query": {
          "match_all": {
            "boost": 1
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }],
  "triggers": [{
    "id": "StaeOmkBC25HCRGmL_y-",
    "name": "test-trigger",
    "severity": "1",
    "condition": {
      "script": {
        "source": "return true",
        "lang": "painless"
      }
    },
    "actions": [{
      "name": "test-action",
      "destination_id": "RtaaOmkBC25HCRGm0fxi",
      "subject_template": {
        "source": "My Message Subject",
        "lang": "mustache"
      },
      "message_template": {
        "source": "This is my message body.",
        "lang": "mustache"
      }
    }]
  }],
  "last_update_time": 1551466639295
}

PUT _plugins/_alerting/monitors/<monitor_id>?if_seq_no=3&if_primary_term=1
{
  "type": "monitor",
  "name": "test-monitor",
  "enabled": true,
  "enabled_time": 1551466220455,
  "schedule": {
    "period": {
      "interval": 1,
      "unit": "MINUTES"
    }
  },
  "inputs": [{
    "search": {
      "indices": [
        "*"
      ],
      "query": {
        "query": {
          "match_all": {
            "boost": 1
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }],
  "triggers": [{
    "id": "StaeOmkBC25HCRGmL_y-",
    "name": "test-trigger",
    "severity": "1",
    "condition": {
      "script": {
        "source": "return true",
        "lang": "painless"
      }
    },
    "actions": [{
      "name": "test-action",
      "destination_id": "RtaaOmkBC25HCRGm0fxi",
      "subject_template": {
        "source": "My Message Subject",
        "lang": "mustache"
      },
      "message_template": {
        "source": "This is my message body.",
        "lang": "mustache"
      }
    }]
  }],
  "last_update_time": 1551466639295
}
```

#### Sample response

```json
{
  "_id": "Q9aXOmkBC25HCRGmzfw-",
  "_version": 4,
  "_seq_no": 4,
  "_primary_term": 1,
  "monitor": {
    "type": "monitor",
    "name": "test-monitor",
    "enabled": true,
    "enabled_time": 1551466220455,
    "schedule": {
      "period": {
        "interval": 1,
        "unit": "MINUTES"
      }
    },
    "inputs": [{
      "search": {
        "indices": [
          "*"
        ],
        "query": {
          "query": {
            "match_all": {
              "boost": 1
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }],
    "triggers": [{
      "id": "StaeOmkBC25HCRGmL_y-",
      "name": "test-trigger",
      "severity": "1",
      "condition": {
        "script": {
          "source": "return true",
          "lang": "painless"
        }
      },
      "actions": [{
        "name": "test-action",
        "destination_id": "RtaaOmkBC25HCRGm0fxi",
        "subject_template": {
          "source": "My Message Subject",
          "lang": "mustache"
        },
        "message_template": {
          "source": "This is my message body.",
          "lang": "mustache"
        }
      }]
    }],
    "last_update_time": 1551466761596
  }
}
```


---

## Get monitor
Introduced 1.0
{: .label .label-purple }

#### Request

```
GET _plugins/_alerting/monitors/<monitor_id>
```

#### Sample response

```json
{
  "_id": "Q9aXOmkBC25HCRGmzfw-",
  "_version": 3,
  "_seq_no": 3,
  "_primary_term": 1,
  "monitor": {
    "type": "monitor",
    "name": "test-monitor",
    "enabled": true,
    "enabled_time": 1551466220455,
    "schedule": {
      "period": {
        "interval": 1,
        "unit": "MINUTES"
      }
    },
    "inputs": [{
      "search": {
        "indices": [
          "*"
        ],
        "query": {
          "query": {
            "match_all": {
              "boost": 1
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }],
    "triggers": [{
      "id": "StaeOmkBC25HCRGmL_y-",
      "name": "test-trigger",
      "severity": "1",
      "condition": {
        "script": {
          "source": "return true",
          "lang": "painless"
        }
      },
      "actions": [{
        "name": "test-action",
        "destination_id": "RtaaOmkBC25HCRGm0fxi",
        "subject_template": {
          "source": "My Message Subject",
          "lang": "mustache"
        },
        "message_template": {
          "source": "This is my message body.",
          "lang": "mustache"
        }
      }]
    }],
    "last_update_time": 1551466639295
  }
}
```


---

## Monitor stats
Introduced 1.0
{: .label .label-purple }

Returns statistics about the alerting feature. Use `_plugins/_alerting/stats` to find node IDs and metrics. Then you can drill down using those values.

#### Request

```json
GET _plugins/_alerting/stats
GET _plugins/_alerting/stats/<metric>
GET _plugins/_alerting/<node-id>/stats
GET _plugins/_alerting/<node-id>/stats/<metric>
```

#### Sample response

```json
{
  "_nodes": {
    "total": 9,
    "successful": 9,
    "failed": 0
  },
  "cluster_name": "475300751431:alerting65-dont-delete",
  "plugins.scheduled_jobs.enabled": true,
  "scheduled_job_index_exists": true,
  "scheduled_job_index_status": "green",
  "nodes_on_schedule": 9,
  "nodes_not_on_schedule": 0,
  "nodes": {
    "qWcbKbb-TVyyI-Q7VSeOqA": {
      "name": "qWcbKbb",
      "schedule_status": "green",
      "roles": [
        "MASTER"
      ],
      "job_scheduling_metrics": {
        "last_full_sweep_time_millis": 207017,
        "full_sweep_on_time": true
      },
      "jobs_info": {}
    },
    "Do-DX9ZcS06Y9w1XbSJo1A": {
      "name": "Do-DX9Z",
      "schedule_status": "green",
      "roles": [
        "DATA",
        "INGEST"
      ],
      "job_scheduling_metrics": {
        "last_full_sweep_time_millis": 230516,
        "full_sweep_on_time": true
      },
      "jobs_info": {}
    },
    "n5phkBiYQfS5I0FDzcqjZQ": {
      "name": "n5phkBi",
      "schedule_status": "green",
      "roles": [
        "MASTER"
      ],
      "job_scheduling_metrics": {
        "last_full_sweep_time_millis": 228406,
        "full_sweep_on_time": true
      },
      "jobs_info": {}
    },
    "Tazzo8cQSY-g3vOjgYYLzA": {
      "name": "Tazzo8c",
      "schedule_status": "green",
      "roles": [
        "DATA",
        "INGEST"
      ],
      "job_scheduling_metrics": {
        "last_full_sweep_time_millis": 211722,
        "full_sweep_on_time": true
      },
      "jobs_info": {
        "i-wsFmkB8NzS6aXjQSk0": {
          "last_execution_time": 1550864912882,
          "running_on_time": true
        }
      }
    },
    "Nyf7F8brTOSJuFPXw6CnpA": {
      "name": "Nyf7F8b",
      "schedule_status": "green",
      "roles": [
        "DATA",
        "INGEST"
      ],
      "job_scheduling_metrics": {
        "last_full_sweep_time_millis": 223300,
        "full_sweep_on_time": true
      },
      "jobs_info": {
        "NbpoFmkBeSe-hD59AKgE": {
          "last_execution_time": 1550864928354,
          "running_on_time": true
        },
        "-LlLFmkBeSe-hD59Ydtb": {
          "last_execution_time": 1550864732727,
          "running_on_time": true
        },
        "pBFxFmkBNXkgNmTBaFj1": {
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          "running_on_time": true
        },
        "hfasEmkBNXkgNmTBrvIW": {
          "last_execution_time": 1550862000001,
          "running_on_time": true
        }
      }
    },
    "oOdJDIBVT5qbbO3d8VLeEw": {
      "name": "oOdJDIB",
      "schedule_status": "green",
      "roles": [
        "DATA",
        "INGEST"
      ],
      "job_scheduling_metrics": {
        "last_full_sweep_time_millis": 227570,
        "full_sweep_on_time": true
      },
      "jobs_info": {
        "4hKRFmkBNXkgNmTBKjYX": {
          "last_execution_time": 1550864806101,
          "running_on_time": true
        }
      }
    },
    "NRDG6JYgR8m0GOZYQ9QGjQ": {
      "name": "NRDG6JY",
      "schedule_status": "green",
      "roles": [
        "MASTER"
      ],
      "job_scheduling_metrics": {
        "last_full_sweep_time_millis": 227652,
        "full_sweep_on_time": true
      },
      "jobs_info": {}
    },
    "URMrXRz3Tm-CB72hlsl93Q": {
      "name": "URMrXRz",
      "schedule_status": "green",
      "roles": [
        "DATA",
        "INGEST"
      ],
      "job_scheduling_metrics": {
        "last_full_sweep_time_millis": 231048,
        "full_sweep_on_time": true
      },
      "jobs_info": {
        "m7uKFmkBeSe-hD59jplP": {
          "running_on_time": true
        }
      }
    },
    "eXgt1k9oTRCLmx2HBGElUw": {
      "name": "eXgt1k9",
      "schedule_status": "green",
      "roles": [
        "DATA",
        "INGEST"
      ],
      "job_scheduling_metrics": {
        "last_full_sweep_time_millis": 229234,
        "full_sweep_on_time": true
      },
      "jobs_info": {
        "wWkFFmkBc2NG-PeLntxk": {
          "running_on_time": true
        },
        "3usNFmkB8NzS6aXjO1Gs": {
          "last_execution_time": 1550863959848,
          "running_on_time": true
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
```


---

## Delete monitor
Introduced 1.0
{: .label .label-purple }

#### Request

```
DELETE _plugins/_alerting/monitors/<monitor_id>
```

#### Sample response

```json
{
  "_index": ".opensearch-scheduled-jobs",
  "_id": "OYAHOmgBl3cmwnqZl_yH",
  "_version": 2,
  "result": "deleted",
  "forced_refresh": true,
  "_shards": {
    "total": 2,
    "successful": 2,
    "failed": 0
  },
  "_seq_no": 11,
  "_primary_term": 1
}
```


---

## Search monitors
Introduced 1.0
{: .label .label-purple }

#### Request

```json
GET _plugins/_alerting/monitors/_search
{
  "query": {
    "match" : {
      "monitor.name": "my-monitor-name"
    }
  }
}
```

#### Sample response

```json
{
  "took": 17,
  "timed_out": false,
  "_shards": {
    "total": 5,
    "successful": 5,
    "skipped": 0,
    "failed": 0
  },
  "hits": {
    "total": 1,
    "max_score": 0.6931472,
    "hits": [{
      "_index": ".opensearch-scheduled-jobs",
      "_type": "_doc",
      "_id": "eGQi7GcBRS7-AJEqfAnr",
      "_score": 0.6931472,
      "_source": {
        "type": "monitor",
        "name": "my-monitor-name",
        "enabled": true,
        "enabled_time": 1545854942426,
        "schedule": {
          "period": {
            "interval": 1,
            "unit": "MINUTES"
          }
        },
        "inputs": [{
          "search": {
            "indices": [
              "*"
            ],
            "query": {
              "size": 0,
              "query": {
                "bool": {
                  "filter": [{
                    "range": {
                      "@timestamp": {
                        "from": "{{period_end}}||-1h",
                        "to": "{{period_end}}",
                        "include_lower": true,
                        "include_upper": true,
                        "format": "epoch_millis",
                        "boost": 1
                      }
                    }
                  }],
                  "adjust_pure_negative": true,
                  "boost": 1
                }
              },
              "aggregations": {}
            }
          }
        }],
        "triggers": [{
          "id": "Sooi7GcB53a0ewuj_6MH",
          "name": "Over",
          "severity": "1",
          "condition": {
            "script": {
              "source": "_ctx.results[0].hits.total > 400000",
              "lang": "painless"
            }
          },
          "actions": []
        }],
        "last_update_time": 1545854975758
      }
    }]
  }
}
```


---

## Run monitor
Introduced 1.0
{: .label .label-purple }

You can add the optional `?dryrun=true` parameter to the URL to show the results of a run without actions sending any message.


#### Request

```json
POST _plugins/_alerting/monitors/<monitor_id>/_execute
```

#### Sample response

```json
{
  "monitor_name": "logs",
  "period_start": 1547161872322,
  "period_end": 1547161932322,
  "error": null,
  "trigger_results": {
    "Sooi7GcB53a0ewuj_6MH": {
      "name": "Over",
      "triggered": true,
      "error": null,
      "action_results": {}
    }
  }
}
```

---

## Get alerts
Introduced 1.0
{: .label .label-purple }

Returns an array of all alerts.

#### Request

```json
GET _plugins/_alerting/monitors/alerts
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "alerts": [
    {
      "id": "eQURa3gBKo1jAh6qUo49",
      "version": 300,
      "monitor_id": "awUMa3gBKo1jAh6qu47E",
      "schema_version": 2,
      "monitor_version": 2,
      "monitor_name": "Example_monitor_name",
      "monitor_user": {
        "name": "admin",
        "backend_roles": [
          "admin"
        ],
        "roles": [
          "all_access",
          "own_index"
        ],
        "custom_attribute_names": [],
        "user_requested_tenant": null
      },
      "trigger_id": "bQUQa3gBKo1jAh6qnY6G",
      "trigger_name": "Example_trigger_name",
      "state": "ACTIVE",
      "error_message": null,
      "alert_history": [
        {
          "timestamp": 1617314504873,
          "message": "Example error emssage"
        },
        {
          "timestamp": 1617312543925,
          "message": "Example error message"
        }
      ],
      "severity": "1",
      "action_execution_results": [
        {
          "action_id": "bgUQa3gBKo1jAh6qnY6G",
          "last_execution_time": 1617317979908,
          "throttled_count": 0
        }
      ],
      "start_time": 1616704000492,
      "last_notification_time": 1617317979908,
      "end_time": null,
      "acknowledged_time": null
    }
  ],
  "totalAlerts": 1
}
```

---

## Acknowledge alert
Introduced 1.0
{: .label .label-purple }

[After getting your alerts](#get-alerts), you can acknowledge any number of active alerts in one call. If the alert is already in an ERROR, COMPLETED, or ACKNOWLEDGED state, it appears in the `failed` array.


#### Request

```json
POST _plugins/_alerting/monitors/<monitor-id>/_acknowledge/alerts
{
  "alerts": ["eQURa3gBKo1jAh6qUo49"]
}
```

#### Sample response

```json
{
  "success": [
  "eQURa3gBKo1jAh6qUo49"
  ],
  "failed": []
}
```

---

## Create destination
Introduced 1.0
{: .label .label-purple }

#### Requests

```json
POST _plugins/_alerting/destinations
{
  "name": "my-destination",
  "type": "slack",
  "slack": {
    "url": "http://www.example.com"
  }
}

POST _plugins/_alerting/destinations
{
  "type": "custom_webhook",
  "name": "my-custom-destination",
  "custom_webhook": {
    "path": "incomingwebhooks/123456-123456-XXXXXX",
    "header_params": {
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    "scheme": "HTTPS",
    "port": 443,
    "query_params": {
      "token": "R2x1UlN4ZHF8MXxxVFJpelJNVDgzdGNwXXXXXXXXX"
    },
    "host": "hooks.chime.aws"
  }
}

POST _plugins/_alerting/destinations
{
  "type": "email",
  "name": "my-email-destination",
  "email": {
    "email_account_id": "YjY7mXMBx015759_IcfW",
    "recipients": [
      {
        "type": "email_group",
        "email_group_id": "YzY-mXMBx015759_dscs"
      },
      {
        "type": "email",
        "email": "example@email.com"
      }
    ]
  }
}

// The email_account_id and email_group_id will be the document IDs of the email_account and email_group you have created.
```

#### Sample response

```json
{
  "_id": "nO-yFmkB8NzS6aXjJdiI",
  "_version" : 1,
  "_seq_no" : 3,
  "_primary_term" : 1,
  "destination": {
    "type": "slack",
    "name": "my-destination",
    "last_update_time": 1550863967624,
    "slack": {
      "url": "http://www.example.com"
    }
  }
}
```


---

## Update destination
Introduced 1.0
{: .label .label-purple }

When updating a destination, you can optionally include `seq_no` and `primary_term` as URL parameters. If these numbers don't match the existing destination or the destination doesn't exist, the alerting plugin throws an error. OpenSearch increments the version number and the sequence number automatically (see the sample response).

#### Request

```json
PUT _plugins/_alerting/destinations/<destination-id>
{
  "name": "my-updated-destination",
  "type": "slack",
  "slack": {
    "url": "http://www.example.com"
  }
}

PUT _plugins/_alerting/destinations/<destination-id>?if_seq_no=3&if_primary_term=1
{
  "name": "my-updated-destination",
  "type": "slack",
  "slack": {
    "url": "http://www.example.com"
  }
}
```

#### Sample response

```json
{
  "_id": "pe-1FmkB8NzS6aXjqvVY",
  "_version" : 2,
  "_seq_no" : 4,
  "_primary_term" : 1,
  "destination": {
    "type": "slack",
    "name": "my-updated-destination",
    "last_update_time": 1550864289375,
    "slack": {
      "url": "http://www.example.com"
    }
  }
}
```


---

## Get destination
Introduced 1.0
{: .label .label-purple }

Retrieve one destination.

#### Requests

```json
GET _plugins/_alerting/destinations/<destination-id>
```

#### Sample response

```json
{
  "totalDestinations": 1,
  "destinations": [{
      "id": "1a2a3a4a5a6a7a",
      "type": "slack",
      "name": "sample-destination",
      "user": {
        "name": "psantos",
        "backend_roles": [
          "human-resources"
        ],
        "roles": [
          "alerting_full_access",
          "hr-role"
        ],
        "custom_attribute_names": []
      },
      "schema_version": 3,
      "seq_no": 0,
      "primary_term": 6,
      "last_update_time": 1603943261722,
      "slack": {
        "url": "https://example.com"
      }
    }
  ]
}
```


---

## Get destinations
Introduced 1.0
{: .label .label-purple }

Retrieve all destinations.

#### Requests

```json
GET _plugins/_alerting/destinations
```

#### Sample response

```json
{
  "totalDestinations": 1,
  "destinations": [{
      "id": "1a2a3a4a5a6a7a",
      "type": "slack",
      "name": "sample-destination",
      "user": {
        "name": "psantos",
        "backend_roles": [
          "human-resources"
        ],
        "roles": [
          "alerting_full_access",
          "hr-role"
        ],
        "custom_attribute_names": []
      },
      "schema_version": 3,
      "seq_no": 0,
      "primary_term": 6,
      "last_update_time": 1603943261722,
      "slack": {
        "url": "https://example.com"
      }
    }
  ]
}
```


---

## Delete destination
Introduced 1.0
{: .label .label-purple }

#### Request

```
DELETE _plugins/_alerting/destinations/<destination-id>
```

#### Sample response

```json
{
  "_index": ".opendistro-alerting-config",
  "_type": "_doc",
  "_id": "Zu-zFmkB8NzS6aXjLeBI",
  "_version": 2,
  "result": "deleted",
  "forced_refresh": true,
  "_shards": {
    "total": 2,
    "successful": 2,
    "failed": 0
  },
  "_seq_no": 8,
  "_primary_term": 1
}
```
---

## Create email account
Introduced 1.0
{: .label .label-purple }

#### Request
```json
POST _plugins/_alerting/destinations/email_accounts
{
  "name": "example_account",
  "email": "example@email.com",
  "host": "smtp.email.com",
  "port": 465,
  "method": "ssl"
}
```

#### Sample response
```json
{
  "_id" : "email_account_id",
  "_version" : 1,
  "_seq_no" : 7,
  "_primary_term" : 2,
  "email_account" : {
    "schema_version" : 2,
    "name" : "example_account",
    "email" : "example@email.com",
    "host" : "smtp.email.com",
    "port" : 465,
    "method" : "ssl"
  }
}
```

## Update email account
Introduced 1.0
{: .label .label-purple }

When updating an email account, you can optionally include `seq_no` and `primary_term` as URL parameters. If these numbers don't match the existing email account or the email account doesn't exist, the alerting plugin throws an error. OpenSearch increments the version number and the sequence number automatically (see the sample response).

#### Request
```json
PUT _plugins/_alerting/destinations/email_accounts/<email_account_id>
{
  "name": "example_account",
  "email": "example@email.com",
  "host": "smtp.email.com",
  "port": 465,
  "method": "ssl"
}

PUT _plugins/_alerting/destinations/email_accounts/<email_account_id>?if_seq_no=18&if_primary_term=2
{
  "name": "example_account",
  "email": "example@email.com",
  "host": "smtp.email.com",
  "port": 465,
  "method": "ssl"
}
```
#### Sample response
```json
{
  "_id" : "email_account_id",
  "_version" : 3,
  "_seq_no" : 19,
  "_primary_term" : 2,
  "email_account" : {
    "schema_version" : 2,
    "name" : "example_account",
    "email" : "example@email.com",
    "host" : "smtp.email.com",
    "port" : 465,
    "method" : "ssl"
  }
}
```

## Get email account
Introduced 1.0
{: .label .label-purple }

#### Request
```json
GET _plugins/_alerting/destinations/email_accounts/<email_account_id>
{
  "name": "example_account",
  "email": "example@email.com",
  "host": "smtp.email.com",
  "port": 465,
  "method": "ssl"
}
```
#### Sample response
```json
{
  "_id" : "email_account_id",
  "_version" : 2,
  "_seq_no" : 8,
  "_primary_term" : 2,
  "email_account" : {
    "schema_version" : 2,
    "name" : "test_account",
    "email" : "test@email.com",
    "host" : "smtp.test.com",
    "port" : 465,
    "method" : "ssl"
  }
}
```

## Delete email account
Introduced 1.0
{: .label .label-purple }

#### Request
```
DELETE _plugins/_alerting/destinations/email_accounts/<email_account_id>
```
#### Sample response

```json
{
  "_index" : ".opendistro-alerting-config",
  "_type" : "_doc",
  "_id" : "email_account_id",
  "_version" : 1,
  "result" : "deleted",
  "forced_refresh" : true,
  "_shards" : {
    "total" : 2,
    "successful" : 2,
    "failed" : 0
  },
  "_seq_no" : 12,
  "_primary_term" : 2
}
```

## Search email account
Introduced 1.0
{: .label .label-purple }

#### Request

```json
POST _plugins/_alerting/destinations/email_accounts/_search
{
  "from": 0,
  "size": 20,
  "sort": { "email_account.name.keyword": "desc" },
  "query": {
    "bool": {
      "must": {
        "match_all": {}
      }
    }
  }
}
```

#### Sample response

```json
{
  "took" : 8,
  "timed_out" : false,
  "_shards" : {
    "total" : 1,
    "successful" : 1,
    "skipped" : 0,
    "failed" : 0
  },
  "hits" : {
    "total" : {
      "value" : 2,
      "relation" : "eq"
    },
    "max_score" : null,
    "hits" : [
      {
        "_index" : ".opendistro-alerting-config",
        "_type" : "_doc",
        "_id" : "email_account_id",
        "_seq_no" : 8,
        "_primary_term" : 2,
        "_score" : null,
        "_source" : {
          "schema_version" : 2,
          "name" : "example_account",
          "email" : "example@email.com",
          "host" : "smtp.email.com",
          "port" : 465,
          "method" : "ssl"
        },
        "sort" : [
          "example_account"
        ]
      },
      ...
    ]
  }
}
```

---

## Create email group
Introduced 1.0
{: .label .label-purple }

#### Request

```json
POST _plugins/_alerting/destinations/email_groups
{
  "name": "example_email_group",
  "emails": [{
    "email": "example@email.com"
  }]
}
```

#### Sample response

```json
{
  "_id" : "email_group_id",
  "_version" : 1,
  "_seq_no" : 9,
  "_primary_term" : 2,
  "email_group" : {
    "schema_version" : 2,
    "name" : "example_email_group",
    "emails" : [
      {
        "email" : "example@email.com"
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

## Update email group
Introduced 1.0
{: .label .label-purple }

When updating an email group, you can optionally include `seq_no` and `primary_term` as URL parameters. If these numbers don't match the existing email group or the email group doesn't exist, the alerting plugin throws an error. OpenSearch increments the version number and the sequence number automatically (see the sample response).

#### Request

```json
PUT _plugins/_alerting/destinations/email_groups/<email_group_id>
{
  "name": "example_email_group",
  "emails": [{
    "email": "example@email.com"
  }]
}

PUT _plugins/_alerting/destinations/email_groups/<email_group_id>?if_seq_no=16&if_primary_term=2
{
  "name": "example_email_group",
  "emails": [{
    "email": "example@email.com"
  }]
}
```
#### Sample response

```json
{
  "_id" : "email_group_id",
  "_version" : 4,
  "_seq_no" : 17,
  "_primary_term" : 2,
  "email_group" : {
    "schema_version" : 2,
    "name" : "example_email_group",
    "emails" : [
      {
        "email" : "example@email.com"
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

## Get email group
Introduced 1.0
{: .label .label-purple }

#### Request
```json
GET _plugins/_alerting/destinations/email_groups/<email_group_id>
{
  "name": "example_email_group",
  "emails": [{
    "email": "example@email.com"
  }]
}
```
#### Sample response

```json
{
  "_id" : "email_group_id",
  "_version" : 4,
  "_seq_no" : 17,
  "_primary_term" : 2,
  "email_group" : {
    "schema_version" : 2,
    "name" : "example_email_group",
    "emails" : [
      {
        "email" : "example@email.com"
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

## Delete email group
Introduced 1.0
{: .label .label-purple }

#### Request
```
DELETE _plugins/_alerting/destinations/email_groups/<email_group_id>
```
#### Sample response

```json
{
  "_index" : ".opendistro-alerting-config",
  "_type" : "_doc",
  "_id" : "email_group_id",
  "_version" : 1,
  "result" : "deleted",
  "forced_refresh" : true,
  "_shards" : {
    "total" : 2,
    "successful" : 2,
    "failed" : 0
  },
  "_seq_no" : 11,
  "_primary_term" : 2
}
```

## Search email group
Introduced 1.0
{: .label .label-purple }

#### Request

```json
POST _plugins/_alerting/destinations/email_groups/_search
{
  "from": 0,
  "size": 20,
  "sort": { "email_group.name.keyword": "desc" },
  "query": {
    "bool": {
      "must": {
        "match_all": {}
      }
    }
  }
}
```

#### Sample response

```json
{
  "took" : 7,
  "timed_out" : false,
  "_shards" : {
    "total" : 1,
    "successful" : 1,
    "skipped" : 0,
    "failed" : 0
  },
  "hits" : {
    "total" : {
      "value" : 5,
      "relation" : "eq"
    },
    "max_score" : null,
    "hits" : [
      {
        "_index" : ".opendistro-alerting-config",
        "_type" : "_doc",
        "_id" : "email_group_id",
        "_seq_no" : 10,
        "_primary_term" : 2,
        "_score" : null,
        "_source" : {
          "schema_version" : 2,
          "name" : "example_email_group",
          "emails" : [
            {
              "email" : "example@email.com"
            }
          ]
        },
        "sort" : [
          "example_email_group"
        ]
      },
      ...
    ]
  }
}
```
---
