# Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Alerting API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-alerting-api/  
**Provider:** Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) — https://apis.io/providers/elk-stack/  
**Base URL:** https://{elasticsearch_endpoint}  
**Documentation:** https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/

Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Alerting API is one of 132 APIs that [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack)](https://apis.io/providers/elk-stack/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Alerting. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

Alerting enables you to define rules, which detect complex conditions within your data. When a condition is met, the rule tracks it as an alert and runs the actions that are defined in the rule. Actions typically involve the use of connectors to interact with Kibana services or third party integrations.

## Operations (23)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| GET | `/api/alerting/_health` | Get the alerting framework health |
| GET | `/api/alerting/rule_types` | Get the rule types |
| DELETE | `/api/alerting/rule/{id}` | Delete a rule |
| GET | `/api/alerting/rule/{id}` | Get rule details |
| POST | `/api/alerting/rule/{id}` | Create a rule |
| PUT | `/api/alerting/rule/{id}` | Update a rule |
| POST | `/api/alerting/rule/{id}/_disable` | Disable a rule |
| POST | `/api/alerting/rule/{id}/_enable` | Enable a rule |
| POST | `/api/alerting/rule/{id}/_mute_all` | Mute all alerts |
| POST | `/api/alerting/rule/{id}/_unmute_all` | Unmute all alerts |
| POST | `/api/alerting/rule/{id}/_update_api_key` | Update the API key for a rule |
| GET | `/api/alerting/rule/{id}/query_inspector` | Get the Elasticsearch query for a rule |
| POST | `/api/alerting/rule/{id}/snooze_schedule` | Schedule a snooze for the rule |
| POST | `/api/alerting/rule/{rule_id}/alert/{alert_id}/_mute` | Mute an alert |
| POST | `/api/alerting/rule/{rule_id}/alert/{alert_id}/_snooze` | Snooze an alert |
| POST | `/api/alerting/rule/{rule_id}/alert/{alert_id}/_unmute` | Unmute an alert |
| POST | `/api/alerting/rule/{rule_id}/alert/{alert_id}/_unsnooze` | Unsnooze an alert |
| DELETE | `/api/alerting/rule/{ruleId}/snooze_schedule/{scheduleId}` | Delete a snooze schedule for a rule |
| GET | `/api/alerting/rules/_find` | Get information about rules |
| POST | `/api/alerting/rules/backfill/_find` | Find backfills for rules |
| POST | `/api/alerting/rules/backfill/_schedule` | Schedule a backfill for rules |
| DELETE | `/api/alerting/rules/backfill/{id}` | Delete a backfill by ID |
| GET | `/api/alerting/rules/backfill/{id}` | Get a backfill by ID |

## Machine-readable artifacts (8)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elk-stack/refs/heads/main/openapi/elk-stack-alerting-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/elasticsearch
- **APIReference** — https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/elasticsearch/
- **SourceCode** — https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch-specification
- **Documentation** — https://www.elastic.co/docs/reference/kibana
- **APIReference** — https://www.elastic.co/docs/api/doc/kibana/
- **SourceCode** — https://github.com/elastic/kibana
- **ToolCrosswalk** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/elk-stack/refs/heads/main/mcp/elk-stack-tool-crosswalk.yml

## Other Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APIs (12)

- [Elastic Cloud API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elastic-cloud-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Accounts API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-accounts-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Actions API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-actions-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) agent builder API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-agent-builder-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Alerting V2 API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-alerting-v2-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Analytics API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-analytics-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APM agent configuration API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-apm-agent-configuration-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APM agent keys API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-apm-agent-keys-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APM annotations API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-apm-annotations-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APM server schema API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-apm-server-schema-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) APM sourcemaps API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-apm-sourcemaps-api/)
- [Elastic Stack (ELK Stack) Authentication API](https://apis.io/apis/elk-stack/elk-stack-authentication-api/)

## Tags

Alerting

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