Create alert rule

Create a new alert rule with notification channels.

POST /alert-rules
Create a new alert rule with notification channels.

Authentication

API Key (header: X-API-Key) API Key (cookie: better-auth.session_token)

Request Body required

Request body

application/json
name string REQUIRED
Alert rule name
description string
Optional description
rule_type string REQUIRED
Type of alert rule
Enum: failure_rate, latency, dlq, volume_drop, issue_opened
rule_config object
Rule-type-specific configuration
source_id string
Scope to a specific source
destination_id string
Scope to a specific destination
channel_ids string[]
Notification channel IDs
Array of:
cooldown_minutes integer
Cooldown between alerts (minutes)

Responses

201 Alert rule created
application/json
alert_rule object | null REQUIRED
id string REQUIRED
org_id string REQUIRED
env_id string REQUIRED
name string REQUIRED
description string | null REQUIRED
enabled integer REQUIRED
rule_type string REQUIRED
rule_config string REQUIRED
source_id string | null REQUIRED
destination_id string | null REQUIRED
channel_ids string REQUIRED
cooldown_minutes integer REQUIRED
last_triggered_at string | null REQUIRED
trigger_count integer REQUIRED
created_at string REQUIRED
updated_at string REQUIRED
400 Bad request
401 Unauthorized 
curl -X POST 'https://hookstream.io/v1/alert-rules' \  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN' \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "name": "High failure rate",  "description": "string",  "rule_type": "failure_rate",  "rule_config": {},  "source_id": "string",  "destination_id": "string",  "channel_ids": [    "string"  ],  "cooldown_minutes": 60}'
const response = await fetch('https://hookstream.io/v1/alert-rules', {  method: 'POST',  headers: {      "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN",      "Content-Type": "application/json"  },  body: JSON.stringify({    "name": "High failure rate",    "description": "string",    "rule_type": "failure_rate",    "rule_config": {},    "source_id": "string",    "destination_id": "string",    "channel_ids": [      "string"    ],    "cooldown_minutes": 60  })});const data = await response.json();console.log(data);
import requestsheaders = {    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN'}response = requests.post('https://hookstream.io/v1/alert-rules', headers=headers, json={  "name": "High failure rate",  "description": "string",  "rule_type": "failure_rate",  "rule_config": {},  "source_id": "string",  "destination_id": "string",  "channel_ids": [    "string"  ],  "cooldown_minutes": 60})print(response.json())
package mainimport (	"fmt"	"io"	"net/http"	"strings")func main() {	body := strings.NewReader(`{  "name": "High failure rate",  "description": "string",  "rule_type": "failure_rate",  "rule_config": {},  "source_id": "string",  "destination_id": "string",  "channel_ids": [    "string"  ],  "cooldown_minutes": 60}`)	req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", "https://hookstream.io/v1/alert-rules", body)	req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN")	req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")	resp, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)	defer resp.Body.Close()	result, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)	fmt.Println(string(result))}
201 Response 
{  "alert_rule": {    "id": "<string>",    "org_id": "<string>",    "env_id": "<string>",    "name": "<string>",    "description": "<string>",    "enabled": 123,    "rule_type": "<string>",    "rule_config": "<string>",    "source_id": "<string>",    "destination_id": "<string>",    "channel_ids": "<string>",    "cooldown_minutes": 123,    "last_triggered_at": "<string>",    "trigger_count": 123,    "created_at": "<string>",    "updated_at": "<string>"  }}