PATCH /alert-rules/{id}
Update an existing alert rule.

Authentication

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

Path Parameters

id string required path
Resource ID (32-char hex)
Example: "a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b4c5d6"

Request Body required

Request body

application/json
name string
Alert rule name
description string
Optional description
enabled boolean
Enable or disable the rule
rule_config object
Rule-type-specific configuration
source_id string | null
Scope to a specific source
destination_id string | null
Scope to a specific destination
channel_ids string[]
Notification channel IDs
Array of:
cooldown_minutes integer
Cooldown between alerts (minutes)

Responses

200 Updated alert rule
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
401 Unauthorized
404 Not found
curl -X PATCH 'https://hookstream.io/v1/alert-rules/a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b4c5d6' \  -H 'Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN' \  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  -d '{  "name": "string",  "description": "string",  "enabled": true,  "rule_config": {},  "source_id": "string",  "destination_id": "string",  "channel_ids": [    "string"  ],  "cooldown_minutes": 0}'
const response = await fetch('https://hookstream.io/v1/alert-rules/a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b4c5d6', {  method: 'PATCH',  headers: {      "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN",      "Content-Type": "application/json"  },  body: JSON.stringify({    "name": "string",    "description": "string",    "enabled": true,    "rule_config": {},    "source_id": "string",    "destination_id": "string",    "channel_ids": [      "string"    ],    "cooldown_minutes": 0  })});const data = await response.json();console.log(data);
import requestsheaders = {    'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN'}response = requests.patch('https://hookstream.io/v1/alert-rules/a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b4c5d6', headers=headers, json={  "name": "string",  "description": "string",  "enabled": true,  "rule_config": {},  "source_id": "string",  "destination_id": "string",  "channel_ids": [    "string"  ],  "cooldown_minutes": 0})print(response.json())
package mainimport (	"fmt"	"io"	"net/http"	"strings")func main() {	body := strings.NewReader(`{  "name": "string",  "description": "string",  "enabled": true,  "rule_config": {},  "source_id": "string",  "destination_id": "string",  "channel_ids": [    "string"  ],  "cooldown_minutes": 0}`)	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PATCH", "https://hookstream.io/v1/alert-rules/a1b2c3d4e5f6a7b8c9d0e1f2a3b4c5d6", 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))}
200 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>"  }}