Create drop rule

Create a drop rule to filter out unwanted alerts before they become incidents.

POST /channel/unsubscribe/rule/create

Create drop rule

cURL

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://api.flashcat.cloud/channel/unsubscribe/rule/create?app_key=' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "channel_id": 3521074710131,
  "rule_name": "Drop test environment alerts",
  "description": "Discard all alerts from the test environment before they create incidents",
  "filters": [
    [
      {
        "key": "labels.env",
        "oper": "IN",
        "vals": [
          "test",
          "dev"
        ]
      }
    ]
  ]
}
'

200

{
  "request_id": "01HK8XQE3Z7JM2NTFQ5YJ8P9R4",
  "data": {
    "rule_id": "69db2f6ba0fe7db6448b1505",
    "rule_name": "Test drop rule"
  }
}

Restrictions

Aspect	Value
Rate limits	1,000 requests/minute; 50 requests/second per account
Permissions	None — any valid app_key can call this operation

Authorizations

app_key · string · query · required

App key issued from the Flashduty console under Account → APP Keys. Required on every public API call. Keep it secret — it grants the same access as the owning account.

Body

application/json

Parameters for creating a channel drop rule.

channel_id · integer<int64> · required

Channel the rule belongs to.

rule_name · string · required

Rule name, 1 to 39 characters.

Required string length: 1 - 39

priority · integer

Evaluation priority. Lower runs first.

description · string

Rule description, up to 500 characters.

Maximum string length: 500

filters · object[][]

Or-of-and filter tree. Each outer element is an AND group; within each group, all conditions must match.

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Response

200

application/json

Success

Success response envelope. On every 2xx response, request_id identifies the call (also mirrored in the Flashcat-Request-Id header) and data holds the endpoint-specific payload. Failure responses use a different shape — see ErrorResponse.

request_id · string · required

Unique ID for this request. Mirrored in the Flashcat-Request-Id response header. Include it when reporting issues.

Example:

"01HK8XQE3Z7JM2NTFQ5YJ8P9R4"

data · object · required

Endpoint-specific payload. See each operation's 200 response schema.

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