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POST
/
channel
/
inhibit
/
rule
/
create
Create inhibit rule
curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://api.flashcat.cloud/channel/inhibit/rule/create?app_key=' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "channel_id": 3521074710131,
  "rule_name": "Suppress Info when Critical fires",
  "description": "When a Critical alert fires, suppress matching Info alerts",
  "equals": [
    "labels.cluster",
    "labels.service"
  ],
  "source_filters": [
    [
      {
        "key": "severity",
        "oper": "IN",
        "vals": [
          "Critical"
        ]
      }
    ]
  ],
  "target_filters": [
    [
      {
        "key": "severity",
        "oper": "IN",
        "vals": [
          "Info"
        ]
      }
    ]
  ],
  "is_directly_discard": false
}
'
{
  "request_id": "01HK8XQE3Z7JM2NTFQ5YJ8P9R4",
  "data": {
    "rule_id": "69db2f69a0fe7db6448b1504",
    "rule_name": "Test inhibit rule"
  }
}

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Restrictions

AspectValue
Rate limits1,000 requests/minute; 50 requests/second per account
PermissionsChannels Manage (on-call)

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 an inhibit 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
equals
string[]
required

Label keys used to pair source and target alerts.

priority
integer

Evaluation priority. Lower runs first.

description
string

Rule description, up to 500 characters.

Maximum string length: 500
source_filters
object[][]

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

target_filters
object[][]

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

is_directly_discard
boolean

When true, suppressed target alerts are dropped instead of merged.

Response

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.