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POST
/
channel
/
silence
/
rule
/
create
Create silence rule
curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://api.flashcat.cloud/channel/silence/rule/create?app_key=' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "channel_id": 3521074710131,
  "rule_name": "Maintenance window silence",
  "description": "Silence all Info alerts during planned maintenance",
  "time_filter": {
    "start_time": 1773388800,
    "end_time": 1773414000
  },
  "filters": [
    [
      {
        "key": "severity",
        "oper": "IN",
        "vals": [
          "Info"
        ]
      }
    ]
  ],
  "is_directly_discard": false
}
'
{
  "request_id": "01HK8XQE3Z7JM2NTFQ5YJ8P9R4",
  "data": {
    "rule_id": "69db2f66a0fe7db6448b1503",
    "rule_name": "Test silence rule"
  }
}

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Restrictions

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

Authorizations

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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 silence rule. Exactly one of time_filter or time_filters must be provided, and filters must be non-empty.

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channel_id
integer<int64>
required

Channel the rule belongs to.

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rule_name
string
required

Rule name, 1 to 39 characters.

Required string length: 1 - 39
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priority
integer

Evaluation priority. Lower runs first.

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description
string

Rule description, up to 500 characters.

Maximum string length: 500
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from_incident_id
string

Source incident ID when the silence was created from an incident.

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time_filters
object[]

Recurring time windows during which silencing applies. Mutually exclusive with time_filter.

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time_filter
object

One-off time window defined by unix seconds.

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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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is_directly_discard
boolean

When true, silenced alerts are dropped instead of suppressed into incidents.

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.

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request_id
string
required

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

Example:

"01HK8XQE3Z7JM2NTFQ5YJ8P9R4"

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data
object
required

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