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
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.flashcat.cloud/channel/inhibit/rule/create?app_key="
payload = {
"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
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
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
})
};
fetch('https://api.flashcat.cloud/channel/inhibit/rule/create?app_key=', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.flashcat.cloud/channel/inhibit/rule/create?app_key=",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'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
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.flashcat.cloud/channel/inhibit/rule/create?app_key="
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"channel_id\": 3521074710131,\n \"rule_name\": \"Suppress Info when Critical fires\",\n \"description\": \"When a Critical alert fires, suppress matching Info alerts\",\n \"equals\": [\n \"labels.cluster\",\n \"labels.service\"\n ],\n \"source_filters\": [\n [\n {\n \"key\": \"severity\",\n \"oper\": \"IN\",\n \"vals\": [\n \"Critical\"\n ]\n }\n ]\n ],\n \"target_filters\": [\n [\n {\n \"key\": \"severity\",\n \"oper\": \"IN\",\n \"vals\": [\n \"Info\"\n ]\n }\n ]\n ],\n \"is_directly_discard\": false\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.flashcat.cloud/channel/inhibit/rule/create?app_key=")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"channel_id\": 3521074710131,\n \"rule_name\": \"Suppress Info when Critical fires\",\n \"description\": \"When a Critical alert fires, suppress matching Info alerts\",\n \"equals\": [\n \"labels.cluster\",\n \"labels.service\"\n ],\n \"source_filters\": [\n [\n {\n \"key\": \"severity\",\n \"oper\": \"IN\",\n \"vals\": [\n \"Critical\"\n ]\n }\n ]\n ],\n \"target_filters\": [\n [\n {\n \"key\": \"severity\",\n \"oper\": \"IN\",\n \"vals\": [\n \"Info\"\n ]\n }\n ]\n ],\n \"is_directly_discard\": false\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.flashcat.cloud/channel/inhibit/rule/create?app_key=")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"channel_id\": 3521074710131,\n \"rule_name\": \"Suppress Info when Critical fires\",\n \"description\": \"When a Critical alert fires, suppress matching Info alerts\",\n \"equals\": [\n \"labels.cluster\",\n \"labels.service\"\n ],\n \"source_filters\": [\n [\n {\n \"key\": \"severity\",\n \"oper\": \"IN\",\n \"vals\": [\n \"Critical\"\n ]\n }\n ]\n ],\n \"target_filters\": [\n [\n {\n \"key\": \"severity\",\n \"oper\": \"IN\",\n \"vals\": [\n \"Info\"\n ]\n }\n ]\n ],\n \"is_directly_discard\": false\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"request_id": "01HK8XQE3Z7JM2NTFQ5YJ8P9R4",
"data": {
"rule_id": "69db2f69a0fe7db6448b1504",
"rule_name": "Test inhibit rule"
}
}{
"request_id": "01HK8XQE3Z7JM2NTFQ5YJ8P9R4",
"error": {
"code": "InvalidParameter",
"message": "The specified parameter is not valid."
}
}{
"request_id": "01HK8XQE3Z7JM2NTFQ5YJ8P9R4",
"error": {
"code": "Unauthorized",
"message": "You are unauthorized."
}
}{
"request_id": "01HK8XQE3Z7JM2NTFQ5YJ8P9R4",
"error": {
"code": "RequestTooFrequently",
"message": "Request too frequently."
}
}{
"request_id": "01HK8XQE3Z7JM2NTFQ5YJ8P9R4",
"error": {
"code": "InternalError",
"message": "We encountered an internal error, and it has been reported. Please try again later."
}
}Create inhibit rule
Create an inhibit rule to suppress lower-priority alerts when higher-priority ones are firing.
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
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.flashcat.cloud/channel/inhibit/rule/create?app_key="
payload = {
"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
}
headers = {"Content-Type": "application/json"}
response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {
method: 'POST',
headers: {'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
body: JSON.stringify({
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
})
};
fetch('https://api.flashcat.cloud/channel/inhibit/rule/create?app_key=', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.flashcat.cloud/channel/inhibit/rule/create?app_key=",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "POST",
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => json_encode([
'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
]),
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"Content-Type: application/json"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"strings"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.flashcat.cloud/channel/inhibit/rule/create?app_key="
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"channel_id\": 3521074710131,\n \"rule_name\": \"Suppress Info when Critical fires\",\n \"description\": \"When a Critical alert fires, suppress matching Info alerts\",\n \"equals\": [\n \"labels.cluster\",\n \"labels.service\"\n ],\n \"source_filters\": [\n [\n {\n \"key\": \"severity\",\n \"oper\": \"IN\",\n \"vals\": [\n \"Critical\"\n ]\n }\n ]\n ],\n \"target_filters\": [\n [\n {\n \"key\": \"severity\",\n \"oper\": \"IN\",\n \"vals\": [\n \"Info\"\n ]\n }\n ]\n ],\n \"is_directly_discard\": false\n}")
req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST", url, payload)
req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.post("https://api.flashcat.cloud/channel/inhibit/rule/create?app_key=")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"channel_id\": 3521074710131,\n \"rule_name\": \"Suppress Info when Critical fires\",\n \"description\": \"When a Critical alert fires, suppress matching Info alerts\",\n \"equals\": [\n \"labels.cluster\",\n \"labels.service\"\n ],\n \"source_filters\": [\n [\n {\n \"key\": \"severity\",\n \"oper\": \"IN\",\n \"vals\": [\n \"Critical\"\n ]\n }\n ]\n ],\n \"target_filters\": [\n [\n {\n \"key\": \"severity\",\n \"oper\": \"IN\",\n \"vals\": [\n \"Info\"\n ]\n }\n ]\n ],\n \"is_directly_discard\": false\n}")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.flashcat.cloud/channel/inhibit/rule/create?app_key=")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Post.new(url)
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n \"channel_id\": 3521074710131,\n \"rule_name\": \"Suppress Info when Critical fires\",\n \"description\": \"When a Critical alert fires, suppress matching Info alerts\",\n \"equals\": [\n \"labels.cluster\",\n \"labels.service\"\n ],\n \"source_filters\": [\n [\n {\n \"key\": \"severity\",\n \"oper\": \"IN\",\n \"vals\": [\n \"Critical\"\n ]\n }\n ]\n ],\n \"target_filters\": [\n [\n {\n \"key\": \"severity\",\n \"oper\": \"IN\",\n \"vals\": [\n \"Info\"\n ]\n }\n ]\n ],\n \"is_directly_discard\": false\n}"
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"request_id": "01HK8XQE3Z7JM2NTFQ5YJ8P9R4",
"data": {
"rule_id": "69db2f69a0fe7db6448b1504",
"rule_name": "Test inhibit rule"
}
}{
"request_id": "01HK8XQE3Z7JM2NTFQ5YJ8P9R4",
"error": {
"code": "InvalidParameter",
"message": "The specified parameter is not valid."
}
}{
"request_id": "01HK8XQE3Z7JM2NTFQ5YJ8P9R4",
"error": {
"code": "Unauthorized",
"message": "You are unauthorized."
}
}{
"request_id": "01HK8XQE3Z7JM2NTFQ5YJ8P9R4",
"error": {
"code": "RequestTooFrequently",
"message": "Request too frequently."
}
}{
"request_id": "01HK8XQE3Z7JM2NTFQ5YJ8P9R4",
"error": {
"code": "InternalError",
"message": "We encountered an internal error, and it has been reported. Please try again later."
}
}Restrictions
| Aspect | Value |
|---|---|
| Rate limits | 1,000 requests/minute; 50 requests/second per account |
| Permissions | Channels Manage (on-call) |
Authorizations
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
Parameters for creating an inhibit rule.
Owning channel ID; obtain it from POST /channel/list.
Rule name, 1 to 39 characters.
1 - 39Field keys whose values must be equal between the source (inhibiting) alert and the target (suppressed) alert, e.g. data_source_id or labels.cluster.
Rule description, up to 500 characters.
500Conditions the source alert must match, evaluated against stored active alerts. Supported keys: status, incident_status, alert_status, severity, incident_severity, alert_severity, title, description, or any labels.<name>. Empty makes the rule inert.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Conditions the incoming target alert event must match to be suppressed; empty means every event is a target.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
When true, matching alert events are discarded entirely; when false, alerts are still recorded but marked as muted by this rule.
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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