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
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.flashcat.cloud/channel/silence/rule/create?app_key="
payload = {
"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
}
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: '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
})
};
fetch('https://api.flashcat.cloud/channel/silence/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/silence/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' => '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
]),
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/silence/rule/create?app_key="
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"channel_id\": 3521074710131,\n \"rule_name\": \"Maintenance window silence\",\n \"description\": \"Silence all Info alerts during planned maintenance\",\n \"time_filter\": {\n \"start_time\": 1773388800,\n \"end_time\": 1773414000\n },\n \"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/silence/rule/create?app_key=")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"channel_id\": 3521074710131,\n \"rule_name\": \"Maintenance window silence\",\n \"description\": \"Silence all Info alerts during planned maintenance\",\n \"time_filter\": {\n \"start_time\": 1773388800,\n \"end_time\": 1773414000\n },\n \"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/silence/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\": \"Maintenance window silence\",\n \"description\": \"Silence all Info alerts during planned maintenance\",\n \"time_filter\": {\n \"start_time\": 1773388800,\n \"end_time\": 1773414000\n },\n \"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": "69db2f66a0fe7db6448b1503",
"rule_name": "Test silence 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 silence rule
Create a silence rule to suppress notifications matching specified conditions.
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
}
'import requests
url = "https://api.flashcat.cloud/channel/silence/rule/create?app_key="
payload = {
"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
}
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: '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
})
};
fetch('https://api.flashcat.cloud/channel/silence/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/silence/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' => '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
]),
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/silence/rule/create?app_key="
payload := strings.NewReader("{\n \"channel_id\": 3521074710131,\n \"rule_name\": \"Maintenance window silence\",\n \"description\": \"Silence all Info alerts during planned maintenance\",\n \"time_filter\": {\n \"start_time\": 1773388800,\n \"end_time\": 1773414000\n },\n \"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/silence/rule/create?app_key=")
.header("Content-Type", "application/json")
.body("{\n \"channel_id\": 3521074710131,\n \"rule_name\": \"Maintenance window silence\",\n \"description\": \"Silence all Info alerts during planned maintenance\",\n \"time_filter\": {\n \"start_time\": 1773388800,\n \"end_time\": 1773414000\n },\n \"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/silence/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\": \"Maintenance window silence\",\n \"description\": \"Silence all Info alerts during planned maintenance\",\n \"time_filter\": {\n \"start_time\": 1773388800,\n \"end_time\": 1773414000\n },\n \"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": "69db2f66a0fe7db6448b1503",
"rule_name": "Test silence 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 a silence rule. Exactly one of time_filter or time_filters must be provided, and filters must be non-empty.
Owning channel ID; obtain it from POST /channel/list.
Rule name, 1 to 39 characters.
1 - 39Rule description, up to 500 characters.
500Incident ID (ObjectID hex) to attach the rule to. Optional; when set, only one enabled silence rule may exist per incident.
^[0-9a-fA-F]{24}$Recurring time windows during which silencing applies. Mutually exclusive with time_filter.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
One-off time window defined by unix seconds.
Show child attributes
Show child attributes
Alert event match conditions (OR-of-AND). Required and must contain at least one condition.
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.
When true, the silence rule is automatically deleted after its time window expires. Defaults to false.
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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