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title: Get Alert Types
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[Available Alerts](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/python/resources/alerting/subresources/available_alerts)

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# Get Alert Types

alerting.available\_alerts.list(AvailableAlertListParams\*\*kwargs) -> [AvailableAlertListResponse](<https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/python/resources/alerting#(resource)%20alerting.available_alerts%20%3E%20(model)%20available_alert_list_response%20%3E%20(schema)>)

GET/accounts/{account\_id}/alerting/v3/available\_alerts

Gets a list of all alert types for which an account is eligible.

##### Security

<details>

<summary>API Token</summary>



The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. <a href="https://developers.cloudflare.com/fundamentals/api/get-started/create-token/">Create a token</a>.

**Example:**<code>Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY</code>

</details>

<details>

<summary>API Email + API Key</summary>



The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key.

**Example:**<code>X-Auth-Email: user@example.com</code>

The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys.

**Example:**<code>X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194</code>

</details>

##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required)

`Zero Trust: PII Read``Notifications Write``Notifications Read``Account Settings Write``Account Settings Read`

##### ParametersExpand Collapse

account\_id: str

The account id

maxLength32

[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20alerting.available_alerts%20%3E%20(method)%20list%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20account_id%20%3E%20(schema)>)

##### ReturnsExpand Collapse

<details>

<summary>

Dict\[str, List\[AvailableAlertListResponseItem]]

</summary>

description: Optional\[str]

Describes the alert type.

<a href="#(resource)%20alerting.available_alerts%20%3E%20(model)%20available_alert_list_response%20%3E%20(schema)%20%3E%20(items)%20%3E%20(items)%20%3E%20(property)%20description">Link to this property</a>

display\_name: Optional\[str]

Alert type name.

<a href="#(resource)%20alerting.available_alerts%20%3E%20(model)%20available_alert_list_response%20%3E%20(schema)%20%3E%20(items)%20%3E%20(items)%20%3E%20(property)%20display_name">Link to this property</a>

filter\_options: Optional\[List\[object]]

Format of additional configuration options (filters) for the alert type. Data type of filters during policy creation: Array of strings.

<a href="#(resource)%20alerting.available_alerts%20%3E%20(model)%20available_alert_list_response%20%3E%20(schema)%20%3E%20(items)%20%3E%20(items)%20%3E%20(property)%20filter_options">Link to this property</a>

type: Optional\[str]

Use this value when creating and updating a notification policy.

<a href="#(resource)%20alerting.available_alerts%20%3E%20(model)%20available_alert_list_response%20%3E%20(schema)%20%3E%20(items)%20%3E%20(items)%20%3E%20(property)%20type">Link to this property</a>

</details>

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### Get Alert Types

Python

HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform

```
import os
from cloudflare import Cloudflare

client = Cloudflare(
    api_token=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
available_alerts = client.alerting.available_alerts.list(
    account_id="023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
)
print(available_alerts)
```

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "message": "message",
      "code": 1000
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "message": "message",
      "code": 1000
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "Origin Monitoring": [
      {
        "description": "High levels of 5xx HTTP errors at your origin.",
        "display_name": "Origin Error Rate Alert",
        "filter_options": [
          {
            "AvailableValues": null,
            "ComparisonOperator": "==",
            "Key": "zones",
            "Range": "1-n"
          },
          {
            "AvailableValues": [
              {
                "Description": "Service-Level Objective of 99.7",
                "ID": "99.7"
              },
              {
                "Description": "Service-Level Objective of 99.8",
                "ID": "99.8"
              }
            ],
            "ComparisonOperator": ">=",
            "Key": "slo",
            "Range": "0-1"
          }
        ],
        "type": "http_alert_origin_error"
      }
    ]
  }
}
```

##### Returns Examples

200 example

```
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "message": "message",
      "code": 1000
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "message": "message",
      "code": 1000
    }
  ],
  "success": true,
  "result": {
    "Origin Monitoring": [
      {
        "description": "High levels of 5xx HTTP errors at your origin.",
        "display_name": "Origin Error Rate Alert",
        "filter_options": [
          {
            "AvailableValues": null,
            "ComparisonOperator": "==",
            "Key": "zones",
            "Range": "1-n"
          },
          {
            "AvailableValues": [
              {
                "Description": "Service-Level Objective of 99.7",
                "ID": "99.7"
              },
              {
                "Description": "Service-Level Objective of 99.8",
                "ID": "99.8"
              }
            ],
            "ComparisonOperator": ">=",
            "Key": "slo",
            "Range": "0-1"
          }
        ],
        "type": "http_alert_origin_error"
      }
    ]
  }
}
```