--- title: Create Silences --- [Skip to content](#_top) [API Reference](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/python) [Alerting](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/python/resources/alerting) [Silences](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/python/resources/alerting/subresources/silences) Copy Markdown Open in **Claude**Open in **ChatGPT**Open in **Cursor** --- **Copy Markdown****View as Markdown** # Create Silences alerting.silences.create(SilenceCreateParams\*\*kwargs) -> [SilenceCreateResponse]() POST/accounts/{account\_id}/alerting/v3/silences Creates a new silence for an account. ##### Security
API Token The preferred authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. Create a token. **Example:**Authorization: Bearer Sn3lZJTBX6kkg7OdcBUAxOO963GEIyGQqnFTOFYY
API Email + API Key The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API, used in conjunction with a Global API key. **Example:**X-Auth-Email: user@example.com The previous authorization scheme for interacting with the Cloudflare API. When possible, use API tokens instead of Global API keys. **Example:**X-Auth-Key: 144c9defac04969c7bfad8efaa8ea194
##### Accepted Permissions (at least one required) `Notifications Write``Account Settings Write` ##### ParametersExpand Collapse account\_id: str The account id maxLength32 [Link to this property](<#(resource)%20alerting.silences%20%3E%20(method)%20create%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20account_id%20%3E%20(schema)>)
body: Iterable\[Body] end\_time: Optional\[str] When the silence ends. Link to this property policy\_id: Optional\[str] The unique identifier of a notification policy maxLength32 Link to this property start\_time: Optional\[str] When the silence starts. Link to this property
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class SilenceCreateResponse: …
errors: List\[Error] message: str Link to this property code: Optional\[int] minimum1000 Link to this property
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messages: List\[Message] message: str Link to this property code: Optional\[int] minimum1000 Link to this property
Link to this property success: Literal\[true] Whether the API call was successful Link to this property
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20alerting.silences%20%3E%20(model)%20silence_create_response%20%3E%20(schema)>) ### Create Silences 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 ) silence = client.alerting.silences.create( account_id="023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353", body=[{}], ) print(silence.errors) ``` 200 example ``` { "errors": [ { "message": "message", "code": 1000 } ], "messages": [ { "message": "message", "code": 1000 } ], "success": true } ``` ##### Returns Examples 200 example ``` { "errors": [ { "message": "message", "code": 1000 } ], "messages": [ { "message": "message", "code": 1000 } ], "success": true } ```