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title: Get Alert Types
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[Alerting](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/alerting)
[Available Alerts](https://developers.cloudflare.com/api/resources/alerting/subresources/available_alerts)
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# Get Alert Types
GET/accounts/{account\_id}/alerting/v3/available\_alerts
Gets a list of all alert types for which an account is eligible.
##### 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)
`Zero Trust: PII Read``Notifications Write``Notifications Read``Account Settings Write``Account Settings Read`
##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse
account\_id: string
The account id
maxLength32
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##### ReturnsExpand Collapse
errors: array of object {message, code }
message: string
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code: optional number
minimum1000
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messages: array of object {message, code }
message: string
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code: optional number
minimum1000
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success: true
Whether the API call was successful
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result: optional map\[array of object {description, display\_name, filter\_options, type } ]
description: optional string
Describes the alert type.
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display\_name: optional string
Alert type name.
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filter\_options: optional array of unknown
Format of additional configuration options (filters) for the alert type. Data type of filters during policy creation: Array of strings.
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type: optional string
Use this value when creating and updating a notification policy.
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### Get Alert Types
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/alerting/v3/available_alerts \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"
```
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"
}
]
}
}
```