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title: Update Silences
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# Update Silences
PUT/accounts/{account\_id}/alerting/v3/silences
Updates existing silences 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`
##### P ath ParametersExpand Collapse
account\_id: string
The account id
maxLength32
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20alerting.silences%20%3E%20(method)%20update%20%3E%20(params)%20default%20%3E%20(param)%20account_id%20%3E%20(schema)>)
##### Body ParametersJSONExpand Collapse
body: array of object {id, end\_time, start\_time }
id: optional string
Silence ID
maxLength32
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end\_time: optional string
When the silence ends.
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start\_time: optional string
When the silence starts.
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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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[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20alerting.silences%20%3E%20(method)%20update%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20errors>)
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
[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20alerting.silences%20%3E%20(method)%20update%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20success>)
result: optional array of object {id, created\_at, end\_time, 3 more }
id: optional string
Silence ID
maxLength32
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created\_at: optional string
When the silence was created.
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end\_time: optional string
When the silence ends.
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policy\_id: optional string
The unique identifier of a notification policy
maxLength32
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start\_time: optional string
When the silence starts.
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updated\_at: optional string
When the silence was modified.
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[Link to this property](<#(resource)%20alerting.silences%20%3E%20(method)%20update%20%3E%20(network%20schema)%20%3E%20(property)%20result>)
### Update Silences
HTTP
HTTPTypeScriptPythonGoTerraform
```
curl https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/accounts/$ACCOUNT_ID/alerting/v3/silences \
-X PUT \
-H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN" \
-d '[
{
"id": "f878e90c23f44126ae3cfc399f646977",
"end_time": "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"start_time": "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}
]'
```
200 example
```
{
"errors": [
{
"message": "message",
"code": 1000
}
],
"messages": [
{
"message": "message",
"code": 1000
}
],
"success": true,
"result": [
{
"id": "f878e90c23f44126ae3cfc399f646977",
"created_at": "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"end_time": "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"policy_id": "0da2b59ef118439d8097bdfb215203c9",
"start_time": "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"updated_at": "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}
]
}
```
##### Returns Examples
200 example
```
{
"errors": [
{
"message": "message",
"code": 1000
}
],
"messages": [
{
"message": "message",
"code": 1000
}
],
"success": true,
"result": [
{
"id": "f878e90c23f44126ae3cfc399f646977",
"created_at": "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"end_time": "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"policy_id": "0da2b59ef118439d8097bdfb215203c9",
"start_time": "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z",
"updated_at": "2022-01-01T00:00:00Z"
}
]
}
```