---
title: "Alerting APIs"
slug: "alerting-apis"
description: "Manage Kentik's alerting features programmatically with V5 APIs, including Manual Mitigation for effective IP/CIDR management."
updated: 2025-08-15T19:08:50Z
published: 2025-08-15T19:08:50Z
canonical: "kb.kentik.com/alerting-apis"
---

> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://kb.kentik.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Alerting APIs

Alerting APIs enable programmatic management and use of the alerting features of Kentik.

> [!NOTE]
> Notes:
> 
> - For an overview of all Kentik APIs, see [**Kentik APIs**](/v1/docs/apis-overview).
> - For information on using APIs with cURL, see [**API Access Via cURL**](/v1/docs/apis-overview#api-access-via-curl).
> - For assistance using any API version, see [**Customer Care**](/v1/docs/customer-care).

## V5 Alerting Methods

The following table shows the methods that are available in the V5 Alerting APIs (click on the topic link for more information about a specific method):

| Method | Endpoint | Description | Topic |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| ***Manual Mitigation API*** |
| POST | /alerts/manual-mitigate | Start a new manual mitigation | [**Manual Mitigation Create**](/v1/docs/alerting-apis#manual-mitigation-create) |

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** Endpoints shown above are relative to a path that depends on the region for which your organization is registered with Kentik:
> 
> - US: `https://api.kentik.com/api/v5`
> - EU: `https://api.kentik.eu/api/v5`

## Manual Mitigation API

The Manual Mitigation API enables you to programmatically apply a manual mitigation, which functions the same as those started from the Alerting page in the Kentik portal (see [**Manual Mitigation**](/v1/docs/manual-mitigation)).

> [!NOTE]
> **Notes:**
> 
> - Member-level users have no access to the methods of this API.
> - To make calls to this API using cURL, see [**API Access Via cURL**](/v1/docs/apis-overview#api-access-via-curl).
> - The V5 API tester was discontinued in January 2025.

### Manual Mitigation JSON

Calls to the Manual Mitigation API return an HTTP response body with a JSON response object, containing a result field as shown in the following example:

```json
{
  "response": {
    "result": "OK",
  }
}
```

### Manual Mitigation Create

The Manual Mitigation Create `POST` method initiates a new manual mitigation for a specified IP/CIDR using a chosen mitigation platform and method. **HTTP Request** The following table shows the path and HTTP request for this call:

| **URL** | https://api.kentik.com/api/v5/alerts/manual-mitigate |
| --- | --- |
| **Request** | POST /api/v5/alerts/manual-mitigate HTTP/1.1 Host: api.kentik.com X-CH-Auth-API-Token: user_api_token X-CH-Auth-Email: user@domain.suffix Content-Type: application/json |

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** If your organization is registered on Kentik’s EU cluster, use `api.kentik.eu` in place of `api.kentik.com` in the URL above.

The following parameters are passed in a JSON object in the request body:

| JSON name | Type | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ipCidr | string | The IP/CIDR to which you want to apply the mitigation. |
| Comment | string | A user-defined string describing the mitigation to others in your organization. (Reserved for future use.) |
| platformID | string | A valid ID for a Kentik mitigation platform existing in your organization. |
| methodId | string | A valid ID for a Kentik mitigation method existing in your organization. |
| minutesBeforeAutoStop | string | A duration after which the mitigation will stop. If specified as “0” the mitigation will continue until stopped manually in the portal (see [**Stop a Manual Mitigation**](/v1/docs/manual-mitigation#stop-a-manual-mitigation)). |

**HTTP Response** A successful response to this call includes the following elements:

- Response headers
- HTTP response code
- A JSON response object indicating that the call was successful

> [!NOTE]
> **Note:** For details of the JSON name/value pairs in a response object, see [**Manual Mitigation JSON**](/v1/docs/alerting-apis#manual-mitigation-json).