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GET
/
v1
/
alerts
/
{alert_identifier}
Get Alert
curl --request GET \
  --url https://api.mixpeek.com/v1/alerts/{alert_identifier} \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>'
{
  "name": "<string>",
  "notification_config": {
    "channels": [
      {
        "channel_type": "<string>",
        "channel_id": "wh_safety_team",
        "config": {
          "url": "https://example.com/webhook"
        }
      }
    ],
    "include_matches": true,
    "include_scores": true,
    "template_id": "<string>"
  },
  "alert_id": "<string>",
  "namespace_id": "ns_production",
  "description": "Alerts when new videos match known safety incidents",
  "source": "retriever",
  "retriever_id": "ret_safety_search",
  "trigger_on": "results",
  "system_condition": {
    "params": {}
  },
  "namespace_selector": {
    "mode": "all",
    "namespace_ids": [
      "<string>"
    ]
  },
  "enabled": true,
  "created_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "updated_at": "2023-11-07T05:31:56Z",
  "metadata": {}
}

Authorizations

​
Authorization
string
header
required

Bearer authentication header of the form Bearer <token>, where <token> is your auth token.

Path Parameters

​
alert_identifier
string
required

Alert ID (alt_...) or name

Response

Successful Response

Response model for a single alert.

​
name
string
required

Human-readable name for the alert

Required string length: 1 - 200
Examples:

"Safety Incident Detector"

"Prohibited Content Alert"

​
notification_config
AlertNotificationConfig · object
required

How and where to send notifications when alert triggers

Example:
{
  "channels": [
    {
      "channel_id": "wh_safety_team",
      "channel_type": "webhook"
    },
    {
      "channel_id": "sl_alerts",
      "channel_type": "slack"
    }
  ],
  "include_matches": true,
  "include_scores": true
}
​
alert_id
string

Unique identifier for the alert

Example:

"alt_abc123xyz789"

​
namespace_id
string | null

Namespace this alert belongs to

Example:

"ns_production"

​
description
string | null

Optional description of what this alert monitors

Maximum string length: 1000
Example:

"Alerts when new videos match known safety incidents"

​
source
enum<string>
default:retriever

Trigger source: 'retriever' (runs a retriever) or 'system' (built-in metric)

Available options:
retriever,
system
​
retriever_id
string | null

ID of the retriever to execute (source=retriever only). The retriever defines filters, scoring, limits.

Example:

"ret_safety_search"

​
trigger_on
enum<string>
default:results

For source=retriever: fire on 'results' (matches found) or 'no_results' (retriever went dark).

Available options:
results,
no_results
​
system_condition
SystemCondition · object | null

Built-in data-plane condition to watch (source=system only)

​
namespace_selector
NamespaceSelector · object | null

Org-level namespace scoping (all vs selected). When omitted, the alert is scoped to its own namespace_id.

​
enabled
boolean
default:true

Whether the alert is active and will execute

​
created_at
string<date-time> | null

Timestamp when the alert was created

​
updated_at
string<date-time> | null

Timestamp when the alert was last updated

​
metadata
Metadata · object

Additional user-defined metadata for the alert