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      1. Dashboards API
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        1. List dashboard alerts GET
        2. Get a single alert GET
        3. Create an alert POST
        4. Update an alert PATCH
        5. Remove an alert DELETE
      3. Dashboard groups API
    4. Explorations
    5. Alerts API
    6. Connections API
    7. Query API ↗
  7. Alternative to
    1. Lightstep

List all alerts in an dashboard

Retrieves all alerts associated with a specific dashboard chart. This endpoint is not paginated.

POST https://telemetry.betterstack.com/api/v2/dashboards/{dashboard_id}/charts/{chart_id}/alerts

URL parameters

dashboard_id
required integer

The unique identifier of the dashboard to add the alert to.

chart_id
required integer

The unique identifier of the chart to add the alert to.

Headers

Authorization
required string

Bearer $TOKEN

200

A list of alerts for the dashboard chart.

Response body

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": 789,
      "type": "alert",
      "attributes": {
        "name": "High Error Rate Alert",
        "alert_type": "threshold",
        "operator": "higher_than",
        "value": 100.0,
        "query_period": 300,
        "confirmation_period": 0,
        "recovery_period": 300,
        "escalation_target": {
          "policy_id": 123,
          "policy_name": "Critical Alerts Policy"
        },
        "paused": false,
        "paused_reason": null,
        "created_at": "2026-02-20T10:00:00Z",
        "updated_at": "2026-02-23T14:30:00Z"
      }
    }
  ]
}
404

An dashboard chart with the specified ID was not found.

Example request

cURL
curl --request GET \
     --url "https://telemetry.betterstack.com/api/v2/dashboards/123/chart/456/alerts" \
     --header "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"


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