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manual:api:reference:alert:object
> Alert object
The following objects are directly related to the alert API.
Alert
Alerts are created by the Zabbix server and cannot be modified via the API.
The alert object contains information about whether certain action operations have been executed successfully. It has the following properties.
| Property | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| alertid | string | ID of the alert. |
| actionid | string | ID of the action that generated the alert. |
| alerttype | integer | Alert type. Possible values: 0 - message; 1 - remote command. |
| clock | timestamp | Time when the alert was generated. |
| error | string | Error text if there are problems sending a message or running a command. |
| esc_step | integer | Action escalation step during which the alert was generated. |
| eventid | string | ID of the event that triggered the action. |
| mediatypeid | string | ID of the media type that was used to send the message. |
| message | text | Message text. Used for message alerts. |
| retries | integer | Number of times Zabbix tried to send the message. |
| sendto | string | Address, user name or other identifier of the recipient. Used for message alerts. |
| status | integer | Status indicating whether the action operation has been executed successfully. Possible values for message alerts: 0 - message not sent. 1 - message sent. 2 - failed after a number of retries. 3 - new alert is not yet processed by alert manager. Possible values for command alerts: 0 - command not run. 1 - command run. 2 - tried to run the command on the Zabbix agent but it was unavailable. |
| subject | string | Message subject. Used for message alerts. |
| userid | string | ID of the user that the message was sent to. |
| p_eventid | string | ID of problem event, which generated the alert. |
| acknowledgeid | string | ID of acknowledgement, which generated the alert. |