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Alert Channels

APIAssert supports five channel types.

Supported Types

  • email
  • slack
  • discord
  • webhook
  • pagerduty

Channel Config Fields

Type Required Fields
Email email
Slack webhook_url (https://hooks.slack.com...)
Discord webhook_url (https://discord.com/api/webhooks...)
Webhook url, optional secret
PagerDuty routing_key, severity

Attach Channels to Monitors

After creating a channel, attach it to one or more monitors and tune:

  • down notifications
  • recovery notifications
  • retry threshold

Operational Recommendations

  • Route production-critical monitors to PagerDuty plus team chat.
  • Keep a webhook channel for automation and incident enrichment.
  • Use retry thresholds to reduce false positives on flaky endpoints.

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