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# Disable an alert via email-footer token

> Redeems a single-use token from the footer of an alert email and flips the alert's is_active flag to false. Idempotent: a replay returns 200 with already_disabled=true. Public — token possession is the auth factor.



## OpenAPI

````yaml /openapi.json post /v1/alerts/disable
openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  description: Public API for Particle — news intelligence, financial data, and analysis.
  title: Particle API
  version: 0.1.0
servers:
  - url: https://api.particle.pro
security:
  - ApiKeyHeader: []
  - BearerAuth: []
paths:
  /v1/alerts/disable:
    post:
      tags:
        - Alerts
        - tier:free
      summary: Disable an alert via email-footer token
      description: >-
        Redeems a single-use token from the footer of an alert email and flips
        the alert's is_active flag to false. Idempotent: a replay returns 200
        with already_disabled=true. Public — token possession is the auth
        factor.
      operationId: disable-alert
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/DisableAlertBody'
        required: true
      responses:
        '200':
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/DisableAlertResponseBody'
          description: OK
        default:
          content:
            application/problem+json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/PlatformError'
          description: Error
      security: []
      x-codeSamples:
        - label: cURL
          lang: curl
          source: |-
            curl -X POST \
              -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
              -d '{}' \
              "https://api.particle.pro/v1/alerts/disable"
components:
  schemas:
    DisableAlertBody:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        token:
          description: Disable-alert token from the footer of an alert email.
          type: string
      required:
        - token
      type: object
    DisableAlertResponseBody:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        alert_id:
          description: The alert identified by the supplied token.
          type: string
        already_disabled:
          description: >-
            True when this click is not the one that changed state — either the
            token was already redeemed (GET preview after a click, or POST
            replay), or the alert was already inactive when the token was
            redeemed. The is_active field reflects the alert's *current* state,
            which can diverge from already_disabled if the alert was re-enabled
            after the token was redeemed.
          type: boolean
        delivery_cadence:
          description: The alert's delivery cadence (REALTIME, DAILY, or WEEKLY).
          type: string
        is_active:
          description: The alert's current is_active flag — false after a successful POST.
          type: boolean
        kind:
          description: The alert's kind (ENTITY_MENTION or PODCAST_SPEAKER).
          type: string
        manage_url:
          description: Deep-link to the alert's management page.
          type: string
        monitor_id:
          description: >-
            Deprecated — use alert_id. The alert identified by the supplied
            token.
          type: string
        title:
          description: The alert's current title.
          type: string
      required:
        - monitor_id
        - alert_id
        - title
        - kind
        - delivery_cadence
        - is_active
        - already_disabled
        - manage_url
      type: object
    PlatformError:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        detail:
          description: >-
            A human-readable explanation specific to this occurrence of the
            problem.
          examples:
            - Property foo is required but is missing.
          type: string
        error_code:
          type: string
        errors:
          description: Optional list of individual error details
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorDetail'
          type:
            - array
            - 'null'
        instance:
          description: >-
            A URI reference that identifies the specific occurrence of the
            problem.
          examples:
            - https://example.com/error-log/abc123
          format: uri
          type: string
        resolve:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResolve'
        status:
          description: HTTP status code
          examples:
            - 400
          format: int64
          type: integer
        title:
          description: >-
            A short, human-readable summary of the problem type. This value
            should not change between occurrences of the error.
          examples:
            - Bad Request
          type: string
        type:
          default: about:blank
          description: A URI reference to human-readable documentation for the error.
          examples:
            - https://example.com/errors/example
          format: uri
          type: string
      type: object
    ErrorDetail:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        location:
          description: >-
            Where the error occurred, e.g. 'body.items[3].tags' or
            'path.thing-id'
          type: string
        message:
          description: Error message text
          type: string
        value:
          description: The value at the given location
      type: object
    ErrorResolve:
      additionalProperties: false
      properties:
        action:
          type: string
        endpoint:
          type: string
        message:
          type: string
        method:
          type: string
        url:
          type: string
      required:
        - message
      type: object
  securitySchemes:
    ApiKeyHeader:
      description: Pass your API key in the X-API-Key header (recommended).
      in: header
      name: X-API-Key
      type: apiKey
    BearerAuth:
      description: Pass your API key as a Bearer token in the Authorization header.
      scheme: bearer
      type: http

````