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  • March 11, 2020: Linked to the overview on Pagination.

⇤ Alerts

https://api.bitsighttech.com/ratings/v2/alerts/latest

Get alerts generated during the most recent daily platform update.

This endpoint only returns results if any new alerts were generated during the most recent daily platform update.

Parameters

See query parameters for details on the following parameters:

  • limit (Default: 100)
  • offset
  • q – Company names.
  • sort
    • guid
    • alert_type
    • company_name
    • folder_name
    • trigger
    • severity
Parameter Description Values 
alert_type
Query		 Filter alerts by the specified alert category. [String] See alert categories. 
company_guid
Query		 Filter by company. [String] Company unique identifier [entity_guid]. See GET: Portfolio Details. 
expand
Query		 Include additional alert details. [String] ?expand=details 
folder_guid
Query		 Filter alerts by the specified folder. [String] Folder unique identifier [folder_guid]. See GET: Folder Details. 
severity
Query		 Filter alerts by the specified change severity. [String] See change severity.

Example Request

curl https://api.bitsighttech.com/ratings/v2/alerts/latest -u api_token:

Example Response

{
  "links":{
    "previous":null,
    "next":"https://api.bitsighttech.com/ratings/v2/alerts/?limit=100&offset=100"
  },
  "count":12345,
  "results":[
    […]
    {
      "guid":12345678,
      "alert_type":"RISK_CATEGORY",
      "alert_date":"2019-07-10",
      "start_date":"2019-07-09",
      "company_name":"Example, Inc.",
      "company_guid":"e8d8503e-beae-4d6a-add4-5666c5491881",
      "company_url":"/company/e8d8503e-beae-4d6a-add4-5666c5491881/",
      "folder_guid":"02fa3d99-dfe5-4695-a26a-fa0a6f1ff98b",
      "folder_name":"Continuously Monitored",
      "severity":"WARN",
      "trigger":"Insecure Systems"
    }
  ]
}

Response Attributes

Field Description 
links
Object		 Navigation links for multiple pages of results. See pagination.
  
previous
String		 The URL path to navigate to the previous page. 
next
String		 The URL path to navigate to the next page. 
count
Integer		 The total number of alerts across all the pages. 
results
Array		 Alerts.
  Object An alert.
  
guid
String [alert_guid]		 The unique identifier of this alert. 
alert_type
String		 The the slug name of the type of condition that triggered the alert. See alert categories. 
alert_date
String [YYYY‑MM‑DD]		 The date when the alert is generated. 
start_date
String [YYYY‑MM‑DD]		 The start date of the alert period. 
company_name
String		 The name of the company that triggered the alert. 
company_guid
String [entity_guid]		 The unique identifier of the company that this alert was generated for. 
company_url
String		 The URL path to this company’s Overview page in the Bitsight platform. 
folder_guid
String [folder_guid]		 The unique identifier of the folder for which the alert was created. This may be your “All Companies” folder if the company was not in a specific folder. 
folder_name
String		 The name of this folder. 
severity
String		 The level of change that generated this alert. See change severity. 
trigger
String		 The type of data that generated this alert.

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