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Alert delete request

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Takes an alert ID in the API URL and deletes it.

DELETE https://<etp_instance_addr>/api/v2/public/alerts/<alert_id>

Use the alert ID from the alert search response (this is a part of the API endpoint URL).

Required header

x-fireeye-api-key: <key>—Specifies your personal API key. (For FireEye IAM users)

Authorization: Bearer xxxx - Specifies your API access token (For Trellix IAM users)

Example request

curl - X DELETE --location '<etp_instance_addr>/api/v2/public/alerts/delete/3yINFWA-1111152-8784f526-be90-45ed-8867-ec1fcf066dd8 --header 'x-fireeye-api-key: xxxxx'

Example response

{
    "data": {
        "type": "alerts",
        "operation": "delete",
        "status": "success"
    },
 }