Add alert words

POST https://chat2.ifi.lmu.de/api/v1/users/me/alert_words

Add words (or phrases) to the user's set of configured alert words.

Usage examples

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import zulip

# Pass the path to your zuliprc file here.
client = zulip.Client(config_file="~/zuliprc")

# Add words (or phrases) to the user's set of configured alert words.
result = client.add_alert_words(words)
print(result)

curl -sSX POST https://chat2.ifi.lmu.de/api/v1/users/me/alert_words \
    -u BOT_EMAIL_ADDRESS:BOT_API_KEY \
    --data-urlencode 'alert_words=["foo", "bar"]'

Parameters

alert_words (string)[] required

Example: ["foo", "bar"]

An array of strings to be added to the user's set of configured alert words. Strings already present in the user's set of alert words already are ignored.

Alert words are case insensitive.


Response

Return values

  • alert_words: (string)[]

    An array of strings, where each string is an alert word (or phrase) configured by the user.

Example response(s)

Changes: As of Zulip 7.0 (feature level 167), if any parameters sent in the request are not supported by this endpoint, a successful JSON response will include an ignored_parameters_unsupported array.

A typical successful JSON response may look like:

{
    "alert_words": [
        "foo",
        "bar",
        "natural",
        "illustrious"
    ],
    "msg": "",
    "result": "success"
}

An example JSON response for when a supplied alert word (or phrase) exceeds the character limit:

{
    "code": "BAD_REQUEST",
    "msg": "alert_words[0] is too long (limit: 100 characters)",
    "result": "error"
}