Rename a channel

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Rename a channel, point it elsewhere, switch it off, or choose which alerts it is told about.

# Rename a channel

> tidekeeper's API reference: https://tidekeeper.eu/docs/api/patch-channels-id

`PATCH /api/v1/channels/{id}`

Rename a channel, point it elsewhere, switch it off, or choose which alerts it is told about.

## What to send

`ChannelUpdate`

- `config` (object or null)
- `disabled` (boolean or null)
- `kinds` (list of string or null)
- `name` (string or null)

## The answer

200, `ChannelView`: Somewhere alerts go. Its secrets are never sent back: `target` says where it points with them left out.

- `created_at` (string, needed)
- `declared` (boolean, needed): From the instance's configuration: not edited here.
- `disabled` (boolean, needed)
- `id` (string, needed)
- `kind` (string, needed): `alertmanager`, `email`, `webhook`, `ntfy`, `discord`, `slack`, `telegram`.
- `kinds` (list of string, needed): The alerts this channel is told about: its row of the matrix.
- `name` (string, needed)
- `target` (string, needed)

## Asking

```sh
curl -X PATCH https://tidekeeper.eu/api/v1/channels/{id} \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TIDEKEEPER_TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{}'
```

What to send

ChannelUpdate

config: object or null
disabled: boolean or null
kinds: list of string or null
name: string or null

The answer

Status 200

ChannelView Somewhere alerts go. Its secrets are never sent back: `target` says where it points with them left out.

created_at: stringneeded
declared: booleanneededFrom the instance's configuration: not edited here.
disabled: booleanneeded
id: stringneeded
kind: stringneeded`alertmanager`, `email`, `webhook`, `ntfy`, `discord`, `slack`, `telegram`.
kinds: list of stringneededThe alerts this channel is told about: its row of the matrix.
name: stringneeded
target: stringneeded

Asking

curlJavaScript

With your token from Settings

curl -X PATCH https://tidekeeper.eu/api/v1/channels/{id} \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TIDEKEEPER_TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{}'

With your token from Settings

const answer = await fetch("https://tidekeeper.eu/api/v1/channels/{id}", {
  method: "PATCH",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.TIDEKEEPER_TOKEN}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({}),
}).then((r) => r.json());