---
title: "Create an escalation policy"
method: POST
path: "/api/v1/escalation/policies"
tags: ["alerts"]
---

# Create an escalation policy

`POST /api/v1/escalation/policies`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://monit.rs`
- URL: `https://monit.rs/api/v1/escalation/policies`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - HTTP bearer

## Headers

- `Idempotency-Key` string

## Request body

- object

## Response `201`

Created.

## Other responses

- `401`: Not authenticated.
- `403`: Missing write:escalation scope.
- `409`: Idempotency-Key reused with different body.
- `422`: Validation error.
- `429`: Rate limit exceeded.

---

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