---
title: "Alert Types Metadata"
method: POST
path: "/alert-types"
tags: ["metadata", "full-scans", "diff-scans"]
---

# Alert Types Metadata

`POST /alert-types`

For an array of alert type identifiers, returns metadata for each alert type. Optionally, specify a language via the 'language' query parameter.

This endpoint consumes 1 unit of your quota.

This endpoint requires the following org token scopes:

## Query parameters

- `language` 'ach-UG' | 'de-DE' | 'en-US' | 'es-ES' | 'fr-FR' | 'it-IT'

## Request body

- string[]

## Response `200`

Metadata for the requested alert types

- object[]
  - `type` string, required
  - `title` string, required
  - `description` string, required
  - `suggestion` string, required
  - `emoji` string, required
  - `nextStepTitle` string, required
  - `props` object, nullable, required

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad request

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