---
title: "Activate Or Deactivate An Alert"
method: POST
path: "/iserver/account/{accountId}/alert/activate"
tags: ["tradingAlerts"]
---

# Activate Or Deactivate An Alert

`POST /iserver/account/{accountId}/alert/activate`

Activate or Deactivate existing alerts created for this account. This does not delete alerts, but disables notifications until reactivated.

## Path parameters

- `accountId` string, required

## Request body

- AlertActivationRequest
  - `alertId` integer, required — The alert Identifier
  - `alertActive` '1' | '0', required — Set whether or not the alert should be active (1) or inactive (0).

## Response `200`

An object containing details about the activated/deactivated alert.

- AlertActivationResponse
  - `request_id` integer
  - `order_id` integer — The tracking number of the alert. Occasssionally referenced as the alertId or alert_id.
  - `success` boolean — Displays result status of alert request
  - `text` string — Response message to clarify success status reason.
  - `failure_list` string — If "success" returns false, will list failed order Ids

## Other responses

- `401` — Missing, invalid, or unparseable Authorization token.
- `500` — Internal Server Error; unable to process incoming request due to invalid data in it

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