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List alerts API	Retrieves top recent alerts.	apis, graph api, supported apis, get, alerts, recent	eADQiWindows 10XVcnh	w10	deploy	library	security	macapara	mjcaparas	medium	dansimp	ITPro	M365-security-compliance	article

List alerts API

Applies to:

• Microsoft Defender Advanced Threat Protection (Microsoft Defender ATP)

Retrieves a collection of Alerts.

Supports OData V4 queries.

The OData's Filter query is supported on: "Id", "IncidentId", "AlertCreationTime", "Status", "Severity" and "Category".

See examples at OData queries with Microsoft Defender ATP

Permissions

One of the following permissions is required to call this API. To learn more, including how to choose permissions, see Use Microsoft Defender ATP APIs

Permission type	Permission	Permission display name
Application	Alert.Read.All	'Read all alerts'
Application	Alert.ReadWrite.All	'Read and write all alerts'
Delegated (work or school account)	Alert.Read	'Read alerts'
Delegated (work or school account)	Alert.ReadWrite	'Read and write alerts'

Note

When obtaining a token using user credentials:

• The user needs to have at least the following role permission: 'View Data' (See Create and manage roles for more information)
• The response will include only alerts that are associated with machines that the user can access, based on machine group settings (See Create and manage machine groups for more information)

HTTP request

GET /api/alerts

Optional query parameters

Method supports $skip and $top query parameters.

Request headers

Name	Type	Description
Authorization	String	Bearer {token}. Required.

Request body

Empty

Response

If successful, this method returns 200 OK, and a list of alert objects in the response body.

Example

Request

Here is an example of the request.

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GET https://api.securitycenter.windows.com/api/alerts

Response

Here is an example of the response.

Note

The response object shown here may be truncated for brevity. All of the properties will be returned from an actual call.

{
    "@odata.context": "https://api.securitycenter.windows.com/api/$metadata#Alerts",
    "value": [
        {
            "id": "121688558380765161_2136280442",
			"incidentId": 7696,
			"assignedTo": "secop@contoso.com",
			"severity": "High",
			"status": "New",
			"classification": "TruePositive",
			"determination": "Malware",
			"investigationState": "Running",
			"category": "MalwareDownload",
			"detectionSource": "WindowsDefenderAv",
			"threatFamilyName": "Mikatz",
			"title": "Windows Defender AV detected 'Mikatz', high-severity malware",
			"description": "Some description",
			"alertCreationTime": "2018-11-26T16:19:21.8409809Z",
			"firstEventTime": "2018-11-26T16:17:50.0948658Z",
			"lastEventTime": "2018-11-26T16:18:01.809871Z",
			"resolvedTime": null,
			"machineId": "9d80fbbc1bdbc5ce968f1d37c72384cbe17ee337"
        },
        {
            "id": "441688558380765161_2136280442",
			"incidentId": 8633,
			"assignedTo": "secop@contoso.com",
			"severity": "Low",
			"status": "InProgress",
			"classification": "TruePositive",
			"determination": "Malware",
			"investigationState": "Running",
			"category": "MalwareDownload",
			"detectionSource": "WindowsDefenderAv",
			"threatFamilyName": "Mikatz",
			"title": "Windows Defender AV detected 'Mikatz', high-severity malware",
			"description": "Some description",
			"alertCreationTime": "2018-11-25T16:19:21.8409809Z",
			"firstEventTime": "2018-11-25T16:17:50.0948658Z",
			"lastEventTime": "2018-11-25T16:18:01.809871Z",
			"resolvedTime": null,
			"machineId": "9d80fbbc1bdbc5ce968f1d37c72384cbe17ee337"
        }
	]
}

Related topics

• OData queries with Microsoft Defender ATP