> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.visualsentinel.com/llms.txt)

# CreateNotificationChannelRequest data model

The CreateNotificationChannelRequest shape in the Visual Sentinel REST API.

## Fields

| Field | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `name` | string | Yes | Max length 100. |
| `type` | string | Yes | One of: `EMAIL`, `SLACK`, `DISCORD`, `TEAMS`, `PAGERDUTY`, `OPSGENIE`, `WEBHOOK`, `WHATSAPP`, `TELEGRAM`, `PROMETHEUS`, `PUSH`. |
| `enabled` | boolean | No | Default: `true`. |
| `config` | object | Yes | Channel settings. EMAIL: `{ recipients: [email] }`. SLACK, DISCORD, TEAMS: `{ webhookUrl }`. PAGERDUTY: `{ integrationKey }`. OPSGENIE: `{ apiKey }`. WEBHOOK: `{ url, method?, headers?, secret?, payloadTemplate? }`. TELEGRAM: `{ botToken, chatId }`. WHATSAPP: `{ phoneNumbers, phoneNumberId, accessToken }`. PROMETHEUS: `{ alertmanagerUrl, basicAuth?, labels? }`. PUSH: `{ subscriptions }`. |
| `alertTypes` | array of string | No | Alert kinds this channel receives. Empty means all. Items are one of: `DOWNTIME`, `SLOW_RESPONSE`, `VISUAL`, `PERFORMANCE`, `SSL`, `DNS`, `DOMAIN`, `CONTENT`. Default: `[]`. |
| `isDefault` | boolean | No | Use this channel for monitors that have no channels of their own. Default: `false`. |

## Used by

- [Create notification channel](https://docs.visualsentinel.com/reference/notification-channels.md#create-notification-channel): `POST /api/notification-channels`
- [Update notification channel](https://docs.visualsentinel.com/reference/notification-channels.md#update-notification-channel): `PUT /api/notification-channels/{id}`

Generated from the OpenAPI 3.1 specification at [https://docs.visualsentinel.com/openapi.json](https://docs.visualsentinel.com/openapi.json).