Is it possible to force an Alert to change state with HTTP?

Hello,

I have been trying to dig into the source code of Kapacitor, trying to find a way to force change the state of an Alert without inserting new points to influxdb.

The idea would be to create a custom endpoint (if needed) in Kapacitor and provide the ID of an Alert in the request as well as the desired state. From there, what would be a possible way to access said Alert and change its state directly?

It is still unclear how AlertNodes are managed in the code but I gather that it is impossible to change the state of an Alert by creating an AlertState and calling the Point function with a custom point as the AlertState is not linked to a node.

Thank you in advance for any help you can provide.

Start by tracing the Kapacitor source around AlertNodes, AlertState, and the Point function, which the issue identifies as the relevant concepts. Determine whether an HTTP endpoint can locate an alert by ID and change its state without new InfluxDB points; done means documenting a feasible design or confirming the limitation and its required scope.

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