[[alerts-api-enable]]
=== Legacy enable alert API
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<titleabbrev>Legacy enable alert</titleabbrev>
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deprecated::[7.13.0,Use <<enable-rule-api>> instead.]

Enable an alert.

[[alerts-api-enable-request]]
==== Request

`POST <kibana host>:<port>/api/alerts/alert/<id>/_enable`

`POST <kibana host>:<port>/s/<space_id>/api/alerts/alert/<id>/_enable`

[[alerts-api-enable-path-params]]
==== Path parameters

`id`::
  (Required, string) The ID of the alert that you want to enable.

`space_id`::
  (Optional, string) An identifier for the space. If `space_id` is not provided in the URL, the default space is used.

[[alerts-api-enable-response-codes]]
==== Response code

`200`::
  Indicates a successful call.

==== Example

Enable an alert with ID:

[source,sh]
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$ curl -X POST api/alerts/alert/41893910-6bca-11eb-9e0d-85d233e3ee35/_enable
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// KIBANA