Stability Level Deprecated
API Stability Deprecated

The addFilterAlertLabel() GraphQL mutation is used to add a label to a filter alert.

This mutation is deprecated since it doesn't support multiple labels. It will be removed at the earliest in version 1.273. Use instead addFilterAlertLabels().

Syntax

Below is the syntax for the addFilterAlertLabel() mutation field:

graphql
addFilterAlertLabel(
       input: AddFilterAlertLabel!
    ): boolean

There are no special return datatypes for this mutation field. Below is an example of how it might be used:

Raw
graphql
mutation {
  addFilterAlertLabel(
    input: { 
      viewName: "humio",
      id: "abc123",
      label: "alert-1"  }
  )
}
Mac OS or Linux (curl)
shell
curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @- << EOF
{"query" : "mutation {
  addFilterAlertLabel(
    input: { 
      viewName: \"humio\",
      id: \"abc123\",
      label: \"alert-1\"  }
  )
}"
}
EOF
Mac OS or Linux (curl) One-line
shell
curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d @- << EOF
{"query" : "mutation {
  addFilterAlertLabel(
    input: { 
      viewName: \"humio\",
      id: \"abc123\",
      label: \"alert-1\"  }
  )
}"
}
EOF
Windows Cmd and curl
shell
curl -v -X POST $YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql ^
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN" ^
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" ^
    -d @'{"query" : "mutation { ^
  addFilterAlertLabel( ^
    input: {  ^
      viewName: \"humio\", ^
      id: \"abc123\", ^
      label: \"alert-1\"  } ^
  ) ^
}" ^
} '
Windows Powershell and curl
powershell
curl.exe -X POST 
    -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"
    -H "Content-Type: application/json"
    -d '{"query" : "mutation {
  addFilterAlertLabel(
    input: { 
      viewName: \"humio\",
      id: \"abc123\",
      label: \"alert-1\"  }
  )
}"
}'
    "$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql"
Perl
perl
#!/usr/bin/perl

use HTTP::Request;
use LWP;

my $TOKEN = "TOKEN";

my $uri = '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql';

my $query = "mutation {
  addFilterAlertLabel(
    input: { 
      viewName: \"humio\",
      id: \"abc123\",
      label: \"alert-1\"  }
  )
}";
$query =~ s/\n/ /g;
my $json = sprintf('{"query" : "%s"}',$query);
my $req = HTTP::Request->new("POST", $uri );

$req->header("Authorization" => "Bearer $TOKEN");
$req->header("Content-Type" => "application/json");

$req->content( $json );

my $lwp = LWP::UserAgent->new;

my $result = $lwp->request( $req );

print $result->{"_content"},"\n";
Python
python
#! /usr/local/bin/python3

import requests

url = '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL/graphql'
mydata = r'''{"query" : "mutation {
  addFilterAlertLabel(
    input: { 
      viewName: \"humio\",
      id: \"abc123\",
      label: \"alert-1\"  }
  )
}"
}'''

resp = requests.post(url,
                     data = mydata,
                     headers = {
   "Authorization" : "Bearer $TOKEN",
   "Content-Type" : "application/json"
}
)

print(resp.text)
Node.js
javascript
const https = require('https');

const data = JSON.stringify(
    {"query" : "mutation {
  addFilterAlertLabel(
    input: { 
      viewName: \"humio\",
      id: \"abc123\",
      label: \"alert-1\"  }
  )
}"
}
);


const options = {
  hostname: '$YOUR_LOGSCALE_URL',
  path: 'graphql',
  port: 443,
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {
    'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    'Content-Length': data.length,
    Authorization: 'BEARER ' + process.env.TOKEN,
    'User-Agent': 'Node',
  },
};

const req = https.request(options, (res) => {
  let data = '';
  console.log(`statusCode: ${res.statusCode}`);

  res.on('data', (d) => {
    data += d;
  });
  res.on('end', () => {
    console.log(JSON.parse(data).data);
  });
});

req.on('error', (error) => {
  console.error(error);
});

req.write(data);
req.end();
Example Responses
Success (HTTP Response Code 200 OK)
json
{
  "data": {
    "addFilterAlertLabel": "true"
  }
}

Given Datatypes

For the AddFilterAlertLabel given datatype, there are a few parameters. Below is a list of them, along with a description of each.

Table: AddFilterAlertLabel

ParameterTypeRequiredDefaultStabilityDescription
Some arguments may be required, as indicated in the Required column. For some fields, this column indicates that a result will always be returned for this column.
Table last updated: Aug 11, 2025
idstringyes Long-TermThe unique identifier of the filter alert.
labelstringyes Long-TermThe label for the filter alert.
viewNameRepoOrViewNameyes Long-TermThe name of the view of the filter alert. RepoOrViewName is a scalar.