# Can I build custom scripts or integrate with APIs?

We currently do not support a script runtime where you can execute custom code within our platform. However, we provide comprehensive API access to extend our automation capabilities.

## Available integration options

### Inbound Events API

You can integrate with ilert using our inbound Events API:

* **Send alerts**: Programmatically create alerts from your applications
* **Update incidents**: Modify incident status and information
* **Custom integrations**: Build integrations with any system that can make HTTP requests
* **Real-time updates**: Send live updates to ilert from your monitoring tools

### Outbound webhooks

Extend automation capabilities through outbound webhooks:

* **Trigger external actions**: Execute scripts and automation in your environment
* **Custom workflows**: Integrate with your existing automation tools
* **Real-time notifications**: Receive instant updates when events occur in ilert
* **Flexible payloads**: Customize the data sent to your webhook endpoints

## Integration approaches

### Custom automation

To extend our automation capabilities:

1. **Use outbound webhooks**: Configure webhooks to trigger your custom scripts
2. **Leverage the Events API**: Send data to ilert from your custom applications
3. **Build external integrations**: Create scripts that interact with ilert's API
4. **Use existing tools**: Integrate with automation platforms like Jenkins, AWX, etc.

### API capabilities

Our REST API provides access to:

* **Alert management**: Create, update, and resolve alerts
* **Incident operations**: Manage incident lifecycle
* **Team and user management**: Configure teams and user settings
* **Configuration management**: Programmatically manage ilert settings

## Getting started

To integrate with ilert's APIs, refer to our API documentation and webhook configuration guides.

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**Related Documentation**

* [REST API Reference](https://docs.ilert.com/developer-docs/rest-api/api-reference)
* [Webhooks](https://docs.ilert.com/developer-docs/rest-api/api-reference#webhooks)
* [Outbound Integrations](https://docs.ilert.com/integrations/outbound-integrations)
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