# Check whether alert profiles exist

Returns a boolean flag indicating whether at least one alert profile is available.

## Endpoints

`GET /intelligence/api/alerts/getEIAlertsMeta`

## Request URL

`https://`[*{serverurl}*](https://www.manageengine.com/products/desktop-central/help/api/cloud/oauth-authentication-endpoint-domain.html)`/intelligence/api/alerts/getEIAlertsMeta`

## Scope

`DesktopCentralCloud.DEX.READ`

## Header

`Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52`

## Request Parameters

### Request Headers

- **Accept** `string` — **Mandatory**
  - `application/alertMetaJson.v1+json`

## Sample Request

```curl
curl --request GET \
  --url https://appdomains/intelligence/api/alerts/getEIAlertsMeta \
  --header 'Accept: application/alertMetaJson.v1+json' \
  --header 'Authorization: Zoho-oauthtoken  d92d4xxxxxxxxxxxxx15f52'
```

## Response Parameters

### HTTP Code 200

Response Body — `application/json`

`JSON Object`

- **isAlertProfileAvailable** `boolean`
  - Indicates if at least one alert profile exists

### HTTP Code 500

Response Body — `application/json`

`JSON Object`

- **errorCode** `string`
  - Internal server error code for alerts metadata operation
- **errorMessage** `string`
  - Internal server error message for alerts metadata operation

## Possible Response Codes

- **200** — HTTP code
- **500** — HTTP code

## Sample Response: HTTP 200

Profile availability metadata

```json
{
  "isAlertProfileAvailable": true
}
```

## Sample Response: HTTP 500

Unexpected metadata query failure

```json
{
  "errorMessage": "Unable to fetch alert metadata due to internal error",
  "errorCode": "INTERNAL_ERROR"
}
```

## Rate Limits

![](https://www.zohowebstatic.com/sites/zweb/images/people/ico-help.png)

**Duration:** 1 minute | **Threshold:** 30 | **Lock period:** 5 minutes

Duration - Time window for the threshold.  
Threshold - Number of API calls allowed within the specified duration.  
Lock Period - Wait time before consecutive API requests.