Developer (API)

Package Alert Developer (API)

Welcome to the Package Alert API! This RESTful API allows you to programmatically access security advisory, CVE, and alert data. API access is available for Premium subscribers.

Getting Started

The Package Alert API is a RESTful API that provides programmatic access to security advisories, CVE data, and alert management functionality. All API endpoints are versioned and accessible at https://pkgalert.com/api/v1/

What the API Offers

The Package Alert API provides comprehensive access to:

• Search across our advisory catalog including security advisories
• Access to comprehensive CVE records with CVSS scoring
• Coverage for major enterprise Linux distributions (RHEL, AlmaLinux, Rocky, Debian, Ubuntu, SUSE, Oracle)
• Real-time advisory and CVE data
• Programmable alert system with multiple notification channels
• Custom RSS feed generation for specific criteria
• Package-level vulnerability tracking

API Access & Subscription Tiers

API Access is Available for Premium Subscribers

While this documentation is public to help you understand our API capabilities, actual API access requires a Premium subscription.

Resource	Free	Premium
API Access	❌ None	✅ Full Access
API Keys	0	5
Alerts	3	50
Custom RSS Feeds	0	10
Public API Rate Limit	N/A	1,000 requests/hour

Rate Limits

Public API v1: 1,000 requests/hour for Premium users
Search results are paginated at 100 per request

Need Help?

If you need assistance with the API or have questions not covered in this documentation:

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