# Create link for end user to ack watcher email **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 28, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-link-for-end-user-to-ack-watcher-email/94987 "2017-07-28T16:25:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![David\_Tomasheski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@David\_Tomasheski](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/David_Tomasheski)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2017, 4:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-link-for-end-user-to-ack-watcher-email/94987/1 "2017-07-28T16:25:25Z")
I have a watch that shoots off an email which works great. I would like to add a link to the email so the end user can click it to ack the email so he doesn't keep getting emails about the same issue. Is there a way to do this? Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![Julien](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/julien/32/19688_2.png) [@Julien](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Julien)\ **Post date:** [July 29, 2017, 8:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-link-for-end-user-to-ack-watcher-email/94987/2 "2017-07-29T08:53:48Z")
It is possible to use [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.5/watcher-api-ack-watch.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.5/watcher-api-ack-watch.html) so watcher action is ignored till condition is false once again. A link in an email would send a get request so you will need some application layer to send a post or put request Also another way without ack is to define a throttle time so you limit amout of alerts for a defined amount of time [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/current/actions.html#actions-ack-throttle](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/x-pack/current/actions.html#actions-ack-throttle) ---
**Author:** ![David\_Tomasheski](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/59ef9b/32.png) [@David\_Tomasheski](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/David_Tomasheski)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 3:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-link-for-end-user-to-ack-watcher-email/94987/3 "2017-07-31T15:50:23Z")
I had read that page before and while it seems to show how I could do it from a POST in the Dev Tools console. What I was really looking for was some kind of html link that I could put inside the email from watcher so my end user doesn't have to log into Kibana at all. Is there a way to do that? ---
**Author:** ![Julien](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/julien/32/19688_2.png) [@Julien](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Julien)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-link-for-end-user-to-ack-watcher-email/94987/4 "2017-07-31T21:38:40Z")
No this is not directly possible. A link in an email would send a get request and should not contain credentials (as it would expose those credentials), while you will need to issue a post request with some credentials So one solution would be to develop a web application which sends the post request including the authentication using some general account if you do not want the user to login. You might also want to open a support case so we can keep track of your requirements and possibly give more detailed advise if this did not suffice ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2017, 9:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/create-link-for-end-user-to-ack-watcher-email/94987/5 "2017-08-28T21:38:51Z")
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