# Send alert in mail text as json format using watcher API

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-alert-in-mail-text-as-json-format-using-watcher-api/196868>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-alerting\
**Created:** [August 27, 2019, 3:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-alert-in-mail-text-as-json-format-using-watcher-api/196868 "2019-08-27T03:38:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![saurabh06](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/saurabh06/32/51529_2.png) [@saurabh06](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/saurabh06)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 3:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-alert-in-mail-text-as-json-format-using-watcher-api/196868/1 "2019-08-27T03:38:35Z")

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I wan to send the output of hits in mail in proper JSON format as text body instead of whole response combined into single text body in watcher

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2019, 11:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-alert-in-mail-text-as-json-format-using-watcher-api/196868/2 "2019-08-28T11:19:49Z")

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What about using the [data attachment type](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elastic-stack-overview/7.3/actions-email.html)?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 11:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/send-alert-in-mail-text-as-json-format-using-watcher-api/196868/3 "2019-09-25T11:19:51Z")

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