def create_alert(self, name, **query_props): payload = Alert(self, name=name).get_payload() payload.pop("id", None) payload["active"] = True payload["rearm_seconds"] = 600 for k, v in query_props.items(): payload[k] = v resp = self._mexe("alerts", method="POST", query_props=payload) return Alert.from_dict(self, resp)