Use alert status, inhibitedBy & silencedBy fields instead of silenced & inhibited

models/models.go

@@ -23,6 +23,23 @@ type Silence struct {
 	JiraURL string `json:"jiraURL"`
 }
 
+// AlertStateUnprocessed means that Alertmanager notify didn't yet process it
+// and AM doesn't know if alert is active or suppressed
+const AlertStateUnprocessed = "unprocessed"
+
+// AlertStateActive is the state in which we know that the alert should fire
+const AlertStateActive = "active"
+
+// AlertStateSuppressed means that we know that alert is silenced or inhibited
+const AlertStateSuppressed = "suppressed"
+
+// AlertStateList exports all alert states so other packages can get this list
+var AlertStateList = []string{
+	AlertStateUnprocessed,
+	AlertStateActive,
+	AlertStateSuppressed,
+}
+
 // Alert is vanilla alert + some additional attributes
 // unsee extends an alert object with:
 // * Links map, it's generated from annotations if annotation value is an url
@@ -35,16 +52,29 @@ type Alert struct {
 	StartsAt     time.Time         `json:"startsAt"`
 	EndsAt       time.Time         `json:"endsAt"`
 	GeneratorURL string            `json:"generatorURL"`
-	Status       string            `json:"Status"`
+	Status       string            `json:"status"`
 	SilencedBy   []string          `json:"silencedBy"`
 	InhibitedBy  []string          `json:"inhibitedBy"`
-	Inhibited    bool              `json:"inhibited"`
-	Silenced     string            `json:"silenced"`
 	// unsee fields
 	Links       map[string]string `json:"links"`
 	Fingerprint string            `json:"-"`
 }
 
+// IsSilenced will return true if alert should be considered silenced
+func (a Alert) IsSilenced() bool {
+	return (a.Status == AlertStateSuppressed && len(a.SilencedBy) > 0)
+}
+
+// IsInhibited will return true if alert should be considered silenced
+func (a Alert) IsInhibited() bool {
+	return (a.Status == AlertStateSuppressed && len(a.InhibitedBy) > 0)
+}
+
+// IsActive will return true if alert is not suppressed in any way
+func (a Alert) IsActive() bool {
+	return (a.Status == AlertStateActive)
+}
+
 // AlertList is flat list of UnseeAlert objects
 type AlertList []Alert