# Any direct API for subscribing to alarms and Acknowledging alarms? **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Created:** [September 30, 2022, 2:29pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/any-direct-api-for-subscribing-to-alarms-and-acknowledging-alarms/64706 "2022-09-30T14:29:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Hello\_World](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@Hello\_World](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Hello_World)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 5:00pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/any-direct-api-for-subscribing-to-alarms-and-acknowledging-alarms/64706/21 "2022-10-07T17:00:18Z")
I think I was not clear on expressing my idea. I am thinking of building a custom module which will extend the Ignition OPC UA Data only server and add Acknowledgement feature to it. So, this custom module can be reused by anyone who needs some feature like this. ---
**Author:** ![paul-griffith](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/paul-griffith/32/37249_2.png) [@paul-griffith](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/paul-griffith)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2022, 5:02pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/any-direct-api-for-subscribing-to-alarms-and-acknowledging-alarms/64706/22 "2022-10-07T17:02:31Z")
It's not possible. ---
**Author:** ![PRAMANJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pramanj/32/66935_2.png) [@PRAMANJ](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/PRAMANJ)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2022, 3:54am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/any-direct-api-for-subscribing-to-alarms-and-acknowledging-alarms/64706/23 "2022-10-08T03:54:30Z")
This seems to be the best option. However, you use TCP socket instead of WebDev to send acknowledge commands to the server to save cost. [Previous page](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/any-direct-api-for-subscribing-to-alarms-and-acknowledging-alarms/64706.md?page=1)