# Using webdev API to Ack alarms and expose alarmjournal for 3rd party **URL:** \ **Category:** Ignition\ **Tags:** ignition81, scripting\ **Created:** [August 3, 2022, 5:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-webdev-api-to-ack-alarms-and-expose-alarmjournal-for-3rd-party/62614 "2022-08-03T05:50:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![jlandwerlen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@jlandwerlen](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/jlandwerlen)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2022, 1:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-webdev-api-to-ack-alarms-and-expose-alarmjournal-for-3rd-party/62614/2 "2022-08-03T13:24:59Z")
Not sure if this is helpful, but the linked post explains the use of an alarm listener. > [@New Alarm Alert as a Popup](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/new-alarm-alert-as-a-popup/15828): > > Hello All. I am new to the Ignition and I have a scenario where I would need to show a popup window with a Message saying that there is a new active unack alarm. Let me tell what I am trying in brief. Getting the alarm count in the timer script and trying to do a popup based on the difference in number of alarms. The script seems to work in Script Console but it doesnt work when it is inside action performed of Timer script. Here is the sample code: import system global lastcount alarms = s… Maybe this will define a small piece of what you are trying to do. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/using-webdev-api-to-ack-alarms-and-expose-alarmjournal-for-3rd-party/62614)._