# Get backlog from an alert **URL:** \ **Category:** Graylog Central (peer support)\ **Created:** [August 23, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/get-backlog-from-an-alert/11691 "2019-08-23T15:06:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mdcastro-dc-uba-ar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ea924/32.png) [@mdcastro-dc-uba-ar](https://community.graylog.org/u/mdcastro-dc-uba-ar)\ **Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 3:06pm UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/get-backlog-from-an-alert/11691/1 "2019-08-23T15:06:30Z")
Hi. I need to script some actions based on the content of some messages. I have an alert condition set to trigger when there are more than X messages with the same IP. The backlog is set to 1. ¿Is there a way to get that IP value into my script? I tried with the execalarmCallback plugin but it has no way of including the backlog message as a parameter. Then I tried making requests to the API, but I can’t find any way to get the actual content of the messages or any of the extracted fields. Sadly, I don’t know enough Java to write my own plugin or modify an existent one. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![jan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.graylog.org/jan/32/11_2.png) [@jan](https://community.graylog.org/u/jan)\ **Post date:** [August 25, 2019, 9:48am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/get-backlog-from-an-alert/11691/2 "2019-08-25T09:48:10Z")
What Graylog Version are we talking about? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/uploads/graylog/original/3X/c/7/c7c09c6b5099570133d6502b83f50ba4430de5b6.png) [@system](https://community.graylog.org/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2019, 9:48am UTC](https://community.graylog.org/t/get-backlog-from-an-alert/11691/3 "2019-09-08T09:48:41Z")
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