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To receive Prometheus Alertmanager alarms through an API, follow these steps:

1. Set up the Alertmanager: Install and configure the Alertmanager to receive alerts from Prometheus.

2. Configure the API receiver: In the Alertmanager configuration file, define an API receiver that will receive the alerts through an HTTP POST request.

3. Set up an API endpoint: Create an endpoint on the server that will receive the HTTP POST requests from the Alertmanager.

4. Define the alerts: In the Prometheus configuration file, define the alerts that you want to be alerted on.

5. Test the system: Send a test alert to the Alertmanager and verify that the API receiver sends an HTTP POST request to the API endpoint.

6. Handle the alerts: Once the API endpoint receives the alert, you can handle the alert in your system in whatever way makes sense for your use case.