# Is there a Goal attribute in the API for the Safety Buffer Cap (auto-ratchet)? **URL:** \ **Category:** Tech\ **Created:** [September 8, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/is-there-a-goal-attribute-in-the-api-for-the-safety-buffer-cap-auto-ratchet/11129 "2023-09-08T20:37:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 3
**Author:** ![cgamer1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/838e76/32.png) [@cgamer1](https://forum.beeminder.com/u/cgamer1)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/is-there-a-goal-attribute-in-the-api-for-the-safety-buffer-cap-auto-ratchet/11129/3 "2023-09-08T21:21:28Z")
The closet thing that you can do via the API is to force the goal to be red via a negative datapoint. See this post for more details > [@Advent 2022: 06. Pessimistic Presumption in Do More Goals (#SELFDESTRUCT datapoints)](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/advent-2022-06-pessimistic-presumption-in-do-more-goals-selfdestruct-datapoints/10646): > > Today’s [Advent Calendar](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/beeminder-advent-calendar-december-2022/10635) post reveals a way to make a goal red immediately without permanently losing any of its safety buffer. [Pessimistic presumption](https://help.beeminder.com/article/157-pessimistic-presumptive-reports) is officially a feature of Do Less goals, however it works with other goal types too. To use it: Enter a datapoint that has any value (positive or negative). Include a comment that contains #SELFDESTRUCT must be uppercase must have the # mark can be by itself or have any words around it spaces on either side are not needed (e.g., aaaa#SELFDEST… --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.beeminder.com/t/is-there-a-goal-attribute-in-the-api-for-the-safety-buffer-cap-auto-ratchet/11129)._