API monitor

APIs can be monitored by creating an HTTP status-code monitor or a keyword monitor. An uptime monitor will only check the returned status code, while a keyword monitor can check for a specific string in the API response.

If this is your first time setting up API monitoring, we recommend starting with our Introduction to API monitoring.

Creating an API monitor:

• Go to Monitors → Create monitor.
• Change the Alert us when the host above selection to Becomes unavailable.
• Enter the API's URL in the text input.
• Go to Advanced settings -> Request parameters.
• Select the HTTP method you want to use for the requests.
• (Optional) Include request body parameters in the request body.
• Select an authentication method: either use request headers, or HTTP authentication.
• Click Create monitor.