create_monitor
Monitor a web page for changes
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Create a scheduled web-change monitor whose detected changes arrive as an ordinary followed source — query, watch, and mutate it like any feed. Naming a collection that does not exist creates it. Active monitor limits are Free 3, Patron 10, and Pro 100; scheduled monthly credits are 150, 720, and 7,200, respectively. Page and sitemap runs reserve 1 credit; extract runs reserve 10. The shortest interval is 60 minutes and the default schedule is daily. The response reports remaining slots and scheduled credits.
Example: {"name":"Example page changes","target":{"type":"page","url":"https://example.com"},"collection":"Research"}
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | string | yes | |
| target | any | yes | "page" watches one URL, "sitemap" watches URL additions/removals, "extract" watches for meaningful site-wide changes per your instructions. |
| collection | any | no | Collection id or name. A new name is created. Omit for Unsorted. |
| change_detection | any | no | |
| schedule | any | no | Default: daily. Shortest interval: 60 minutes. |
| tags | array | no |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 200
},
"target": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "page"
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 8,
"maxLength": 2048,
"description": "A public http(s) URL."
},
"instructions": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 2000
},
"normalize_whitespace": {
"type": "boolean"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"url"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "sitemap"
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 8,
"maxLength": 2048,
"description": "A public http(s) URL."
},
"include": {
"maxItems": 50,
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 200
}
},
"exclude": {
"maxItems": 50,
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 200
}
},
"max_urls": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 10000
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"url"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "extract"
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 8,
"maxLength": 2048,
"description": "A public http(s) URL."
},
"instructions": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 2000
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"url",
"instructions"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
],
"description": "\"page\" watches one URL, \"sitemap\" watches URL additions/removals, \"extract\" watches for meaningful site-wide changes per your instructions."
},
"collection": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 9007199254740991
},
{
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 100
}
],
"description": "Collection id or name. A new name is created. Omit for Unsorted."
},
"change_detection": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "exact"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "semantic"
},
"confidence_threshold": {
"type": "number",
"minimum": 0,
"maximum": 1
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
]
},
"schedule": {
"anyOf": [
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "interval"
},
"frequency": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 60,
"maximum": 43200
},
"unit": {
"type": "string",
"const": "minutes"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"frequency",
"unit"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "interval"
},
"frequency": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 720
},
"unit": {
"type": "string",
"const": "hours"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"frequency",
"unit"
],
"additionalProperties": false
},
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"type": {
"type": "string",
"const": "interval"
},
"frequency": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 30
},
"unit": {
"type": "string",
"const": "days"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"frequency",
"unit"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}
],
"description": "Default: daily. Shortest interval: 60 minutes."
},
"tags": {
"maxItems": 18,
"type": "array",
"items": {
"type": "string",
"minLength": 1,
"maxLength": 50
}
}
},
"required": [
"name",
"target"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}