create_api_monitor
Create API monitor
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Watch a JSON or REST endpoint where the response itself matters, not only that the host answered. Use it for health endpoints, webhooks and any API whose failure would be invisible to a plain page check. For an ordinary web page, create_http_monitor is lighter and enough.
Input schema
| Property | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| name | string | yes | Label shown in the dashboard and in alerts, up to 50 characters. Something recognisable months later beats the bare hostname. |
| url | string | yes | Full endpoint URL including scheme, for example https://api.example.com/v1/status. |
| frequency | integer | no | Check frequency in minutes (1-1440, default 5) |
| requestTimeout | integer | no | Request timeout in seconds (1-60, default 30) |
| isActive | boolean | no | Start monitoring immediately (default true) |
Raw JSON schema
{
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"name": {
"type": "string",
"maxLength": 50,
"description": "Label shown in the dashboard and in alerts, up to 50 characters. Something recognisable months later beats the bare hostname."
},
"url": {
"type": "string",
"description": "Full endpoint URL including scheme, for example https://api.example.com/v1/status."
},
"frequency": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 1440,
"description": "Check frequency in minutes (1-1440, default 5)"
},
"requestTimeout": {
"type": "integer",
"minimum": 1,
"maximum": 60,
"description": "Request timeout in seconds (1-60, default 30)"
},
"isActive": {
"type": "boolean",
"description": "Start monitoring immediately (default true)"
}
},
"required": [
"name",
"url"
],
"additionalProperties": false
}