Create Monitor

POST https://api.getpostman.com/monitors

This endpoint allows you to create a monitor.

Some sample cron values are:

FrequencyCron Pattern
Every 5 minutes*/5 * * * *
Every 30 minutes*/30 * * * *
Every Hour0 */1 * * *
Every 6 Hours0 */6 * * *
Every day at 5pm0 17 * * *
Every Monday at 12pm0 12 * * MON
Every weekday (Monday - Friday) at 6am0 6 * * MON-FRI

Note: Currently, you can only create monitors at some limited schedules. You can head to Qodex Monitors to see the allowed schedules.

For more information about the format of the timezone value, check this list of time zones.

You can also specify the context of a workspace to create a monitor in directly by passing the workspace as a query param.

Requires API Key as X-Api-Key request header or apikey URL query parameter.

Request Body

{"monitor"=>{"name"=>"This is a Monitor Name", "schedule"=>{"cron"=>"0 0 * * *", "timezone"=>"Asia/Kolkata"}, "collection"=>"5852-8d05dd85-222c-1452-553b-e76a531b71ed", "environment"=>"5852-8a4c21ea-2a36-40d1-a82d-d717fac9d6ef"}}

HEADERS

KeyDatatypeRequiredDescription
Content-Typestring

RESPONSES

status: OK

{"monitor":{"id":"1e6b6dfd-7ba4-4590-9ee1-5948102d7797","name":"Monitor Name","uid":"5852-1e6b6dfd-7ba4-4590-9ee1-5948102d7797"}}