POST/v1/checks/uptime
Create an uptime check
Create a new HTTP uptime check to monitor a URL
Requires UPTIME_CHECKS:EDIT; EDIT also grants READ. Session cookies are accepted only when no bearer credential is supplied.
Security: Bearer Auth
Provide your bearer token in the Authorization header when making requests to protected resources.
Example: Authorization: Bearer 123
Header parameters
X-OnlineOrNot-Organisation:stringoptional
Public organization ID to select from an OAuth grant. Required for grants authorizing multiple organizations. Omit for single-organization grants and API tokens.
Body parameters
name:string
test_interval:integeroptional
Interval in seconds between checks
test_regions:string[]optional
Regions to run checks from. Valid regions: aws:us-east-1, aws:us-east-2, aws:us-west-1, aws:eu-central-1, aws:eu-west-2, aws:ap-south-1, aws:ap-southeast-2, aws:ap-northeast-1
user_alerts:string[]optional
slack_alerts:string[]optional
discord_alerts:string[]optional
incident_io_alerts:string[]optional
microsoft_teams_alerts:string[]optional
telegram_alerts:string[]optional
pushover_alerts:string[]optional
webhook_alerts:string[]optional
IDs of webhooks to associate with this check
oncall_alerts:string[]optional
IDs of on-call integrations (Grafana, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, Spike)
alert_priority:stringoptional
[Alert priority](https://onlineornot.com/docs/how-to/alerts/configure-priority).
Accepted values: "LOW" | "HIGH"
Default: "HIGH"
confirmation_period_seconds:integeroptional
Seconds before confirming [downtime](https://onlineornot.com/docs/explanation/confirmation-recovery-periods#confirmation-period).
Default: 60
recovery_period_seconds:integeroptional
Seconds before confirming [recovery](https://onlineornot.com/docs/explanation/confirmation-recovery-periods#recovery-period).
Default: 180
reminder_alert_interval_minutes:integeroptional
Interval in minutes between reminders (-1 for never)
Default: 1440
timeout:integeroptional
Timeout in milliseconds
Default: 10000
url:string(uri)
URL to check.
text_to_search_for:stringoptional
Text to search for in the response
type:stringoptional
Accepted values: "UPTIME_CHECK"
Default: "UPTIME_CHECK"
headers:objectoptional
Headers to send with the request
method:stringoptional
HTTP Method
Accepted values: "GET" | "HEAD" | "POST" | "PUT" | "PATCH" | "DELETE"
Default: "GET"
body:stringoptional
follow_redirects:booleanoptional
Default: true
assertions:object[]optional
Assertions to run on the response
verify_ssl:booleanoptional
Whether to fail a check if SSL verification fails
Default: false
auth_username:stringoptional
Username to use for URLs behind HTTP Basic Auth. An empty string represents an empty user-id.
auth_password:stringoptional
Password to use for URLs behind HTTP Basic Auth. Empty strings are preserved.
Responses
| Status | Meaning | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 201 | Created | Create a new OnlineOrNot Uptime Check |
| 400 | Bad Request | Validation error |
| 401 | Unauthorized | Unauthenticated |
| 403 | Forbidden | Forbidden |
| 500 | Internal Server Error | Internal Server Error |
Response Schema
result:object
success:boolean
Whether the API call was successful
errors:object[]
messages:object[]
Request
POST
/v1/checks/uptimecurl --request POST \
--url https://api.onlineornot.com/v1/checks/uptime \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'X-OnlineOrNot-Organisation: string' \
--data '{"name":"My Website Check","url":"https://example.com","test_interval":60}'
Response
{
"result": {
"id": "a1b2c3d4",
"name": "My landing page",
"url": "https://example.com",
"last_queued": "2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
"status": "UP",
"headers": {
"X-My-Header": "My Value"
},
"text_to_search_for": "string",
"reminder_alert_interval_minutes": 1440,
"confirmation_period_seconds": 60,
"recovery_period_seconds": 180,
"test_interval": 60,
"timeout": 0,
"version": "NODE24_PLAYWRIGHT",
"script": "string",
"alert_priority": "HIGH",
"verify_ssl": true,
"method": "GET",
"body": "string",
"follow_redirects": true,
"assertions": [
{
"type": "JSON_BODY",
"property": "$.data.name",
"comparison": "EQUALS",
"expected": "John Doe"
}
],
"auth_username": "string",
"auth_password": "string",
"test_regions": [
"aws:us-east-1",
"aws:eu-central-1"
],
"user_alerts": [
"string"
],
"slack_alerts": [
"string"
],
"discord_alerts": [
"string"
],
"incident_io_alerts": [
"string"
],
"microsoft_teams_alerts": [
"string"
],
"telegram_alerts": [
"string"
],
"pushover_alerts": [
"string"
],
"oncall_alerts": [
"string"
],
"webhook_alerts": [
"string"
],
"check_type": "UPTIME"
},
"success": true,
"errors": [],
"messages": []
}
GET/v1/checks/uptime/{check_id}
Retrieve an uptime check
Look up detailed information about a specific uptime check
Requires UPTIME_CHECKS:READ; EDIT also grants READ. Session cookies are accepted only when no bearer credential is supplied.
Security: Bearer Auth
Provide your bearer token in the Authorization header when making requests to protected resources.
Example: Authorization: Bearer 123
Header parameters
X-OnlineOrNot-Organisation:stringoptional
Public organization ID to select from an OAuth grant. Required for grants authorizing multiple organizations. Omit for single-organization grants and API tokens.
Path parameters
check_id:string
Uptime Check ID
Responses
| Status | Meaning | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | OK | Retrieve the specified OnlineOrNot Uptime Check |
| 400 | Bad Request | Invalid request |
| 401 | Unauthorized | Unauthenticated |
| 403 | Forbidden | Forbidden |
| 404 | Not Found | Uptime check not found |
| 500 | Internal Server Error | Internal Server Error |
Response Schema
result:object
success:boolean
Whether the API call was successful
errors:object[]
messages:object[]
Request
GET
/v1/checks/uptime/{check_id}curl --request GET \
--url https://api.onlineornot.com/v1/checks/uptime/a1b2c3d4 \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}' \
--header 'X-OnlineOrNot-Organisation: string'
Response
{
"result": {
"id": "a1b2c3d4",
"name": "My landing page",
"url": "https://example.com",
"last_queued": "2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
"status": "UP",
"headers": {
"X-My-Header": "My Value"
},
"text_to_search_for": "string",
"reminder_alert_interval_minutes": 1440,
"confirmation_period_seconds": 60,
"recovery_period_seconds": 180,
"test_interval": 60,
"timeout": 0,
"version": "NODE24_PLAYWRIGHT",
"script": "string",
"alert_priority": "HIGH",
"verify_ssl": true,
"method": "GET",
"body": "string",
"follow_redirects": true,
"assertions": [
{
"type": "JSON_BODY",
"property": "$.data.name",
"comparison": "EQUALS",
"expected": "John Doe"
}
],
"auth_username": "string",
"auth_password": "string",
"test_regions": [
"aws:us-east-1",
"aws:eu-central-1"
],
"user_alerts": [
"string"
],
"slack_alerts": [
"string"
],
"discord_alerts": [
"string"
],
"incident_io_alerts": [
"string"
],
"microsoft_teams_alerts": [
"string"
],
"telegram_alerts": [
"string"
],
"pushover_alerts": [
"string"
],
"oncall_alerts": [
"string"
],
"webhook_alerts": [
"string"
],
"check_type": "UPTIME"
},
"success": true,
"errors": [],
"messages": []
}
PATCH/v1/checks/uptime/{check_id}
Modify an uptime check
Modify the configuration of an existing uptime check
Requires UPTIME_CHECKS:EDIT; EDIT also grants READ. Session cookies are accepted only when no bearer credential is supplied.
Security: Bearer Auth
Provide your bearer token in the Authorization header when making requests to protected resources.
Example: Authorization: Bearer 123
Header parameters
X-OnlineOrNot-Organisation:stringoptional
Public organization ID to select from an OAuth grant. Required for grants authorizing multiple organizations. Omit for single-organization grants and API tokens.
Path parameters
check_id:string
Uptime Check ID
Body parameters
name:stringoptional
test_interval:integeroptional
Interval in seconds between checks
test_regions:string[]optional
Regions to run checks from. Valid regions: aws:us-east-1, aws:us-east-2, aws:us-west-1, aws:eu-central-1, aws:eu-west-2, aws:ap-south-1, aws:ap-southeast-2, aws:ap-northeast-1
user_alerts:string[]optional
slack_alerts:string[]optional
discord_alerts:string[]optional
incident_io_alerts:string[]optional
microsoft_teams_alerts:string[]optional
telegram_alerts:string[]optional
pushover_alerts:string[]optional
webhook_alerts:string[]optional
IDs of webhooks to associate with this check
oncall_alerts:string[]optional
IDs of on-call integrations (Grafana, PagerDuty, Opsgenie, Spike)
alert_priority:stringoptional
[Alert priority](https://onlineornot.com/docs/how-to/alerts/configure-priority).
Accepted values: "LOW" | "HIGH"
Default: "HIGH"
confirmation_period_seconds:integeroptional
Seconds before confirming [downtime](https://onlineornot.com/docs/explanation/confirmation-recovery-periods#confirmation-period).
recovery_period_seconds:integeroptional
Seconds before confirming [recovery](https://onlineornot.com/docs/explanation/confirmation-recovery-periods#recovery-period).
reminder_alert_interval_minutes:integeroptional
Interval in minutes between reminders (-1 for never)
timeout:integeroptional
Timeout in milliseconds
paused:booleanoptional
Stops check execution when true.
muted:booleanoptional
Suppresses alerts without stopping checks.
url:string(uri)optional
URL to check
text_to_search_for:stringoptional
Text to search for in the response
headers:objectoptional
Headers to send with the request
method:stringoptional
HTTP Method
Accepted values: "GET" | "HEAD" | "POST" | "PUT" | "PATCH" | "DELETE"
body:stringoptional
follow_redirects:booleanoptional
assertions:object[]optional
verify_ssl:booleanoptional
Whether to fail a check if SSL verification fails
auth_username:stringoptional
Username to use for URLs behind HTTP Basic Auth. An empty string represents an empty user-id.
auth_password:stringoptional
Password to use for URLs behind HTTP Basic Auth. Empty strings are preserved.
Responses
| Status | Meaning | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | OK | Modify an OnlineOrNot Uptime Check |
| 400 | Bad Request | Validation error |
| 401 | Unauthorized | Unauthenticated |
| 403 | Forbidden | Forbidden |
| 404 | Not Found | Uptime check not found |
| 500 | Internal Server Error | Internal Server Error |
Response Schema
result:object
success:boolean
Whether the API call was successful
errors:object[]
messages:object[]
Request
PATCH
/v1/checks/uptime/{check_id}curl --request PATCH \
--url https://api.onlineornot.com/v1/checks/uptime/a1b2c3d4 \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}' \
--header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
--header 'X-OnlineOrNot-Organisation: string' \
--data '{"name":"My monitor","test_interval":60,"test_regions":["aws:us-east-1","aws:eu-central-1"],"user_alerts":["string"],"slack_alerts":["string"],"discord_alerts":["string"],"incident_io_alerts":["string"],"microsoft_teams_alerts":["string"],"telegram_alerts":["string"],"pushover_alerts":["string"],"webhook_alerts":["string"],"oncall_alerts":["string"],"alert_priority":"LOW","confirmation_period_seconds":60,"recovery_period_seconds":180,"reminder_alert_interval_minutes":1440,"timeout":10000,"paused":false,"muted":false,"url":"https://example.com","text_to_search_for":"Example Domain","headers":{"X-My-Header":"My Value"},"method":"GET","body":"Hello World","follow_redirects":true,"assertions":[{"type":"JSON_BODY","property":"$.data.name","comparison":"EQUALS","expected":"John Doe"}],"verify_ssl":false,"auth_username":"username","auth_password":"password"}'
Response
{
"result": {
"id": "a1b2c3d4",
"name": "My landing page",
"url": "https://example.com",
"last_queued": "2021-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
"status": "UP",
"headers": {
"X-My-Header": "My Value"
},
"text_to_search_for": "string",
"reminder_alert_interval_minutes": 1440,
"confirmation_period_seconds": 60,
"recovery_period_seconds": 180,
"test_interval": 60,
"timeout": 0,
"version": "NODE24_PLAYWRIGHT",
"script": "string",
"alert_priority": "HIGH",
"verify_ssl": true,
"method": "GET",
"body": "string",
"follow_redirects": true,
"assertions": [
{
"type": "JSON_BODY",
"property": "$.data.name",
"comparison": "EQUALS",
"expected": "John Doe"
}
],
"auth_username": "string",
"auth_password": "string",
"test_regions": [
"aws:us-east-1",
"aws:eu-central-1"
],
"user_alerts": [
"string"
],
"slack_alerts": [
"string"
],
"discord_alerts": [
"string"
],
"incident_io_alerts": [
"string"
],
"microsoft_teams_alerts": [
"string"
],
"telegram_alerts": [
"string"
],
"pushover_alerts": [
"string"
],
"oncall_alerts": [
"string"
],
"webhook_alerts": [
"string"
],
"check_type": "UPTIME"
},
"success": true,
"errors": [],
"messages": []
}
DELETE/v1/checks/uptime/{check_id}
Delete an uptime check
Permanently delete an uptime check
Requires UPTIME_CHECKS:EDIT; EDIT also grants READ. Session cookies are accepted only when no bearer credential is supplied.
Security: Bearer Auth
Provide your bearer token in the Authorization header when making requests to protected resources.
Example: Authorization: Bearer 123
Header parameters
X-OnlineOrNot-Organisation:stringoptional
Public organization ID to select from an OAuth grant. Required for grants authorizing multiple organizations. Omit for single-organization grants and API tokens.
Path parameters
check_id:string
Uptime Check ID
Responses
| Status | Meaning | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | OK | Returns the deleted OnlineOrNot Uptime Check's ID |
| 400 | Bad Request | Validation error |
| 401 | Unauthorized | Unauthenticated |
| 403 | Forbidden | Forbidden |
| 404 | Not Found | Uptime check not found |
| 500 | Internal Server Error | Internal Server Error |
Response Schema
result:object
success:boolean
Whether the API call was successful
errors:object[]
messages:object[]
Request
DELETE
/v1/checks/uptime/{check_id}curl --request DELETE \
--url https://api.onlineornot.com/v1/checks/uptime/a1b2c3d4 \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}' \
--header 'X-OnlineOrNot-Organisation: string'
Response
{
"result": {
"id": "a1b2c3d4"
},
"success": true,
"errors": [],
"messages": []
}
GET/v1/checks/uptime/{check_id}/incidents
Review recent failures and recoveries for a specific uptime check
List incidents for an uptime check. Optional from/to select overlapping incidents, not only incidents starting within the interval. Results are ordered by started time descending, then ID descending. Bounds accept at most millisecond precision; page/per_page and the computed offset must be safe integers, with per_page <= 100.
Requires UPTIME_CHECKS:READ; EDIT also grants READ. Session cookies are accepted only when no bearer credential is supplied.
Security: Bearer Auth
Provide your bearer token in the Authorization header when making requests to protected resources.
Example: Authorization: Bearer 123
Header parameters
X-OnlineOrNot-Organisation:stringoptional
Public organization ID to select from an OAuth grant. Required for grants authorizing multiple organizations. Omit for single-organization grants and API tokens.
Path parameters
check_id:string
Public check ID
Query parameters
page:integeroptional
Page number of paginated results
Default: 1
per_page:integeroptional
Number of records per page, from 1 through 100
Default: 20
from:string(date-time)optional
Inclusive start of the requested time range
to:string(date-time)optional
Exclusive end of the requested time range. Must be later than from when both are provided.
Responses
| Status | Meaning | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | OK | A page of incidents for the check |
| 400 | Bad Request | Invalid query parameters |
| 401 | Unauthorized | Unauthenticated |
| 403 | Forbidden | Forbidden |
| 404 | Not Found | Check not found |
| 500 | Internal Server Error | Internal server error |
Response Schema
success:boolean
true
result:object[]
result_info:object
errors:array
messages:array
Request
GET
/v1/checks/uptime/{check_id}/incidentscurl --request GET \
--url https://api.onlineornot.com/v1/checks/uptime/a1b2c3d4/incidents \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}' \
--header 'X-OnlineOrNot-Organisation: string'
Response
{
"success": true,
"result": [
{
"id": "string",
"check_id": "string",
"started_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
"ended_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
}
],
"result_info": {
"page": 0,
"per_page": 1,
"count": 0,
"total_count": 0
},
"errors": [
null
],
"messages": [
null
]
}
GET/v1/checks/uptime/{check_id}/results
Review raw uptime check results over a bounded time range
List results for an uptime check. Requires from < to, at most seven days, and at most three fractional timestamp digits. Pagination uses positive safe integers with per_page <= 100 and a safe integer offset.
Requires UPTIME_CHECKS:READ; EDIT also grants READ. Session cookies are accepted only when no bearer credential is supplied.
Security: Bearer Auth
Provide your bearer token in the Authorization header when making requests to protected resources.
Example: Authorization: Bearer 123
Header parameters
X-OnlineOrNot-Organisation:stringoptional
Public organization ID to select from an OAuth grant. Required for grants authorizing multiple organizations. Omit for single-organization grants and API tokens.
Path parameters
check_id:string
Public check ID
Query parameters
page:integeroptional
Page number of paginated results
Default: 1
per_page:integeroptional
Number of records per page, from 1 through 100
Default: 20
from:string(date-time)
Inclusive start of the requested time range
to:string(date-time)
Exclusive end of the requested time range
Responses
| Status | Meaning | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 200 | OK | A chronological page of raw check results |
| 400 | Bad Request | Invalid query parameters |
| 401 | Unauthorized | Unauthenticated |
| 403 | Forbidden | Forbidden |
| 404 | Not Found | Check not found |
| 500 | Internal Server Error | Internal server error |
| 503 | Service Unavailable | Required result storage unavailable |
Response Schema
success:boolean
true
result:object
errors:array
messages:array
Request
GET
/v1/checks/uptime/{check_id}/resultscurl --request GET \
--url 'https://api.onlineornot.com/v1/checks/uptime/a1b2c3d4/results?from=2026-08-25T10%3A00%3A00Z&to=2026-08-25T11%3A00%3A00Z' \
--header 'Accept: application/json' \
--header 'Authorization: Bearer {access-token}' \
--header 'X-OnlineOrNot-Organisation: string'
Response
{
"success": true,
"result": {
"check_id": "string",
"check_type": "UPTIME",
"window": {
"from": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
"to": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z"
},
"results": [
{
"id": "string",
"checked_at": "2019-08-24T14:15:22Z",
"checked_from": "aws:us-east-1",
"passing": true,
"response_time_ms": 0,
"attempt_number": 0,
"is_final_attempt": true,
"dispatched_at_ms": 0,
"response_body": "string",
"body_availability": "AVAILABLE",
"response_code": 100,
"result_summary": "string",
"has_stored_response": true
}
],
"result_info": {
"page": 0,
"per_page": 1,
"count": 0,
"total_count": 0
}
},
"errors": [
null
],
"messages": [
null
]
}