Create a Monitor

Set up an uptime monitor to track the health of your APIs and websites.

From the dashboard

1. Navigate to the Monitors section
2. Click New Monitor
3. Configure the monitor:
   • Name — a descriptive label (e.g., "Production API")
   • URL — the endpoint to monitor (e.g., https://api.example.com/health)
   • Method — HTTP method to use (default: GET)
   • Interval — check frequency (e.g., every 5 minutes)
   • Expected status — HTTP status code that indicates healthy (default: 200)
   • Timeout — seconds to wait before marking as down
4. Click Create

From the API

curl -X POST https://app.hooklistener.com/api/v1/uptime-monitors \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer hklst_your_api_key" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "uptime_monitor": {
      "name": "Production API",
      "url": "https://api.example.com/health",
      "method": "GET",
      "interval_seconds": 300,
      "expected_status_code": 200,
      "timeout_ms": 30000
    }
  }'

From the MCP server

Ask your AI assistant:

"Create an uptime monitor for https://api.example.com/health that checks every 5 minutes"

Configuration options

Field	Type	Default	Description
name	string	required	Monitor display name (max 255 chars)
url	string	required	URL to monitor
method	string	GET	HTTP method (GET, POST, PUT, PATCH, DELETE, HEAD)
check_interval	integer	5	Check interval in minutes (1, 5, 10, 30, or 60)
expected_status_code	integer	200	Expected healthy status code (100-599)
body_contains	string	null	String that must appear in the response body
failure_threshold	integer	2	Consecutive failures before marking as down (1-10)
headers	object	{}	Custom request headers
timeout_ms	integer	30000	Request timeout in milliseconds
body	string	null	Request body (for POST/PUT)
email_enabled	boolean	true	Send email alerts on status change
slack_enabled	boolean	false	Send Slack alerts on status change

Monitoring intervals

Available check intervals: 1, 5, 10, 30, or 60 minutes. Minimum interval depends on your plan:

Plan	Minimum interval
Free	15 minutes
Pro	1 minute
Business	1 minute

Failure threshold

To avoid false positives from transient network issues, monitors require multiple consecutive failures before marking a service as down. The default threshold is 2, meaning the monitor must fail 2 checks in a row before alerting. You can configure this from 1 (alert immediately) to 10.

After creation

Once created, the monitor starts checking immediately. You can:

• View check history and response times in the dashboard
• Configure alerts for status changes
• Add it to a status page
• Edit or pause the monitor at any time