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API monitoring with response validation
Detect API outages and incorrect responses before dependent applications do. RMON validates HTTP behavior, response data and timing from one or many monitoring locations.
Monitor whether an API works, not only whether it answers
A successful HTTP status does not always mean that an API returned usable data. RMON can check the status code, JSON values, headers and response content that define a healthy request.
Use different HTTP methods, request headers and supported authentication options to represent real service calls. Retries and response-time thresholds help reduce noise while still exposing degradation.
Validate expected data
Check JSON paths, response text and headers that downstream services depend on.
Measure the request path
Review DNS, connection, TLS, first-byte and transfer timing for supported checks.
Catch regional failures
Run the same API request from multiple locations and identify where it stopped working.
What this solution can cover
- GET, POST, PUT, DELETE and other HTTP methods
- JSON request bodies and custom headers
- JSONPath response validation
- Required, forbidden and expected headers
- Basic authentication and mTLS support
- Accepted status codes and HTTP versions
- Proxy, redirect and response-time controls
- Runbook links and alert priorities
Create an API check that reflects a real dependency
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Choose the request
Enter the endpoint, HTTP method, headers and request data required by the API.
- 02
Describe success
Set accepted statuses and the JSON, header or body values that must be present.
- 03
Set performance limits
Add retries and a response-time threshold that match the service objective.
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Assign and alert
Choose monitoring locations, notification channels, priority and an optional runbook.
Common questions about api and http monitoring
Can RMON validate a JSON response?
Yes. HTTP checks can evaluate expected JSONPath values along with status, content and headers.
Can an API check send request data?
Yes. Configure the HTTP method, custom headers and a JSON request body for supported requests.
Can RMON alert on a slow API?
Yes. Set a response-time threshold and RMON can report a warning when the request is slower than expected.