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Better Stack Monitors API

The Monitors API from Better Stack — 4 operation(s) for monitors.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Better Stack Monitors API is one of 4 APIs that Better Stack publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Monitors. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and an API reference.

This API exposes 7 operations across 4 paths, and defines 5 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 2.0.0.

Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v2, https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v3.

7 operations 4 paths 5 schemas 1 DELETE4 GET1 PATCH1 POST

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
2.0.0
Base URL
https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v2
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
Better Stack
License
Proprietary
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Better Stack Monitors API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • bearerAuth — Bearer token. Provide either a Global API Token (account-wide) or a team-scoped Uptime API Token. Issued from Better Stack → API tokens.

Paths & Operations 7

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 7 operations — 1 DELETE, 4 GET, 1 PATCH, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Monitors 7
GET
/monitors
List monitors
listMonitors 4 params → 200
POST
/monitors
Create monitor
createMonitor body → 201
GET
/monitors/{id}
Get monitor
getMonitor 1 param → 200
PATCH
/monitors/{id}
Update monitor
updateMonitor 1 param body → 200
DELETE
/monitors/{id}
Delete monitor
deleteMonitor 1 param → 204
GET
/monitors/{id}/response-times
Monitor response times
getMonitorResponseTimes 1 param → 200
GET
/monitors/{id}/availability
Monitor availability
getMonitorAvailability 1 param → 200

Schemas 5

The contract defines 5 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are MonitorCreate (21 properties), JsonApiResource (4 properties), MonitorList (2 properties), MonitorResource (1 property). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

JsonApiResource
object
4 properties
MonitorUpdate
MonitorList
object
2 properties
MonitorCreate
object
21 properties 2 required
MonitorResource
object
1 property

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

betterstack-monitors-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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API Details
ID
betterstack:betterstack-monitors-api
Base URL
https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v2
Docs
https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/api/getting-started/
Provider
Better Stack
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