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Kentik SyntheticsAdminService API

The SyntheticsAdminService API from Kentik — 7 operation(s) for syntheticsadminservice.

Kentik SyntheticsAdminService API is one of 24 APIs that Kentik publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include SyntheticsAdminService. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification.

This API exposes 15 operations across 7 paths, and defines 55 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.0, at version v202511.

Requests are made against the base URL https://grpc.api.kentik.com.

15 operations 7 paths 55 schemas 3 DELETE6 GET2 POST4 PUT

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.0
API Version
v202511
Base URL
https://grpc.api.kentik.com
Authentication
API Key, API Key
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

Kentik SyntheticsAdminService API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as X-CH-Auth-Email (email). An API key is passed in the header as X-CH-Auth-API-Token (token). By default, every request must be authenticated.

Paths & Operations 15

Across 7 paths, the API surfaces 15 operations — 3 DELETE, 6 GET, 2 POST, 4 PUT. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

SyntheticsAdminService 15
GET
/synthetics/v202309/agentAlerts
List agent alert configurations
ListAgentAlerts 1 param → 200default
POST
/synthetics/v202309/agentAlerts
Create an agent alert configuration
CreateAgentAlert body → 200default
GET
/synthetics/v202309/agentAlerts/{id}
Get an agent alert configuration
GetAgentAlert 1 param → 200default
DELETE
/synthetics/v202309/agentAlerts/{id}
Delete an agent alert configuration
DeleteAgentAlert 1 param → 200default
PUT
/synthetics/v202309/agentAlerts/{id}
Update an agent alert configuration
UpdateAgentAlert 1 param body → 200default
GET
/synthetics/v202309/agents
List available agents
ListAgents → 200default
PUT
/synthetics/v202309/agents/{agent.id}
Update configuration of an agent
UpdateAgent 1 param body → 200default
GET
/synthetics/v202309/agents/{agent.id}
Get information about an agent
GetAgent 1 param → 200default
DELETE
/synthetics/v202309/agents/{agent.id}
Delete an agent
DeleteAgent 1 param → 200default
GET
/synthetics/v202309/tests
List all tests
ListTests → 200default
POST
/synthetics/v202309/tests
Create a test
CreateTest body → 200default
GET
/synthetics/v202309/tests/{id}
Get information about a test
GetTest 1 param → 200default
DELETE
/synthetics/v202309/tests/{id}
Delete a synthetic test.
DeleteTest 1 param → 200default
PUT
/synthetics/v202309/tests/{id}
Update configuration of a test
UpdateTest 1 param body → 200default
PUT
/synthetics/v202309/tests/{id}/status
Update status of a synthetic test
SetTestStatus 1 param body → 200default

Schemas 55

The contract defines 55 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are v202309HealthSettings (33 properties), v202309Agent (24 properties), v202309TestSettings (22 properties), v202309DisabledMetrics (12 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

v202309AlertingType
string
- ALERTINGTYPEUNSPECIFIED: Invalid value. - ALERTINGTYPEAGENT: Per-Agent - Generates alerts based on individual metric thresholds (This can be noisy) - ALERTIN…
v202309ActivationSettings
object
4 properties
v202309GetAgentAlertResponse
object
1 property
v202309DeleteTestResponse
object
v202309DNSRecord
string
- DNSRECORDUNSPECIFIED: Invalid value - DNSRECORDA: name to IPv4 address(es) mapping - DNSRECORDAAAA: name to IPv6 address(es) mapping - DNSRECORDCNAME: altern…
v202309Test
object
10 properties
v202309CreateTestResponse
object
1 property
v202309ListAgentAlertsResponse
object
1 property
v202309GetAgentResponse
object
1 property
v202309UpdateAgentAlertResponse
object
1 property
v202309GroupedAlertSettings
object
2 properties
v202309CreateAgentAlertResponse
object
1 property
v202309DeleteAgentAlertResponse
object
v202309ListAgentsResponse
object
2 properties
v202309ListTestsResponse
object
2 properties
v202309DnsTest
object
5 properties
v202309IpTest
object
2 properties
v202309IPFamily
string
- IPFAMILYUNSPECIFIED: Invalid value. - IPFAMILYV4: IPv4 only - IPFAMILYV6: IPv6 only - IPFAMILYDUAL: IPv4 and IPv6 supported
v202309TestThroughputSettings
object
5 properties
v202309DisabledMetrics
object
12 properties
v202309UpdateAgentResponse
object
1 property
v202309AlertingSettings
object
3 properties
v202309PageLoadTest
object
5 properties
SyntheticsAdminServiceSetTestStatusBody
object
1 property 1 required
v202309NetworkMeshTest
object
1 property
v202309FlowTest
object
7 properties
v202309TestStatus
string
- TESTSTATUSUNSPECIFIED: Invalid value. - TESTSTATUSACTIVE: Test is active. - TESTSTATUSPAUSED: Test is paused. - TESTSTATUSDELETED: Test is deleted. Not user…
v202309CreateTestRequest
object
1 property 1 required
v202309TestTraceSettings
object
8 properties
v202309AgentTest
object
3 properties
rpcStatus
object
3 properties
v202309HealthSettings
object
33 properties
v202309CreateAgentAlertRequest
object
3 properties
AgentMetadataIpValue
object
1 property
SyntheticsAdminServiceUpdateTestBody
object
1 property
v202309Agent
object
24 properties
v202309TestPingSettings
object
6 properties
v202303UserInfo
object
3 properties
v202309SetTestStatusResponse
object
v202309UrlTest
object
6 properties
v202309AgentMetadata
object
4 properties
v202309GroupedAlertSetting
object
4 properties
v202309AgentAlert
object
5 properties
v202309GetTestResponse
object
1 property
SyntheticsAdminServiceUpdateAgentBody
object
1 property
v202309HostnameTest
object
1 property
v202309DeleteAgentResponse
object
v202309SrcGroupBy
string
- SRCGROUPBYUNSPECIFIED: Invalid value. - SRCGROUPBYALLAGENTS: Grouped by all agents - SRCGROUPBYLABEL: Grouped by label - SRCGROUPBYSITE: Grouped by site
SyntheticsAdminServiceUpdateAgentAlertBody
object
2 properties
v202309ScheduleSettings
object
3 properties
v202309UpdateTestResponse
object
1 property
v202309TestSettings
object
22 properties
protobufAny
object
1 property
v202309ImplementType
string
- IMPLEMENTTYPERUST: ksynth, a.k.a network agent (implemented in Rust) capable of running all tasks except for page-load and transaction - IMPLEMENTTYPENODE: k…
v202309AgentStatus
string
- AGENTSTATUSUNSPECIFIED: Invalid value. - AGENTSTATUSOK: Agent is ready to accept tests - AGENTSTATUSWAIT: Agent is waiting for authorization - AGENTSTATUSDEL…

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

kentik-syntheticsadminservice-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

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