General notes

Port Monitor provides a REST API for developers. Using this REST API you can integrate Port Monitor into your website, sysadmin scripts, a mobile app... it's up to you!

RESTful

The implementation is conforming to the REST architectural style.

JSON

JSON is used for data-interchange.

SSL only

All request must be done over SSL.

UTF-8 encoding

Every string passed to and from the API needs to be UTF-8 encoded.

Date format

Dates are encoded using ISO 8601. Example date for 1/31/2013 00:00:00 on GMT+2: 2013-01-31T00:00:00+02:00.

Create your app

Each request must include the param app_key. Its value identifies your app, so first of all, you need to go to 'New app' and get your own app_key value.

REST API

Registrations

Register a new user.

POST https://www.port-monitor.com/api/users/sign-up

Required params:
app_key
user[email]
user[password]

Optional params:

Edit current user.

PUT https://www.port-monitor.com/api/users

Required params:
app_key
auth_token

Optional params:
user[email]
user[password]

Cancel current user account.

DELETE https://www.port-monitor.com/api/users

Required params:
app_key
auth_token

Optional params:

Sessions

Log in.

POST https://www.port-monitor.com/api/users/login

Required params:
app_key
user[email]
user[password]

Optional params:

Log out.

DELETE https://www.port-monitor.com/api/users/logout

Required params:
app_key
auth_token

Optional params:

Profile

Show profile.

GET https://www.port-monitor.com/api/profile

Required params:
app_key
auth_token

Optional params:

Show available languages.

GET https://www.port-monitor.com/api/profile/languages

Required params:
app_key
auth_token

Optional params:

Show available time zones.

GET https://www.port-monitor.com/api/profile/time_zones

Required params:
app_key
auth_token

Optional params:

Update profile.

PUT https://www.port-monitor.com/api/profile

Required params:
app_key
auth_token

Optional params:
profile[language]
profile[country]
profile[time_zone]

Groups

List all groups.

GET https://www.port-monitor.com/api/groups

Required params:
app_key
auth_token

Optional params:

Show group with id [ID].

GET https://www.port-monitor.com/api/groups/[ID]

Required params:
app_key
auth_token

Optional params:

Create a new group.

POST https://www.port-monitor.com/api/groups

Required params:
app_key
auth_token
group[name]

Optional params:

Edit group with id [ID].

PUT https://www.port-monitor.com/api/groups/[ID]

Required params:
app_key
auth_token

Optional params:
group[name]

Delete the existing group with id [ID].

DELETE https://www.port-monitor.com/api/groups/[ID]

Required params:
app_key
auth_token

Optional params:

Monitors

List all monitors in the group with id [GROUP_ID].

GET https://www.port-monitor.com/api/groups/[GROUP_ID]/targets

Required params:
app_key
auth_token

Optional params:

List all [TARGETS] monitors in the group with id [GROUP_ID].

[TARGETS] possible values: 'urls', 'custom_ports', 'pings'.

GET https://www.port-monitor.com/api/groups/[GROUP_ID]/target/[TARGETS]

Required params:
app_key
auth_token

Optional params:

Show monitor with id [ID] in the group with id [GROUP_ID].

GET https://www.port-monitor.com/api/groups/[GROUP_ID]/targets/[ID]

Required params:
app_key
auth_token

Optional params:

Create a new [TARGET] monitor in the group with id [GROUP_ID].

[TARGETS] possible values: 'urls', 'custom_ports', 'pings'.
[TARGET] possible values: '[target_url]', '[target_custom_port]', '[target_ping]'.
[TARGETS] and [TARGET] type must match. Some optional params possible values required depending on [TARGET] value.

POST https://www.port-monitor.com/api/groups/[GROUP_ID]/target/[TARGETS]

Required params:
app_key
auth_token
[TARGET][name]
[TARGET][group_id]

Optional params:
[TARGET][url]
[TARGET][host]
[TARGET][port_number]
[TARGET][seconds_between_checks]
[TARGET][timeout]
[TARGET][retries_per_check]

Update monitor with id [ID] in the group with id [GROUP_ID].

[TARGETS] possible values: 'urls', 'custom_ports', 'pings'.
[TARGET] possible values: '[target_url]', '[target_custom_port]', '[target_ping]'.
[TARGETS] and [TARGET] type must match. Some optional params possible values required depending on [TARGET] value.

PUT https://www.port-monitor.com/api/groups/[GROUP_ID]/target/[TARGETS]/[ID]

Required params:
app_key
auth_token

Optional params:
[TARGET][name]
[TARGET][url]
[TARGET][host]
[TARGET][port_number]
[TARGET][seconds_between_checks]
[TARGET][timeout]
[TARGET][retries_per_check]
[TARGET][group_id]

Delete monitor with id [ID] in the group with id [GROUP_ID].

[TARGETS] possible values: 'urls', 'custom_ports', 'pings'.

DELETE https://www.port-monitor.com/api/groups/[GROUP_ID]/target/[TARGETS]/[ID]

Required params:
app_key
auth_token

Optional params:

Events

List today events or events in the given date range for all or specified monitors.

'target_ids' param is a list of target ids, comma separated.

GET https://www.port-monitor.com/api/events

Required params:
app_key
auth_token

Optional params:
date_range[from]
date_range[to]
target_ids

Reports

List today uptime or uptime in the given date range for all or specified monitors.

'target_ids' param is a list of target ids, comma separated.

GET https://www.port-monitor.com/api/reports/uptimes

Required params:
app_key
auth_token

Optional params:
date_range[from]
date_range[to]
target_ids

List today response times or response times in the given date range for all or specified monitors.

'target_ids' param is a list of monitors ids, comma separated.

GET https://www.port-monitor.com/api/reports/response_times

Required params:
app_key
auth_token

Optional params:
date_range[from]
date_range[to]
target_ids

Postman sandbox

Postman is a REST Client for Google Chrome. We provide examples covering the full Port Monitor's API. Examples are divided in collections that you can import in to Postman. Modify the examples and try Port Monitor API.

Postman collections:

Support

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API reference