OpenStatus
HTTP Monitor
An HTTP Monitor is a component that allows you to monitor the status of HTTP endpoints. It can be used to monitor the status of a website, an API, or any other HTTP endpoint.
Configuration
Section titled “Configuration”The url of the HTTP endpoint you want to monitor e.g https://openstat.us
Methods
Section titled “Methods”The HTTP method you want to use to monitor the endpoint.
GETPOSTPUTDELETEHEADOPTIONSPATCHTRACE
The body of the HTTP request you want to send to the endpoint. You use binary data if the content type is application/octet-stream.
Example:
{ "key": "value" }data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j...
Headers
Section titled “Headers”The headers you want to send with the HTTP request
Example:
"Content-Type": "application/json"'Content-Type: application/octet-stream'
Regions
Section titled “Regions”The regions where we are triggering the HTTP request.
Africa
- Johannesburg, South Africa 🇿🇦 (free)
Asia
- Hong Kong, Hong Kong 🇭🇰 (free)
- Mumbai, India 🇮🇳
- Singapore, Singapore 🇸🇬
- Tokyo, Japan 🇯🇵
Europe
- Amsterdam, Netherlands 🇳🇱 (free)
- Bucharest, Romania 🇷🇴
- Frankfurt, Germany 🇩🇪
- London, United Kingdom 🇬🇧
- Madrid, Spain 🇪🇸
- Paris, France 🇫🇷
- Stockholm, Sweden 🇸🇪
- Warsaw, Poland 🇵🇱
North America
- Ashburn, Virginia, USA 🇺🇸 (free)
- Atlanta, Georgia, USA 🇺🇸
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA 🇺🇸
- Chicago, Illinois, USA 🇺🇸
- Dallas, Texas, USA 🇺🇸
- Denver, Colorado, USA 🇺🇸
- Guadalajara, Mexico 🇲🇽
- Los Angeles, California, USA 🇺🇸
- Miami, Florida, USA 🇺🇸
- Montreal, Canada 🇨🇦
- Phoenix, Arizona, USA 🇺🇸
- Queretaro, Mexico 🇲🇽
- Seattle, Washington, USA 🇺🇸
- San Jose, California, USA 🇺🇸
- Toronto, Canada 🇨🇦
South America
- Bogota, Colombia 🇨🇴
- Buenos Aires, Argentina 🇦🇷
- Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 🇧🇷
- Sao Paulo, Brazil 🇧🇷 (free)
- Santiago, Chile 🇨🇱
Oceania
- Sydney, Australia 🇦🇺 (free)
Frequency
Section titled “Frequency”The check interval, we support the following frequencies:
- 30 seconds
- 1 minute
- 5 minutes
- 10 minutes
- 30 minutes
- 1 hour
Response Time Thresholds
Section titled “Response Time Thresholds”Timeout
Section titled “Timeout”The timeout for the HTTP request, default is 45 seconds
Degraded
Section titled “Degraded”The duration for which the HTTP request is considered degraded.
The number of retries for the HTTP request. For example: 3
Assertions
Section titled “Assertions”Body assertions
Section titled “Body assertions”Validate the body of the response. The comparisons are:
- Contains
- Not Contains
- Equal
- Not Equal
- Empty
Status code assertions
Section titled “Status code assertions”Validate the status code of the response. The comparisons are:
- Equal
- Not Equal
- Greater Than
- Greater Than or Equal
- Less Than
- Less Than or Equal
Headers assertions
Section titled “Headers assertions”Validate the headers of the reponse. The comparisons are:
- Contains
- Not Contains
- Equal
- Not Equal
- Empty
OpenTelemetry
Section titled “OpenTelemetry”OTPL Endpoint
Section titled “OTPL Endpoint”The endpoint we use to export the metrics. We only support HTTP endpoint.
OTLP Headers
Section titled “OTLP Headers”The headers we use to export the metrics to your otlp endpoint.