Authentication

Recommended: createOpenStatusClient

Create a client with your API key. The key is automatically included in all requests via an interceptor.

import { createOpenStatusClient } from "@openstatus/sdk-node";

const client = createOpenStatusClient({
  apiKey: process.env.OPENSTATUS_API_KEY,
});

// No headers needed on individual calls
const { httpMonitors } = await client.monitor.v1.MonitorService.listMonitors({});

Alternative: Manual Headers

Use the default openstatus client and pass headers on each call.

import { openstatus } from "@openstatus/sdk-node";

const headers = {
  "x-openstatus-key": process.env.OPENSTATUS_API_KEY,
};

await openstatus.monitor.v1.MonitorService.listMonitors({}, { headers });

Environment Variables

Variable	Description	Default
OPENSTATUS_API_KEY	Your openstatus API key	Required for authenticated calls
OPENSTATUS_API_URL	Custom API endpoint	https://api.openstatus.dev/rpc

Get your API key from the openstatus dashboard.

Scopes

Each API key carries a scope that controls what it can do:

• Read-only (['read']) — list/get endpoints only. Mutations return 403 Forbidden. Recommended for AI agents and read-only dashboards.
• Read & write (['write']) — full workspace access. Required for CI/CD and automation.

Scope is set when the key is created and is immutable — to change it, revoke the key and issue a new one. Existing keys created before this feature shipped continue to work as Read & write.

GET /v1/whoami echoes the resolved actor’s scopes back so a client can introspect what it’s allowed to do without probe-and-fail:

{
  "name": "Acme",
  "slug": "acme",
  "plan": "team",
  "actor": {
    "type": "apiKey",
    "keyId": "42",
    "scopes": ["read"]
  }
}

A read-only key can revoke itself via DELETE /v1/api-key/{id} (the only carve-out — without it, a leaked read-only key would have no rotation path other than the dashboard). Revoking a different key from a read-only actor returns 403 Forbidden.

Custom Base URL

For self-hosted instances or staging environments:

import { createOpenStatusClient } from "@openstatus/sdk-node";

const client = createOpenStatusClient({
  apiKey: process.env.OPENSTATUS_API_KEY,
  baseUrl: "https://api.staging.example.com/rpc",
});

The baseUrl option takes precedence over the OPENSTATUS_API_URL environment variable.