UptimeRobot
App · Monitoring · 5 actions
Track whether your sites and services are up with UptimeRobot: create monitors, check their status, and pause or resume them around deploys.
Actions
| Action | What it does |
|---|---|
| Create a monitor | Start monitoring a website, host, or port. |
| Delete a monitor | Delete a monitor and its history. |
| List monitors | List the monitors in your account with their current up or down status. |
| Pause a monitor | Pause a monitor so it stops checking and stops sending alerts. |
| Resume a monitor | Start a paused monitor again so it resumes checking and alerting, for example once a deploy has finished. |
Create a monitor
Start monitoring a website, host, or port. UptimeRobot checks it on the schedule you pick and alerts your contacts when it goes down.
Inputs
- Monitor name
friendly_nametextRequired - The name to show in UptimeRobot and in alerts, for example 'Production API'.
- URL or host
urltextRequired - What to check. Use a full URL such as 'https://example.com' for an HTTP or keyword monitor, or a hostname or IP such as 'example.com' for a ping or port monitor.
- Check type
monitor_typetext - How UptimeRobot should test that the target is up.One of:
HTTP(HTTP(S): the URL responds),KEYWORD(Keyword: the page contains (or lacks) a word),PING(Ping: the host answers ICMP),PORT(Port: a specific TCP port accepts connections). Default:HTTP. - Check every
intervaltext - How often to run the check.One of:
60(Every minute),300(Every 5 minutes),600(Every 10 minutes),900(Every 15 minutes),1800(Every 30 minutes),3600(Every hour). Default:300. - Timeout (seconds)
timeoutnumber - Optional. How long to wait for a response before the check counts as down. Defaults to 30 seconds for HTTP and keyword monitors.From 1 to 60.
- Keyword
keyword_valuetext - Keyword monitors only. The word or phrase to look for in the page's response, for example 'Add to cart'.
- Keyword rule
keyword_typetext - Keyword monitors only. Whether the monitor goes down when the keyword is missing or when it appears.One of:
EXISTS(Down when the keyword is missing),NOT_EXISTS(Down when the keyword is present). Default:EXISTS. - Port
portnumber - Port monitors only. The TCP port to connect to, for example 443.From 1 to 65535.
Outputs
created_attext- When the monitor was created
current_state_durationnumber- How long the monitor has been in its current state, in seconds
friendly_nametext- The monitor's name in UptimeRobot
idtext- The monitor's unique id
intervalnumber- How often the monitor runs, in seconds
statustext- The monitor's current state: UP, DOWN, LOOKS_DOWN, PAUSED, or STARTED
tagslist- The names of the tags on the monitor
typetext- The check type (HTTP, KEYWORD, PING, or PORT)
urltext- The URL or host being checked
Example output
{
"created_at": "2026-07-31T12:00:00.000Z",
"current_state_duration": 86400,
"friendly_name": "Production API",
"id": "800123456",
"interval": 300,
"status": "UP",
"tags": [
"production"
],
"type": "HTTP",
"url": "https://example.com"
}Delete a monitor
Delete a monitor and its history. This cannot be undone; pause the monitor instead if you only want to stop it temporarily.
Inputs
- Monitor ID
monitor_idtextRequired - The id of the monitor, as returned by Create a monitor or List monitors.
Outputs
deletedtrue/false- True when the monitor was removed
idtext- The id of the deleted monitor
Example output
{
"deleted": true,
"id": "800123456"
}List monitors
List the monitors in your account with their current up or down status. Filter by status, name, URL, or tag to check just the ones you care about.
Inputs
- Status
statustext - Only return monitors in these states. Leave empty for all of them.One or more of:
UP,DOWN,LOOKS_DOWN(Looks down (being confirmed)),PAUSED,STARTED(Started (checking)). - Name contains
nametext - Optional. Only return monitors whose name contains this text. Case-insensitive.
- URL contains
urltext - Optional. Only return monitors whose URL contains this text, for example 'example.com'. Case-insensitive.
- Tags
tagstext - Optional. Only return monitors carrying any of these tag names, separated by commas. Tag names are case-sensitive.
- How many
limitnumber - The maximum number of monitors to return (1 to 200).From 1 to 200. Default:
50.
Outputs
countnumber- How many monitors were returned
monitorslist- The monitors that matched the filters
Example output
{
"count": 1,
"monitors": [
{
"created_at": "2026-07-31T12:00:00.000Z",
"current_state_duration": 86400,
"friendly_name": "Production API",
"id": "800123456",
"interval": 300,
"status": "UP",
"tags": [
"production"
],
"type": "HTTP",
"url": "https://example.com"
}
]
}Pause a monitor
Pause a monitor so it stops checking and stops sending alerts. Use this before a deploy or a maintenance window.
Inputs
- Monitor ID
monitor_idtextRequired - The id of the monitor, as returned by Create a monitor or List monitors.
Outputs
created_attext- When the monitor was created
current_state_durationnumber- How long the monitor has been in its current state, in seconds
friendly_nametext- The monitor's name in UptimeRobot
idtext- The monitor's unique id
intervalnumber- How often the monitor runs, in seconds
statustext- The monitor's current state: UP, DOWN, LOOKS_DOWN, PAUSED, or STARTED
tagslist- The names of the tags on the monitor
typetext- The check type (HTTP, KEYWORD, PING, or PORT)
urltext- The URL or host being checked
Example output
{
"created_at": "2026-07-31T12:00:00.000Z",
"current_state_duration": 86400,
"friendly_name": "Production API",
"id": "800123456",
"interval": 300,
"status": "PAUSED",
"tags": [
"production"
],
"type": "HTTP",
"url": "https://example.com"
}Resume a monitor
Start a paused monitor again so it resumes checking and alerting, for example once a deploy has finished.
Inputs
- Monitor ID
monitor_idtextRequired - The id of the monitor, as returned by Create a monitor or List monitors.
Outputs
created_attext- When the monitor was created
current_state_durationnumber- How long the monitor has been in its current state, in seconds
friendly_nametext- The monitor's name in UptimeRobot
idtext- The monitor's unique id
intervalnumber- How often the monitor runs, in seconds
statustext- The monitor's current state: UP, DOWN, LOOKS_DOWN, PAUSED, or STARTED
tagslist- The names of the tags on the monitor
typetext- The check type (HTTP, KEYWORD, PING, or PORT)
urltext- The URL or host being checked
Example output
{
"created_at": "2026-07-31T12:00:00.000Z",
"current_state_duration": 86400,
"friendly_name": "Production API",
"id": "800123456",
"interval": 300,
"status": "STARTED",
"tags": [
"production"
],
"type": "HTTP",
"url": "https://example.com"
}