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Monitor → Create Monitor

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Summary

Create a scheduled monitor to watch a specific URL, site, or Wire action for changes at a defined interval with customizable options.

Inputs

  • URL (required) — The URL to monitor; used as the root URL for site scope or the Wire site's URL for wire scope.
  • Interval (Minutes) (required) — Frequency in minutes to check for changes. Must be at least 15 minutes.
  • Additional Options — Optional settings including monitoring scope (page, site, wire), watch mode (full page or specific data), AI filtering settings, alert emails/webhooks, proxy country code, crawl depth and limits, inclusion/exclusion patterns, session ID for login-protected monitoring, browser rendering usage, expiration date, activation status, Wire action IDs and parameters, and output schema for data extraction.

Output shape

a single JSON object representing the created monitor configuration and status information.

The output JSON includes success status, operation name, and details returned by the API about the new monitor. Errors are raised if required inputs are missing or invalid (e.g., interval below 15). The monitor schedules periodic checks as per the interval and options provided.

Examples

Example 1: Create a monitor for a webpage with default full page watch mode, active status, and alerts sent to specified emails.

URL set to the page to watch, interval at 60 minutes, alertEmails provided, isActive true, watchMode defaulted to 'full_page'.

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