Hi,
Today I want to talk about the integration of SquaredUp with external APIs. As an example I want to integrate date coming from Uptimerobot (https://uptimerobot.com/) in SquaredUp. Uptimerobot enables you to aadd 50 websites to check for free.
First of all create an account for Uptimerobot
To be able to access data we need to create an API key, therefore go to “My Settings”. Go all the way down until you see “Read-Only API Key”. Click “Show/Hide it”. Create the API key (or copy the one that is already listed)
The Uptimerobot API is documented here: https://uptimerobot.com/api
Next step is adding the API in SquaredUp. Open Squaredup > System > Web Api. Click “Add New Provider”. Fill in Service name, base URL should be the following: https://api.uptimerobot.com/v2
Click Add provider, it should look like this:
Now it’s time to create a dashboard. I want to show the status of all monitors and the responsetimes as well, let’s go.
Create a new empty dashboard select the “Web API” tile
Select “Web API (grid)”
Under Scope, click Next
Select “Uptime Robot” Provider
Click Next
Select “Post” and add the url /getmonitors
Provide the necessary parameters
Under Key path enter monitors
Add any columns you want in the grid eg. Friendly Name
I wanted to show the response times as well but in seconds. The value is gathered in milliseconds so it should be divided by 1000.
The output looks like this:
Hope this helps to set this up if you might need it!
Best regards,
Bert
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