Synthetic monitors API - PUT a monitor

Updates the specified monitor.

The configuration of the monitor is passed via its JSON script.

You can copy the script of an existing monitor and adjust it as needed.

PUT

Managed https://{your-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v1/synthetic/monitors/{monitorId}
SaaS https://{your-environment-id}.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/synthetic/monitors/{monitorId}
Environment ActiveGate https://{your-activegate-domain}/e/{your-environment-id}/api/v1/synthetic/monitors/{monitorId}

Authentication

To execute this request, you need the Create and read synthetic monitors, locations, and nodes (ExternalSyntheticIntegration) permission assigned to your API token. To learn how to obtain and use it, see Tokens and authentication.

Parameters

To find all model variations that depend on the type of the model, see JSON models.

Parameter	Type	Description	In	Required
monitorId	string	The ID of the synthetic monitor to be updated.	path	required
body	SyntheticMonitorUpdate		body	optional

Body format

Request parametersJSON model

The SyntheticMonitorUpdate object

The synthetic monitor update. This is a base object, the exact type depends on the value of the type field.

Element	Type	Description	Required
frequencyMin	integer	The frequency of the monitor, in minutes. You can use one of the following values: `5`, `10`, `15`, `30`, and `60`.	required
anomalyDetection	AnomalyDetection		optional
type	string	Defines the actual set of fields depending on the value. See one of the following objects: `BROWSER` -> BrowserSyntheticMonitorUpdate `HTTP` -> HttpSyntheticMonitorUpdate The element can hold these values BROWSER HTTP	required
name	string	The name of the monitor.	required
locations	string[]	A list of locations from which the monitor is executed. To specify a location, use its entity ID.	required
enabled	boolean	The monitor is enabled (`true`) or disabled (`false`).	required
script	object	The script of a browser or HTTP monitor.	required
tags	TagWithSourceInfo[]	A set of tags assigned to the monitor. You can specify only the value of the tag here and the `CONTEXTLESS` context and source 'USER' will be added automatically. But preferred option is usage of TagWithSourceDto model.	required
manuallyAssignedApps	string[]	A set of manually assigned applications.	required

The TagWithSourceInfo object

Tag with source of a Dynatrace entity.

Element	Type	Description	Required
source	string	The source of the tag, such as USER, RULE_BASED or AUTO The element can hold these values AUTO RULE_BASED USER	optional
context	string	The origin of the tag, such as AWS or Cloud Foundry. Custom tags use the `CONTEXTLESS` value. The element can hold these values AWS AWS_GENERIC AZURE CLOUD_FOUNDRY CONTEXTLESS ENVIRONMENT GOOGLE_CLOUD KUBERNETES	required
key	string	The key of the tag. Custom tags have the tag value here.	required
value	string	The value of the tag. Not applicable to custom tags.	optional

The AnomalyDetection object

The anomaly detection configuration.

Element	Type	Description	Required
outageHandling	OutageHandlingPolicy		optional
loadingTimeThresholds	LoadingTimeThresholdsPolicyDto		optional

The LoadingTimeThresholdsPolicyDto object

Performance thresholds configuration.

Element	Type	Description	Required
enabled	boolean	Performance threshold is enabled (`true`) or disabled (`false`).	required
thresholds	LoadingTimeThreshold[]	The list of performance threshold rules.	optional

The LoadingTimeThreshold object

The performance threshold rule.

Element	Type	Description	Required
type	string	The type of the threshold: total loading time or action loading time. The element can hold these values ACTION TOTAL	required
valueMs	integer	Notify if monitor takes longer than X milliseconds to load.	required
requestIndex	integer	Specify the request to which an ACTION threshold applies.	optional
eventIndex	integer	Specify the event to which an ACTION threshold applies.	optional

The OutageHandlingPolicy object

Outage handling configuration.

Element	Type	Description	Required
globalOutage	boolean	When enabled (`true`), generate a problem and send an alert when the monitor is unavailable at all configured locations.	required
localOutage	boolean	When enabled (`true`), generate a problem and send an alert when the monitor is unavailable for one or more consecutive runs at any location.	required
localOutagePolicy	LocalOutagePolicy		required
retryOnError	boolean	Schedule retry if browser monitor execution results in a fail. For HTTP monitors this property is ignored.	optional

The LocalOutagePolicy object

Local outage handling configuration.

Alert if affectedLocations of locations are unable to access the web application consecutiveRuns times consecutively.

Element	Type	Description	Required
affectedLocations	integer	The number of affected locations to trigger an alert.	required
consecutiveRuns	integer	The number of consecutive fails to trigger an alert.	required

This is a model of the request body, showing the possible elements. It has to be adjusted for usage in an actual request.

      {
  "frequencyMin": 5,
  "anomalyDetection": {
    "outageHandling": {
      "globalOutage": true,
      "localOutage": true,
      "localOutagePolicy": {
        "affectedLocations": 1,
        "consecutiveRuns": 3
      }
    },
    "loadingTimeThresholds": {
      "enabled": true,
      "thresholds": [
        {
          "type": "TOTAL",
          "valueMs": 100,
          "requestIndex": 1
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "type": "BROWSER",
  "name": "Browser Monitor Example",
  "locations": [
    "GEOLOCATION-9999453BE4BDB3CD"
  ],
  "enabled": true,
  "script": {
    "type": "availability",
    "version": "1.0",
    "configuration": {
      "device": {
        "deviceName": "Desktop",
        "orientation": "landscape"
      }
    },
    "events": [
      {
        "type": "navigate",
        "description": "Loading of "example.com"\n",
        "url": "http://example.com",
        "wait": {
          "waitFor": "page_complete"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "keyPerformanceMetrics": {
    "loadActionKpm": "VISUALLY_COMPLETE",
    "xhrActionKpm": "VISUALLY_COMPLETE"
  },
  "tags": [
    "example"
  ],
  "manuallyAssignedApps": [
    "APPLICATION-4ADF0EF407C7C545"
  ],
  "events": []
}

Response

Response codes

Code	Description
204	Success. The synthetic monitor has been updated. The response doesn't have a body.

Response body

A successful request doesn't return any content.

Example

In this example, the request updates the dynatrace.com monitor from the GET monitor example, changing the list of locations from which it is executed and increasing the frequency to 10 minutes.

The API token is passed in the Authorization header.

Since the request body is lengthy, it is truncated in this example Curl section. See the full body in the Request body section. You can download or copy the example request body to try it out on your own. Before using it, make sure that the location from the example is available in your environment. You can fetch the list of available locations with the GET all synthetic locations call. If the location is not available, replace it with any location you're using.

Curl

curl -X PUT \
  https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/synthetic/monitors/SYNTHETIC_TEST-0000000000025434 \
  -H 'Authorization: Api-Token dt0c01.abc123.abcdefjhij1234567890' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \  
  -d '{<truncated - see the Request body section > }
'

Request URL

https://mySampleEnv.live.dynatrace.com/api/v1/synthetic/monitors/SYNTHETIC_TEST-0000000000025434

Request body

Download

{
  "frequencyMin": 10,
  "anomalyDetection": {
    "outageHandling": {
      "globalOutage": true,
      "localOutage": false,
      "localOutagePolicy": {
        "affectedLocations": 1,
        "consecutiveRuns": 3
      }
    },
    "loadingTimeThresholds": {
      "enabled": false,
      "thresholds": []
    }
  },
  "type": "browser",
  "name": "dynatrace.com",
  "locations": [
    "GEOLOCATION-0A41430434C388A9",
    "GEOLOCATION-95196F3C9A4F4215",
    "GEOLOCATION-0DF9A0E1095A5A62"
  ],
  "enabled": true,
  "script": {
    "type":"clickpath",
    "version":"1.0",
    "configuration":{
      "device":{
        "deviceName":"Desktop",
        "orientation":"landscape"
      }
    },
    "events":[
      {
        "type":"navigate",
        "description":"Loading of \"http://www.dynatrace.com\"",
        "url":"http://www.dynatrace.com",
        "wait":{
          "waitFor":"page_complete"
        }
      },
      {
        "type":"click",
        "description":"click on \"Free trial\"",
        "target":{
          "locators":[
            {
              "type":"css",
              "value":"a:contains(\"Free trial\"):eq(1)"
            },
            {
              "type":"css",
              "value":".btn:eq(1)"
            },
            {
              "type":"css",
              "value":"#content div div div div div div div p:nth-child(3) a"
            },
            {
              "type":"css",
              "value":"#content div.homepage-hero-wrapper div.gallery div.flickity-viewport div.flickity-slider div.gallery-cell div.section div.column p.cta--row a.btn:eq(0)"
            }
          ]
        },
        "button":0,
        "wait":{
          "waitFor":"page_complete"
        }
      },
      {
        "type":"click",
        "description":"click on \"email\"",
        "target":{
          "locators":[
            {
              "type":"css",
              "value":"input[type=\"email\"][name=\"email\"]:eq(0)"
            },
            {
              "type":"dom",
              "value":"document.forms[0][\"email\"]"
            },
            {
              "type":"css",
              "value":".inputfield:eq(0)"
            },
            {
              "type":"css",
              "value":"#content div div:nth-child(2) form:nth-child(9) input:nth-child(3)"
            },
            {
              "type":"css",
              "value":"#content div.section div.tile form.cta input.inputfield:eq(0)"
            }
          ]
        },
        "button":0
      },
      {
        "type":"keystrokes",
        "description":"keystrokes on \"email\"",
        "target":{
          "locators":[
            {
              "type":"css",
              "value":"input[type=\"email\"][name=\"email\"]:eq(0)"
            },
            {
              "type":"dom",
              "value":"document.forms[0][\"email\"]"
            },
            {
              "type":"css",
              "value":".inputfield:eq(0)"
            },
            {
              "type":"css",
              "value":"#content div div:nth-child(2) form:nth-child(9) input:nth-child(3)"
            },
            {
              "type":"css",
              "value":"#content div.section div.tile form.cta input.inputfield:eq(0)"
            }
          ]
        },
        "textValue":"sample@sample.com",
        "masked":false,
        "simulateBlurEvent":true
      },
      {
        "type":"click",
        "description":"click on \"Start free trial\"",
        "target":{
          "locators":[
            {
              "type":"css",
              "value":"input[type=\"submit\"]:eq(0)"
            },
            {
              "type":"dom",
              "value":"document.forms[0][19]"
            },
            {
              "type":"css",
              "value":".btn:eq(1)"
            },
            {
              "type":"css",
              "value":"#content div div:nth-child(2) form:nth-child(9) div:nth-child(22) input"
            },
            {
              "type":"css",
              "value":"#content div.section div.tile form.cta div.cta__formgroup input.btn:eq(0)"
            }
          ]
        },
        "button":0,
        "wait":{
          "waitFor":"page_complete"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "tags": []
}

Response code

204