API Endpoint Monitoring
Your users hit your API thousands of times a day. When an endpoint goes down, every failed request is a frustrated user. Know about it before they do.
Why API endpoints need dedicated monitoring
Your homepage might be up while your API is down. Load balancer health checks test the wrong endpoint. Internal monitoring misses network-level failures. External monitoring from StatusPing sees what your users see.
REST API health checks
Monitor your /health or /status endpoints. StatusPing checks the HTTP response code and latency — if your API starts returning 500s or response times spike, you'll know in minutes.
Third-party API dependencies
Your app depends on Stripe, Twilio, SendGrid, or other APIs. Monitor their status endpoints alongside yours so you know whether the problem is on your side or theirs.
Webhook endpoint availability
Webhooks fail silently. If your receiver endpoint goes down, you miss events with no retry. StatusPing catches endpoint failures before critical webhook deliveries are lost.
Multi-environment monitoring
Monitor staging, production, and canary endpoints from one dashboard. Compare response times across environments to catch performance regressions before they ship.
Example: monitoring a SaaS API stack
Monitor your own endpoints and your critical dependencies
Frequently asked questions
Can StatusPing monitor authenticated API endpoints?
StatusPing checks HTTP/HTTPS URLs and verifies the response code. For public health check endpoints, this works out of the box. For authenticated endpoints, you can use a public /health route that doesn't require auth — this is the standard pattern for uptime monitoring.
What response codes does StatusPing treat as 'down'?
Any non-2xx response (like 500, 502, 503, 504) or a connection timeout is flagged as down. StatusPing then retries to confirm before sending an alert, reducing false positives from transient network issues.
Can I monitor GraphQL endpoints?
Yes. StatusPing monitors the HTTP layer — it checks if your GraphQL endpoint URL returns a 200 response. It doesn't execute GraphQL queries, but it will catch server crashes, deployment failures, and infrastructure outages that affect your GraphQL server.
How fast will I get an alert when my API goes down?
On the free tier, checks run every 15 minutes, so you'll know within 15 minutes. Pro ($9/mo) checks every minute. Alerts go to Slack, Discord, or email — whichever you configure. Most alerts arrive within seconds of detection.
Can I track API response time trends?
Yes. StatusPing logs response latency for every check. You can see if your API is getting slower over time — useful for catching performance degradation before it becomes downtime. Latency data is available on your dashboard.
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