This article provides you the step-by-step instructions on how to use the ready-made and fully functional examples when creating a Multi-step API (MSA) monitor.
These examples use the Uptrends Galactic Resorts API as a fictional API site to retrieve space travel destinations. All examples can be tested right away and later on be configured for your specific monitoring needs.
Simple example
The Simple example lets you create a pre-configured monitor with a single API call, referred to as a step. In this step, the monitor performs a GET request to the https://galacticresorts.com/api/Destinations endpoint. The
API response is then validated to check if the status code is 200, load time is less than 25,000ms, and the first price from the JSON response[0].Price is greater than 10.
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Two API calls + console output
The Two API calls + console output example lets you create a pre-configured monitor consisting of two API calls, referred to as steps, and prints a value in the console.
In the first step, the monitor performs a GET request to the https://galacticresorts.com/api/Destinations endpoint. The
API response is then validated to check if the status code is 200 and if the load time is less than 25,000ms. Additionally, the value of the first Product Id from the JSON response is stored in a
variable named ProductId for the next step.
In the second step, the monitor performs another GET request and uses the value of the ProductId variable to retrieve a specific product: https://galacticresorts.com/api/Destinations/{{ProductId}}. From the response, two variables, ProductPrice and ImageFileName, are created to store the value of the product’s price and image file name.
Then, the monitor runs a
custom script in the Post-Response tab, which prints the value of the ProductPrice variable to the console.
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For more information, refer to How to set up Multi-step API monitors.