Create Monitor (POST /monitors)

Create Monitor

POST /monitors · Monitors

POSThttps://api.clawifi.dev/monitors

Send your key as Authorization: Bearer $CLAWIFI_API_KEY; see Authentication.
Credits: see Pricing and credits.

Request#

curl -X POST https://api.clawifi.dev/monitors \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLAWIFI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"pricing page","url":"https://example.com","schedule":"<schedule>"}'

from clawifi import Clawifi

client = Clawifi()  # reads CLAWIFI_API_KEY
result = client.post("/monitors", json={"name":"pricing page","url":"https://example.com","schedule":"<schedule>"})

Body

Field	Type	Default	Required
`browser_profile`	string (optional)		no
`change_threshold`	number	`0.05`	no
`content_paths`	array of string		no
`diff_modes`	array of MonitorDiffMode		no
`exclude_selectors`	array of string		no
`extraction_schema`	object (optional)		no
`formats`	array of string (one of 10 values; see Sources)		no
`include_selectors`	array of string		no
`mode`	"auto" \| "http" \| "browser"	`"auto"`	no
`name`	string		yes
`schedule`	MonitorSchedule		yes
`timeout_seconds`	integer	`30`	no
`timezone`	string	`"UTC"`	no
`url`	string		yes
`wait_until`	"commit" \| "domcontentloaded" \| "load" \| "networkidle"	`"domcontentloaded"`	no
`webhook_endpoint_ids`	array of string		no

Response#

200 with a JSON object.

Errors use the shared shape; see Errors. Try public operations without a key in the playground.

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