Estimate Monitor (POST /monitors/estimate)

Estimate Monitor

POST /monitors/estimate · Monitors

POSThttps://api.clawifi.dev/monitors/estimate

1.10.0: what a monitor would cost, per check, per day and per 30 days, before creating it. Free.

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/estimate \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLAWIFI_API_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"name":"Competitor pricing","url":"https://example.com/pricing","schedule":{"interval_seconds":86400}}'

from clawifi import Clawifi

client = Clawifi()  # reads CLAWIFI_API_KEY
result = client.post("/monitors/estimate", json={"name":"Competitor pricing","url":"https://example.com/pricing","schedule":{"interval_seconds":86400}})

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
`kind`	"page" \| "search"	`"page"`	no
`mode`	"auto" \| "http" \| "browser"	`"auto"`	no
`name`	string		yes
`notify_email`	boolean	`false`	no
`query`	string (optional)		no
`schedule`	MonitorSchedule		yes
`search`	MonitorSearchOptions (optional)		no
`timeout_seconds`	integer	`30`	no
`timezone`	string	`"UTC"`	no
`url`	string (optional)		no
`wait_until`	"commit" \| "domcontentloaded" \| "load" \| "networkidle"	`"domcontentloaded"`	no
`webhook_endpoint_ids`	array of string		no

Response#

200 with a MonitorCreditQuote object: breakdown, credits_per_tick, deterministic, estimated_daily_credits, estimated_monthly_credits.

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

Was this page helpful? Tell us · Last updated 2026-10-22