# Run Monitor Now

> `POST /monitors/{monitor_id}/run` · Monitors

Canonical page: https://clawifi.dev/docs/api/post-monitors-monitor-id-run

`POST https://api.clawifi.dev/monitors/{monitor_id}/run` · 1 credit(s) per check

- Send your key as `Authorization: Bearer $CLAWIFI_API_KEY`; see [Authentication](https://clawifi.dev/docs/authentication).
- Credits: 1 per check (3 with the browser). Every price is on [Pricing and credits](https://clawifi.dev/docs/pricing-and-credits).

## Request

**cURL**

```sh
curl -X POST https://api.clawifi.dev/monitors/<monitor_id>/run \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $CLAWIFI_API_KEY"
```

**Python**

```python
from clawifi import Clawifi

client = Clawifi()  # reads CLAWIFI_API_KEY
result = client.post("/monitors/<monitor_id>/run")
```

### Parameters

| Name | In | Type | Required |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `monitor_id` | path | string | yes |

## Response

200 with a JSON object.

Errors use the shared shape; see [Errors](https://clawifi.dev/docs/errors). Try public operations without a key in the [playground](https://clawifi.dev/playground).