Continuous testing
Run checks all the time against public APIs, internal services, applications, and critical workflows.
Platform / API Monitoring
Monitor all your APIs, all the time.
Continuously test public APIs, internal services, applications, and critical workflows so you can identify problems before customers notice.
SetupMonitorReport125+ locationsSecure synthetics
api.acme.com · global synthetic · live10 regions · all healthy
GET/v1/accounts/meus-east-1 -> eu-west-2200 · 142ms
125+worldwide monitoring locations
1muptime checks available
RESTSOAP, GraphQL, and workflows
OTELwebhook and alert integrations
Setup · Monitor · Report
From one URL to continuous production assurance.
Configure API workflows manually, from curl, from Postman Collections, or from OpenAPI specs. Then schedule checks, capture traces, and alert the right tools when behavior changes.
API monitoring run · setup to reporthealthy
import from OpenAPI
ready
OAuth token refresh
passed
POST /checkout
200 OK
assert response body
passed
global schedule
125+ Points of Presence
alert export
OTEL + webhook
Set up API calls easily
Setting up an API monitor is as simple as entering a URL.
Enter a URL, make any HTTP call, test it in the browser, or import existing definitions. APIContext supports individual calls, sequences, variables, OAuth2, and advanced authentication scenarios.
Configure manually, from curl, Postman, or OpenAPI
Test calls in the browser before scheduling
Build multi-step workflows with variables and assertions
api-monitoring.ymlWorkflow
request: POST /checkout
auth: oauth.refresh()
body: cart.fixture('gold')
assert status == 200
assert json.total >= 0
schedule: every 60sGlobal reach, inside and out
Monitor from the places your users actually are.
Run checks from 125+ data centers across major cloud providers including AWS, Azure, IBM, Google, and Akamai, and add private nodes for APIs behind your firewall.
125+ public monitoring locations
Cloud-provider and geography-aware checks
Private nodes for protected internal APIs
Coverage125+ data centers · all major clouds
All regions healthyAWSAzureGoogleIBMAkamai
Secure calls and conformance
Verify the APIs that matter most.
Use full OAuth handling, JWTs, mTLS, FAPI validation, and conformance checks against OpenAPI specs, security standards, service objectives, and performance metrics.
OAuth, JWT, mTLS, and FAPI validation
OpenAPI and security-standard conformance
Alerts through webhooks, OpenTelemetry, and incident tools
secure synthetic check · auth posture
OAuth refreshtoken rotated before runpass
JWT claimsaudience and expiry verifiedpass
mTLSclient cert acceptedpass
FAPI headersmissing x-fapi-interaction-idwatch
Key Features
Everything you need in production.
Import existing work
Start from curl, Postman Collections, OpenAPI specs, or manual request configuration.
Functional workflows
Chain calls with variables, assertions, external dependencies, and auth steps.
Global monitoring
Monitor simultaneously from 125+ locations across major cloud providers.
Secure synthetics
Validate secure APIs with OAuth, JWT, mTLS, FAPI, and token refresh handling.
Integrated alerts
Send actionable alerts through webhooks, OpenTelemetry, and preconfigured integrations.
API monitoring results flow into incident, observability, reporting, and stakeholder workflows
DatadogDynatraceSplunkGrafanaNew RelicHoneycombAkamaiPagerDutySlackOpsGenie
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is synthetic API monitoring?
Synthetic API monitoring involves sending scripted API requests from external locations on a continuous schedule, independent of real user traffic. It provides consistent baseline measurements of API availability, latency, and correctness regardless of traffic volume. Because checks originate outside your infrastructure, they reflect the experience of external callers — including partners, customers, and automated systems — rather than internal system health.
How is synthetic monitoring different from APM?
APM instruments code inside your stack and measures internal system behavior; it sees the world from inside your infrastructure. Synthetic monitoring connects from outside as your customers do, continuously running scripted checks whether or not real traffic is present. This makes it the most reliable source of SLA-grade availability data and the earliest detection method for edge-layer failures and geographic performance degradation.
How many monitoring locations does APIContext use?
APIContext runs synthetic checks from 125+ points of presence across AWS, Google Cloud, Azure, and Akamai networks. Checks can be scoped globally, regionally, or to a specific subset of locations to mirror the geography of your actual user base or partner network.
Can synthetic monitoring test APIs that require authentication?
Yes. APIContext supports OAuth 2.0, OIDC, mTLS, DPoP, PKCE, PAR, FAPI 2.0, and many more. Multi-step monitors preserve tokens and session state across dependent requests, enabling end-to-end verification of authenticated workflows rather than just unauthenticated health checks.
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Start monitoring before customers notice.
Set up continuous API checks, validate secure workflows, and alert the right teams the moment behavior changes.