Better Uptime

Better Uptime Heartbeats API

Manage heartbeat monitors for cron jobs and background workers

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Operations 5

GET /heartbeats List heartbeats #
POST /heartbeats Create a heartbeat #
GET /heartbeats/{id} Get a heartbeat #
PATCH /heartbeats/{id} Update a heartbeat #
DELETE /heartbeats/{id} Delete a heartbeat #

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https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/betteruptime/refs/heads/main/openapi/betteruptime-heartbeats-api-openapi.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

betteruptime-heartbeats-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Better Stack Uptime Heartbeats API
  description: The Better Stack Uptime API provides programmatic access to manage uptime monitors, heartbeats, on-call schedules, incidents, status pages, integrations, team members, and reporting. The API follows the JSON:API specification and uses Bearer token authentication.
  version: v2
  contact:
    name: Better Stack Support
    url: https://betterstack.com/docs/uptime/api/getting-started-with-uptime-api/
  termsOfService: https://betterstack.com/terms
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://betterstack.com/terms
servers:
- url: https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v2
  description: Better Stack Uptime API v2
- url: https://uptime.betterstack.com/api/v3
  description: Better Stack Uptime API v3 (incidents)
security:
- BearerAuth: []
tags:
- name: Heartbeats
  description: Manage heartbeat monitors for cron jobs and background workers
paths:
  /heartbeats:
    get:
      operationId: listHeartbeats
      summary: List heartbeats
      description: Returns a paginated list of all heartbeat monitors.
      tags:
      - Heartbeats
      parameters:
      - name: team_name
        in: query
        description: Filter by team name
        schema:
          type: string
      - name: page
        in: query
        description: Page number for pagination
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A list of heartbeats
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HeartbeatListResponse'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
    post:
      operationId: createHeartbeat
      summary: Create a heartbeat
      description: Creates a new heartbeat monitor.
      tags:
      - Heartbeats
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/HeartbeatCreateRequest'
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Heartbeat created
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HeartbeatResponse'
  /heartbeats/{id}:
    get:
      operationId: getHeartbeat
      summary: Get a heartbeat
      description: Returns a single heartbeat by ID.
      tags:
      - Heartbeats
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Id'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: A single heartbeat
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HeartbeatResponse'
        '404':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
    patch:
      operationId: updateHeartbeat
      summary: Update a heartbeat
      description: Updates an existing heartbeat monitor.
      tags:
      - Heartbeats
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Id'
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          application/json:
            schema:
              $ref: '#/components/schemas/HeartbeatCreateRequest'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Heartbeat updated
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/HeartbeatResponse'
    delete:
      operationId: deleteHeartbeat
      summary: Delete a heartbeat
      description: Deletes an existing heartbeat monitor.
      tags:
      - Heartbeats
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Id'
      responses:
        '204':
          description: Heartbeat deleted
components:
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Authentication failed
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
    NotFound:
      description: Resource not found
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/ErrorResponse'
  schemas:
    ErrorResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        errors:
          type: array
          items:
            type: object
            properties:
              title:
                type: string
              detail:
                type: string
    HeartbeatResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/HeartbeatResource'
    Pagination:
      type: object
      properties:
        first:
          type: string
          format: uri
        last:
          type: string
          format: uri
        prev:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
        next:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: uri
    HeartbeatCreateRequest:
      type: object
      required:
      - name
      - period
      - grace
      properties:
        name:
          type: string
        period:
          type: integer
        grace:
          type: integer
        call:
          type: boolean
        sms:
          type: boolean
        email:
          type: boolean
        push:
          type: boolean
        team_wait:
          type: integer
        heartbeat_group_id:
          type: string
    HeartbeatListResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          type: array
          items:
            $ref: '#/components/schemas/HeartbeatResource'
        pagination:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/Pagination'
    HeartbeatResource:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: string
        type:
          type: string
          enum:
          - heartbeat
        attributes:
          $ref: '#/components/schemas/HeartbeatAttributes'
    HeartbeatAttributes:
      type: object
      properties:
        url:
          type: string
          format: uri
          description: Unique ping URL for the heartbeat
          readOnly: true
        name:
          type: string
          description: Heartbeat name
        period:
          type: integer
          description: Expected ping interval in seconds
        grace:
          type: integer
          description: Grace period in seconds before alerting
        call:
          type: boolean
        sms:
          type: boolean
        email:
          type: boolean
        push:
          type: boolean
        team_wait:
          type: integer
          description: Escalation delay in seconds
        heartbeat_group_id:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        team_name:
          type: string
        paused_at:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date-time
        server_timezone:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
        maintenance_from:
          type: string
        maintenance_to:
          type: string
        maintenance_timezone:
          type: string
        maintenance_days:
          type: array
          items:
            type: string
        status:
          type: string
          enum:
          - paused
          - pending
          - up
          - down
          readOnly: true
        created_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          readOnly: true
        updated_at:
          type: string
          format: date-time
          readOnly: true
  parameters:
    Id:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      description: Resource identifier
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    BearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      description: Bearer token obtained from Better Stack account settings