Checkly Heartbeats API

The Heartbeats API from Checkly — 5 operation(s) for heartbeats.

Business capability
Observability Management BC-4220.20

Operations 5

Each operation below carries the questions people ask an LLM about it and the instructions they give an agent to run it. Generated by API Evangelist overlay

POST /v1/checks/heartbeat Create a heartbeat check · Create a heartbeat check #
Ask an LLM
“How do I monitor a cron job that should ping a URL on a schedule?”
“What happens if I create a heartbeat check beyond my plan limit?”
Tell an agent
Create heartbeat check {name} with schedule {heartbeat}.
Create heartbeat check {name} with {heartbeat}, tagged {tags}, in group {groupId}.
PUT /v1/checks/heartbeat/{id} Update a heartbeat check · Update a heartbeat check #
Ask an LLM
“How do I change the expected period or grace time of an existing heartbeat?”
“Can I mute a heartbeat check without deleting it?”
Tell an agent
Change heartbeat check {id} schedule to {heartbeat}.
Set heartbeat check {id} muted to {muted}.
GET /v1/checks/heartbeats/{checkId}/availability Get a heartbeat's availability · Get heartbeat availability #
Ask an LLM
“What percentage of expected pings did my heartbeat receive?”
“Can I check heartbeat availability for a specific time range?”
Tell an agent
Show availability for heartbeat {checkId}.
Get heartbeat {checkId} availability from {startTime} to {endTime}.
GET /v1/checks/heartbeats/{checkId}/events List ping events for a heartbeat · Get a list of events for a heartbeat #
Ask an LLM
“When did my heartbeat last receive a ping?”
“Can I list every ping a heartbeat got between two times?”
Tell an agent
List events for heartbeat {checkId}.
Show heartbeat {checkId} events between {startTime} and {endTime}, up to {limit}.
GET /v1/checks/heartbeats/{checkId}/events/{id} Get one heartbeat event · Get a specific Heartbeat event #
Ask an LLM
“What details are recorded for a single heartbeat ping event?”
“Can I look up one heartbeat event by its id?”
Tell an agent
Show event {id} of heartbeat {checkId}.
Get heartbeat {checkId} ping event {id}.

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OpenAPI Specification

checkly-heartbeats-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Checkly Public Heartbeats API
  version: v1
  description: 'These are the docs for the newly released Checkly Public API.

    If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch with us.'
servers:
- url: https://api.checklyhq.com
security:
- Bearer: []
tags:


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