# Parallel Monitor API

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/parallel/parallel-monitor-api/  
**Provider:** Parallel — https://apis.io/providers/parallel/  
**Base URL:** https://api.parallel.ai  
**Documentation:** https://docs.parallel.ai/getting-started/overview

Parallel Monitor API is one of 8 APIs that [Parallel](https://apis.io/providers/parallel/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification. Tagged areas include Monitors. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, an API reference, a getting-started guide, and authentication docs.

The Monitor API watches the web for material changes on a fixed frequency. Each monitor runs once on creation and then on its configured schedule, emitting events when meaningful changes are detected. - `event_stream` monitors track a search query and emit an event for each new material change. - `snapshot` monitors track a specific task run's output and emit an event when the output changes. Results can be polled via the events endpoint or delivered via webhooks.

## Operations (7)

| Method | Path | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| POST | `/v1/monitors` | Create Monitor |
| GET | `/v1/monitors` | List Monitors |
| GET | `/v1/monitors/{monitor_id}` | Retrieve Monitor |
| POST | `/v1/monitors/{monitor_id}/cancel` | Cancel Monitor |
| GET | `/v1/monitors/{monitor_id}/events` | List Monitor Events |
| POST | `/v1/monitors/{monitor_id}/trigger` | Trigger Monitor Run |
| POST | `/v1/monitors/{monitor_id}/update` | Update Monitor |

## Machine-readable artifacts (5)

- **OpenAPI** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/parallel/refs/heads/main/openapi/parallel-monitor-api-openapi.yml
- **Documentation** — https://docs.parallel.ai/home
- **APIReference** — https://docs.parallel.ai/api-reference
- **GettingStarted** — https://docs.parallel.ai/getting-started/overview
- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/parallel/refs/heads/main/authentication/parallel-authentication.yml

## Other Parallel APIs (7)

- [Parallel Chat API (Beta) API](https://apis.io/apis/parallel/parallel-chat-api-beta-api/)
- [Parallel Extract API](https://apis.io/apis/parallel/parallel-extract-api/)
- [Parallel FindAll API](https://apis.io/apis/parallel/parallel-findall-api/)
- [Parallel Search API](https://apis.io/apis/parallel/parallel-search-api/)
- [Parallel Tasks API](https://apis.io/apis/parallel/parallel-tasks-api/)
- [Parallel Memory API](https://apis.io/apis/parallel/parallel-memory-api/)
- [Parallel Responses API](https://apis.io/apis/parallel/parallel-responses-api-api/)

## Tags

Monitors

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