Postman

Postman Monitors API

The Monitors API runs Postman Collections on a recurring schedule to validate API health, performance, and contract conformance. Surfaces metrics, test results, and notification webhooks for incident response.

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Operations 8

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

GET /monitors List monitors · Get all monitors #
Ask an LLM
“Which scheduled monitors are set up in my workspace?”
“Can I list only the active monitors that run a particular collection?”
Tell an agent
List the monitors in workspace {workspace}.
Show monitors that run collection {collectionUid}.
POST /monitors Create a monitor for a collection · Create a monitor #
Ask an LLM
“How do I schedule a collection to run on a recurring monitor?”
“Why can't I create a monitor for a collection that belongs to an API definition?”
Tell an agent
Create a monitor in workspace {workspace}.
Set up a new monitor in workspace {workspace} with this configuration: {monitor}.
GET /monitors/{monitorId} Get a monitor · Get a monitor #
Ask an LLM
“What schedule and last run result does one of my monitors have?”
“Can I look up a monitor's configuration by ID?”
Tell an agent
Get monitor {monitorId}.
Show the schedule and recent status of monitor {monitorId}.
PUT /monitors/{monitorId} Change a monitor's configuration · Update a monitor #
Ask an LLM
“How do I change how often a monitor runs?”
“Can I edit an existing monitor's settings instead of recreating it?”
Tell an agent
Update monitor {monitorId} with configuration {monitor}.
Reconfigure the schedule of monitor {monitorId}.
DELETE /monitors/{monitorId} Delete a monitor · Delete a monitor #
Ask an LLM
“How do I stop and remove a monitor I no longer need?”
“Is deleting a monitor permanent?”
Tell an agent destructive · confirm first
Delete monitor {monitorId}.
Remove the scheduled monitor {monitorId}.
POST /monitors/{monitorId}/run Run a monitor now · Run a monitor #
Ask an LLM
“Can I trigger a monitor run on demand instead of waiting for its schedule?”
“What results come back when I run a monitor asynchronously?”
Tell an agent
Run monitor {monitorId} now.
Trigger monitor {monitorId} with async set to {async}.
GET /runners/{runnerId}/instances List instances of a private monitor runner · Get all runner instances #
Ask an LLM
“Which instances of my self-hosted runner are polling for monitor runs?”
“How do I see every execution sharing one runner ID?”
Tell an agent
List the instances of runner {runnerId}.
Show the first {limit} instances of runner {runnerId}.
GET /runners/{runnerId}/metrics Get a runner's queue and polling metrics · Get runner metrics #
Ask an LLM
“When did my monitor runner last poll, and how deep is its run queue?”
“What server-side metrics are available for a runner?”
Tell an agent
Get the metrics for runner {runnerId}.
Show runner {runnerId}'s monitor queue and last polling date.

Documentation

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Documentation
https://www.postman.com/postman/postman-public-workspace/documentation/i2uqzpp/postman-api

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/postman/refs/heads/main/openapi/postman-monitors-api-openapi.yml

Schemas & Data

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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/postman/refs/heads/main/json-schema/postman-get-runner-metrics-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/postman/refs/heads/main/json-schema/postman-run-monitor-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/postman/refs/heads/main/json-schema/postman-get-monitors-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/postman/refs/heads/main/json-schema/postman-get-runner-instances-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/postman/refs/heads/main/json-schema/postman-create-update-monitor-response-schema.json
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JSONSchema
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/postman/refs/heads/main/json-schema/postman-create-monitor-schema.json

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OpenAPI Specification

postman-monitors-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Postman Monitors API
  version: 1.0.0
servers:
- url: https://api.postman.com
  description: https://api.postman.com
- url: https://api.eu.postman.com
  description: https://api.eu.postman.com
tags:


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