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Sumo Logic Create Monitor Example

Example request/response for POST /v1/monitors

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Sumo Logic Create Monitor Example is an example object payload from Sumo Logic, with 4 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

operationdescriptionrequestresponse

Example Payload

{
  "operation": "Create A Monitor",
  "description": "Example request/response for POST /v1/monitors",
  "request": {
    "method": "POST",
    "url": "https://api.sumologic.com/api/v1/monitors",
    "headers": {
      "Authorization": "Basic BASE64_ENCODED_ACCESS_ID_COLON_ACCESS_KEY",
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    "body": {
      "name": "High Error Rate Alert",
      "description": "Alert when error rate exceeds 5% in a 5-minute window",
      "monitorType": "Logs",
      "queries": [
        {
          "rowId": "A",
          "query": "_sourceCategory=prod/app/logs level=error | count"
        }
      ],
      "triggers": [
        {
          "triggerType": "Critical",
          "threshold": 100,
          "thresholdType": "GreaterThan",
          "timeRange": "-5m"
        },
        {
          "triggerType": "ResolvedCritical",
          "threshold": 100,
          "thresholdType": "LessThanOrEqual",
          "timeRange": "-5m"
        }
      ],
      "notifications": [
        {
          "notification": {
            "connectionType": "Email",
            "recipients": ["oncall@example.com"],
            "subject": "Sumo Logic Alert: {{Name}}",
            "timeZone": "America/New_York"
          },
          "runForTriggerTypes": ["Critical", "ResolvedCritical"]
        }
      ]
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "body": {
      "id": "0000000005D6E7F8",
      "name": "High Error Rate Alert",
      "description": "Alert when error rate exceeds 5% in a 5-minute window",
      "monitorType": "Logs",
      "isDisabled": false,
      "status": ["Normal"],
      "createdAt": "2026-05-02T15:00:00Z",
      "modifiedAt": "2026-05-02T15:00:00Z",
      "createdBy": "0000000001A2B3C4",
      "modifiedBy": "0000000001A2B3C4"
    }
  }
}