Create Synthetic Web Monitoring Job API

This page describes the API used to create and configure a Synthetic web monitoring job.

Create a Synthetic Job

Creates a new Synthetic web monitoring job with the specified JSON payload.

Resource URL

POST <api_server_URL>/v1/synthetic/schedule

or, use the following URL if you are using the OAuth authentication method:

POST <controller_url>/controller/restui/synthetic/schedule/<applicationId>/updateSchedule

Request/Response Format

JSON

Example

Request
{
"scheduleRunConfigs": [
{
"rate": {
"value": 15,
"unit": "MINUTES"
},
"daysOfWeek": [
"SUN",
"WED",
"FRI",
"MON",
"THUR",
"SAT",
"TUES"
],
"timezone": "UTC"
}
],
"description": "appd1",
"appKey": "appKey",
"script": {
"contentType": "INLINE_PYTHON_3",
"script": "pageUrl = \"http://www.appdynamics.com\"\ndriver.get(pageUrl)\nassert \"AppDynamics\" in driver.title, \"Title should contain AppDynamics\""
},
"browserCodes": [
"Chrome"
],
"chromeVersions": [
"86"
],
"locationCodes": [
"M50"
],
"captureVisualMetrics": true,
"simulateMobileBrowser": false,
"networkProfile": {
"name": "Native",
"downloadKbps": 5000,
"uploadKbps": 1000,
"roundtripTimeMillis": 28,
"packetLossPercent": 0,
"isDefault": false
},
"timeoutSeconds": 30,
"performanceCriteria": {
"retestOnWarning": false,
"retestOnCritical": false,
"criterion": []
},
"composableConfig": {
"numBeforeConfirmedError": 0,
"resourceErrorDetection": {
"ignoreWhen": {
"resourceUrlContains": [],
"resourceMimeType": []
},
"onlyWhen": {
"resourceUrlContains": [],
"resourceMimeType": []
}
}
}
}
Response
{
"_id": "job_id",
"version": 1,
"scheduleRunConfigs": [
{
"rate": {
"value": 1,
"unit": "MINUTES"
},
"daysOfWeek": [
"WED",
"FRI",
"SUN",
"SAT",
"TUES",
"MON",
"THUR"
],
"timezone": "UTC"
}
],
"userEnabled": true,
"systemEnabled": true,
"type": "ALL_BROWSERS",
"rate": {
"value": 15,
"unit": "MINUTES"
},
"daysOfWeek": [
"WED",
"FRI",
"SUN",
"SAT",
"TUES",
"MON",
"THUR"
],
"timezone": "UTC",
"description": "https://appdynamics.com",
"appKey": "appKey",
"scheduleMode": "NONE",
"url": "https://appdynamics.com",
"browserCodes": [
"Chrome"
],
"chromeVersions": [
"86"
],
"locationCodes": [
"BOM",
"M50"
],
"failOnPageError": true,
"captureVisualMetrics": true,
"simulateMobileBrowser": false,
"networkProfile": {
"name": "Native",
"downloadKbps": 5000,
"uploadKbps": 1000,
"roundtripTimeMillis": 28,
"packetLossPercent": 0,
"isDefault": false
},
"timeoutSeconds": 15,
"state": {
"lastFireTime": "2022-04-06T05:57:16.000Z",
"nextFireTime": "2022-04-06T06:00:16.000Z"
},
"projectedUsage": {
"projectedDailyRuns": 2880,
"projectedMonthlyRuns": 86400
},
"performanceCriteria": {
"retestOnWarning": false,
"retestOnCritical": false,
"criterion": []
},
"composableConfig": {
"numBeforeConfirmedError": 0,
"resourceErrorDetection": {
"ignoreWhen": {
"resourceUrlContains": [],
"resourceMimeType": []
},
"onlyWhen": {
"resourceUrlContains": [],
"resourceMimeType": []
}
}
},
"created": "2022-04-05T05:30:36.426Z",
"updated": "2022-04-05T05:30:36.426Z"
}

Request Parameters

Parameter NameParameter TypeValueDescriptionMandatory Request
scheduleRunConfigs-No
rate-No
valuenumber

Minutes: 1 - 60

Hours: 1 - 24

Days: "null"

No
unitStringMinutes, Hours, or DaysNo
daysOfWeekString"SUN", "MON", "TUES", "WED", "THUR", "FRI", "SAT"No
timeRangeStringBetween hh:mm AM/PM to hh:mm AM/PMNo
timezoneString"UTC"GMT +/-hh:mmNo
startTimeStringdd/mm/yyyy hh:mm AM/PMNo
endTimeStringdd/mm/yyyy hh:mm AM/PMNo
descriptionStringJob nameName of the jobYes

appKey

String

Application key

You can get the application key from the Controller.

Navigate to User Experience > Browser Apps. The application key is listed next to the application name.

Yes
urlString"null" or URL to monitor

The URL that you want to monitor.

When you use this parameter, the value of the script

Yes
scriptString

"null"

If you have a scripted job, specify the python-based selenium script used for simulating the user flow or behavior.

When you use this parameter, the value of the url

Yes
contentTypeString"null" or "INLINE_PYTHON_3"

If the url

If the script "INLINE_PYTHON_3"

Yes
scriptString"null" or Python scriptPython-based selenium script for the scripted jobsYes
credentialPlaceholdersString
apiMetadataStringScript object of the web monitoring jobNo
browserCodesString

Use the following Synthetic internal browser codes:

  • Chrome: Chrome
  • Internet Explorer: IE11
  • Firefox: Firefox
  • Mobile: Chrome.DeviceEmulation
Yes
chromeVersionsStringChrome browser version 86Yes
locationCodesString

Synthetic internal location codes of each agent location. See Location Codes.

Yes
captureVisualMetricsBooleantrue or false No
simulateMobileBrowserBooleantrue or false No

networkProfile

String"name": "Native", "downloadKbps": 5000, "uploadKbps": 1000, "roundtripTimeMillis": 28, "packetLossPercent": 0, "isDefault": falseNo

name

StringCustom, Pixel, iPad, iPhone SEName of the deviceNo

description

String

If the name is Custom: User agent

If the name field is not Custom: "null"

Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 7.0; SAMSUNG SM-G950F Build/NRD90M) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) SamsungBrowser/5.2 Chrome/51.0.2704.106 Mobile Safari/537.36No
downloadKbpsNumberNumberDownload bandwidth in kbpsNo
uploadKbpsNumberNumberUpload bandwidth in kbpsNo
roundtripTimeMillisNumberNumberLatency in millisecondsNo
packetLossPercentNumber0 - 100Packet loss percentageNo
isDefaultBooleantrue or false No
timeoutSecondsNumber5 - 300SecondsNo
performanceCriteria-No
retestOnWarningBooleantrue or false Re-test on warning eventNo
retestOnCriticalBooleantrue or false Re-test on critical eventNo
criterionStringNo
composableConfig-You can use this parameter to configure:
  • Custom Retry
  • Availability Rules
No
numBeforeConfirmedErrorNumber0, 1, 2, 3, 5, or 10Number of retriesNo
resourceErrorDetection-No
ignoreWhen-No
resourceUrlContainsStringComma separated listList of resource URLsNo
resourceMimeTypeStringNo
onlyWhen-No
resourceUrlContainsStringComma separated listList of resource URLsNo
resourceMimeTypeStringNo

Location Codes

Cloud LocationCodes
Azure
AmsterdamNET
San AntonioSAN
MelbourneASV
TorontoCAC
ChennaiSIC
AWS
MumbaiBOM
DublinDUB
FrankfurtFRA
Sao PauloGRU
Hong KongHON
AshburnIAD
SeoulICN
LondonLON
BoardmanM50
MilanMIL
MontrealMON
TokyoNRT
ParisPAR
San FranciscoSFO
SingaporeSIN
SydneySYD

Response Status Codes

CodeDescription
200Success
401Unauthorized
402Exceeded job limit
422Validation failure
429Throttled
500Internal server error