Update Synthetic Web Monitoring Job API

This page describes the API used to update the Synthetic web monitoring jobs.

Update a Synthetic Job

Updates a synthetic job with the specified JSON payload.

Resource URL

PUT <api_server_URL>/v1/synthetic/schedule/<id>

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 (Basic Authentication)

Request

{
"_id": "job_id",
"version": 2,
"scheduleRunConfigs": [
{
"rate": {
"value": 15,
"unit": "MINUTES"
},
"daysOfWeek": [
"SUN",
"WED",
"FRI",
"MON",
"THUR",
"SAT",
"TUES"
],
"timezone": "UTC"
}
],
"userEnabled": true,
"systemEnabled": true,
"type": "ALL_BROWSERS",
"rate": {
"value": 15,
"unit": "MINUTES"
},
"daysOfWeek": [
"SUN",
"WED",
"FRI",
"MON",
"THUR",
"SAT",
"TUES"
],
"timezone": "UTC",
"description": "appd1",
"appKey": "appkey",
"scheduleMode": "NONE",
"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"
],
"failOnPageError": true,
"captureVisualMetrics": true,
"simulateMobileBrowser": false,
"networkProfile": {
"name": "Native",
"downloadKbps": 5000,
"uploadKbps": 1000,
"roundtripTimeMillis": 28,
"packetLossPercent": 0,
"isDefault": false
},
"timeoutSeconds": 30,
"state": {
"lastFireTime": "2022-04-01T04:49:46.544Z"
},
"projectedUsage": {
"projectedDailyRuns": 96,
"projectedMonthlyRuns": 2880
},
"performanceCriteria": {
"retestOnWarning": false,
"retestOnCritical": false,
"criterion": []
},
"composableConfig": {
"numBeforeConfirmedError": 0,
"resourceErrorDetection": {
"ignoreWhen": {
"resourceUrlContains": [],
"resourceMimeType": []
},
"onlyWhen": {
"resourceUrlContains": [],
"resourceMimeType": []
}
}
},
"created": "2022-04-01T04:49:46.538Z",
"updated": "2022-04-01T04:50:13.325Z"
}

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"
}

Example (OAuth Authentication)

Request

{
"id": "job_id",
"version": 2,
"scheduleRunConfigs": [
{
"rate": {
"value": 15,
"unit": "MINUTES"
},
"daysOfWeek": [
"SUN",
"WED",
"FRI",
"MON",
"THUR",
"SAT",
"TUES"
],
"timezone": "UTC"
}
],
"userEnabled": true,
"systemEnabled": true,
"type": "ALL_BROWSERS",
"rate": {
"value": 15,
"unit": "MINUTES"
},
"daysOfWeek": [
"SUN",
"WED",
"FRI",
"MON",
"THUR",
"SAT",
"TUES"
],
"timezone": "UTC",
"description": "appd1",
"appKey": "appkey",
"scheduleMode": "NONE",
"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"
],
"failOnPageError": true,
"captureVisualMetrics": true,
"simulateMobileBrowser": false,
"networkProfile": {
"name": "Native",
"downloadKbps": 5000,
"uploadKbps": 1000,
"roundtripTimeMillis": 28,
"packetLossPercent": 0,
"isDefault": false
},
"timeoutSeconds": 30,
"state": {
"lastFireTime": "2022-04-01T04:49:46.544Z"
},
"projectedUsage": {
"projectedDailyRuns": 96,
"projectedMonthlyRuns": 2880
},
"performanceCriteria": {
"retestOnWarning": false,
"retestOnCritical": false,
"criterion": []
},
"composableConfig": {
"numBeforeConfirmedError": 0,
"resourceErrorDetection": {
"ignoreWhen": {
"resourceUrlContains": [],
"resourceMimeType": []
},
"onlyWhen": {
"resourceUrlContains": [],
"resourceMimeType": []
}
}
},
"created": "2022-04-01T04:49:46.538Z",
"updated": "2022-04-01T04:50:13.325Z"
}

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"
}

Enable or Disable a Web Monitoring Job

You can enable or disable a web monitoring job by updating the following values:



Enable a web monitoring job	userEnabled	true
Disable a web monitoring job	`userEnabled`	false

Request Parameters


Parameter Name	Parameter Type	Value	Description	Mandatory Request
id	String	Job ID of a synthetic job	Unique identifier of a synthetic job. To get the job ID: Log in to Controller and navigate to User Experience>Browser Apps> `<Application Name> >Jobs.` Hover over the job name and click the copy icon to copy the job ID.	Yes
version	number		Whenever a job is updated, the value of the version increases by a factor of one. A job with "version" :	No
`scheduleRunConfigs`	-			No
`rate`	-			No
`value`	number	Minutes: 1 - 60 Hours: 1 - 24 Days: "null"		No
`unit`	String	Minutes, Hours, or Days		No
`daysOfWeek`	String	`"SUN", "MON", "TUES", "WED", "THUR", "FRI", "SAT"`		No
`timeRange`	String		Between hh:mm AM/PM to hh:mm AM/PM	No
`timezone`	String	`"UTC"`	GMT +/-hh:mm	No
`startTime`	String		dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm AM/PM	No
`endTime`	String		dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm AM/PM	No
`userEnabled`	Boolean	`true` or `false`		No
`systemEnabled`	Boolean		This field gets disabled when the license exhausts.	No
`type`	String			No
`rate`	String			No
`value`	Number			No
`unit`	String			No
`daysOfWeek`	String			No
`timeRange`	String			No
`timezone`	String			No
`description`	String			No
`startTime`	String			No
`endTime`	String			No
`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.	No
`scheduleMode`	String			No
`url`	String	`"null"` or URL to monitor	The URL that you want to monitor. When you use this parameter, the value of the script	No
`script`	String	"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	No
`contentType`	String			No
`script`	String			No
`credentialPlaceholders`	String			No
`apiMetadata`	String	Script object of the web monitoring job		No
`browserCodes`	String	Use the following Synthetic internal browser codes: Chrome: `Chrome` Internet Explorer: `IE11` Firefox: `Firefox` Mobile: `Chrome.DeviceEmulation`		Yes
`chromeVersions`	String	Chrome browser version 86		Yes
`locationCodes`	String	Synthetic internal location codes of each agent location. See Location Codes.		Yes
`failOnPageError`	Boolean			No
`captureVisualMetrics`	Boolean	`true` or `false`		No
`simulateMobileBrowser`	Boolean	`true` or `false`		No
networkProfile	String		"name": "Native", "downloadKbps": 5000, "uploadKbps": 1000, "roundtripTimeMillis": 28, "packetLossPercent": 0, "isDefault": false	No
name	String	Custom, Pixel, iPad, iPhone SE	Name of the device	No
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/537.36	No
`downloadKbps`	Number	Number	Download bandwidth in kbps	No
`uploadKbps`	Number	Number	Upload bandwidth in kbps	No
`roundtripTimeMillis`	Number	Number	Latency in milliseconds	No
`packetLossPercent`	Number	0 - 100	Packet loss percentage	No
`isDefault`	Boolean	`true` or `false`		No
`timeoutSeconds`	Number	5 - 300	Seconds	No
`state`	-			No
`lastFireTime`	String			No
`nextFireTime`	String			No
`projectedUsage`	-			No
`projectedDailyRuns`	Number			No
`projectedMonthlyRuns`	Number			No
`performanceCriteria`	-			No
`retestOnWarning`	Boolean			No
`retestOnCritical`	Boolean			No
`criterion`	String			No
`composableConfig`	-		You can use this parameter to configure: Custom Retry Availability Rules	No
`numBeforeConfirmedError`	Number	0, 1, 2, 3, 5, or 10	Number of retries	No
`resourceErrorDetection`	-			No
`ignoreWhen`	-			No
`resourceUrlContains`	String	Comma separated list	List of resource URLs	No
`resourceMimeType`	String			No
`onlyWhen`	-			No
`resourceUrlContains`	String	Comma separated list	List of resource URLs	No
`resourceMimeType`	String			No
`created`	String			No
`updated`	String			No

Response Status Codes



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

Documentation

Update Synthetic Web Monitoring Job API