Web Monitoring with YAML

Tip

Learn more about: - Web monitoring action features - Web monitoring integrations - Web monitoring alternatives

YAML parameters for Web Monitoring

Hint

List with common parameters for all Buddy actions

Name	Type	Description
action `Required`	String	The ID of the action.
type `Required`	String	The type of the action. Should be set to `WEB`.
destination `Required`	String	The target URL.
headers	Header[]	The headers that will be sent with the request.
login	String	The username required to connect to the server.
password	String	The password required to connect to the server.
port	String	The port for the connection.
post_data	String	The data that will be sent.
text	String	The text that should or should not be present in the response.
text_existence	Boolean	Defines whether the response should or should not contain given text. If set, the `text` argument is required.

YAML example for Web Monitoring

yaml
actions:
- action: "Check https://buddy.works/status status"
  type: "WEB"
  login: "owner@buddy.works"
  password: "supersecretpassword"
  headers:
  - name: "User-Agent"
    value: "Buddy"
  - name: "Content-Type"
    value: "application/json"
  post_data: "{\r\n   "test": true\r\n}"
  text: "fail"
  text_existence: true
  destination: "https://buddy.works/status"

Last modified on Mar 4, 2025

Wait for approval WebDAV