Platform · 3 November 2026

Better Stack's monitors API over Uptime checks

Better Stack Uptime API calls for monitors (GET and POST /api/v2/monitors; GET, PATCH and DELETE /api/v2/monitors/{id}) run against Runtime Uptime checks at /compat/betterstack with a Runtime API key as the bearer token. Status and keyword monitors are mapped: URL, name, HTTP method, check frequency, request timeout, regions and required keyword. Any other field set in a request, including paused: true and follow_redirects: true, returns 400 with a message that names the field. Only a keyword monitor checks required_keyword, as on Better Stack; a keyword monitor requires it, and a monitor changed to status stops checking for it. A monitor's url can't be changed; delete the monitor and create a new one.