A wizard that would prompt for API inputs and create an API call, along with a JSON/XML parser to glean data from the response and assign it to a monitored node.
Need your input for refinement. And GO!
So kinda like the concept of postman/other browser based API tools but integrated into SAM, jmeredith ? Clarification: I like it.
Sounds like a good idea that may be rather complicated to implement. But please don't implement it like so many of the code writing programs that take what should be a simple 3 or 4 lines of code and turn it into pages and pages of code.
This would be awesome. I'm having to start looking at other tools as many of my companies apps are going to API based architecture and I can't use SAM to cover them.
If you have an API, generally speaking solarwinds *can* poll it - this would just make it easier.
I think it would be good if it is open API component monitor, as more applications are API centric now and having this type of SAM component monitor would be very useful.
yes, this is exactly what I'm looking for right now.
One of my monitored Linux based applications only provides an API call system to be able to poll instead of SNMP OIDs.
Being able to setup the component monitor in the same manner as the Firefox RESTClient add-on would make us non-programmer types be able to do this so much easier.
bump...
bump end quarter of 2018
We have several apis that have health endpoints we use on a regular basis. Monitoring these endpoints would give our service desk better notice if there is a problem.
All of our endpoints return some form of json, so that would be great if there was a parser.
APIIIIIIsssss .......
All the APIs. All of them!
(Need the ability to include custom headers and such within the wizard)
If there is no component wizard, how do you monitor an API?
Thanks
JSON parser please.
Would love to see this.
For those of you who voted on this particular THWACK request - I am happy to let you know there is a beta available today with sneak peeks around this functionality! SAM Beta1 is now Available!
vote for your favorite Azure api here:
branfarm wrote:JSON parser please.
branfarm wrote:
Do you feel like you're comfortable with JsonPath syntax out of curiosity?
IT’S THAT TIME AGAIN! SOLARWINDS ORION DEV-ASSISTED UPGRADES ARE HERE!
In SAM 2019.4 and 2020.2, we've added initial support for the API poller and then additional improvements. While not a component monitor, it has a streamlined workflow to handle API responses and pull them into monitoring.
SAM 2020.2 is GA today https://thwack.solarwinds.com/t5/SAM-Documents/Server-amp-Application-Monitor-SAM-2020-2-is-Now-Generally/ta-p/593800 and we certainly expect more ongoing enhancements. Make sure you take a look and file feature requests for what you'd like to see in API polling for future releases!
Why "SAM API Polling" is not a component type in SAM templates ?
