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Trigger Check for TCP Monitor

Triggers an immediate check from one eligible monitoring location.

POST /api/tcp-monitors/:tcpMonitorPublicId/trigger-check

Authentication

Requires a valid session and write access.

  • Header: Authorization: Bearer <token>

Parameters

  • tcpMonitorPublicId (Path, required): TCP monitor public UUID.

Notes

  • The location is chosen deterministically from the currently active monitoring locations (filtered by the monitor's or customer's allowedCheckCountryCodes, if set).
  • Rate-limited per monitor via a short cooldown; retrying too soon returns 429.

cURL

curl -X POST "https://YOUR_DOMAIN/api/tcp-monitors/44444444-4444-4444-8444-444444444444/trigger-check" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $TOKEN"

Response

{
  "success": true,
  "message": "Check triggered successfully",
  "tcpMonitorId": 300,
  "locationCode": "de-nbg",
  "queueName": "tcp-monitor-checks-de-nbg"
}

Errors

  • 400 No eligible monitoring locations for the selected allowed countries
  • 401 Unauthorized
  • 403 Forbidden
  • 404 Not found
  • 429 Check recently triggered — retry after the cooldown (retryAfterMs on the error payload)
  • 500 / 503 Failed to trigger check (e.g. "No active monitoring locations available")

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