This page describes the API used to create multiple Synthetic web monitoring jobs using a single API request.

Create Multiple Synthetic Jobs

Creates multiple Synthetic jobs with the specified JSON payload.

Resource URL

POST /v1/synthetic/schedule/batch

Request/Response Format

JSON

Example

{
  "schedules": [
    {
      "scheduleRunConfigs": [
        {
          "rate": {
            "value": 15,
            "unit": "MINUTES"
          },
          "daysOfWeek": [
            "SUN",
            "WED",
            "FRI",
            "MON",
            "THUR",
            "SAT",
            "TUES"
          ],
          "timezone": "UTC"
        }
      ],
      "description": "appd1",
      "appKey": "appKey",
      "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"
      ],
      "captureVisualMetrics": true,
      "simulateMobileBrowser": false,
      "networkProfile": {
        "name": "Native",
        "downloadKbps": 5000,
        "uploadKbps": 1000,
        "roundtripTimeMillis": 28,
        "packetLossPercent": 0,
        "isDefault": false
      },
      "timeoutSeconds": 30,
      "performanceCriteria": {
        "retestOnWarning": false,
        "retestOnCritical": false,
        "criterion": []
      },
      "composableConfig": {
        "numBeforeConfirmedError": 0,
        "resourceErrorDetection": {
          "ignoreWhen": {
            "resourceUrlContains": [],
            "resourceMimeType": []
          },
          "onlyWhen": {
            "resourceUrlContains": [],
            "resourceMimeType": []
          }
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}
JSON
[
  {
    "status": "200",
    "errorMessage": "null",
    "scheduleId": "ID"
  },
  {
    "status": "422",
    "errorMessage": "timeout field value exceeds range",
    "scheduleId": "null"
  }
]
JSON

Request Parameters

Parameter NameParameter TypeValueDescriptionMandatory Request
scheduleRunConfigs-

No
  rate-

No
    valuenumber

Minutes: 1 - 60

Hours: 1 - 24

Days: "null"


No
    unitStringMinutes, Hours, or Days
No
  daysOfWeekString"SUN", "MON", "TUES", "WED", "THUR", "FRI", "SAT"
No
  timeRangeString
Between hh:mm AM/PM to hh:mm AM/PMNo
  timezoneString"UTC"GMT +/-hh:mmNo
  startTimeString
dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm AM/PM No
  endTimeString
dd/mm/yyyy hh:mm AM/PMNo
descriptionStringJob nameName of the jobYes

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. 

Yes
urlString"null" or URL to monitor

The URL that you want to monitor.

When you use this parameter, the value of the script parameter must be null.

Yes
scriptString

"null" or python-based selenium script to monitor

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 parameter must be null.

Yes
  contentTypeString"null" or "INLINE_PYTHON_3"

If the url value is not null (URL job), the content type is null

If the script value is not null (script job), the content type is "INLINE_PYTHON_3"

Yes
  scriptString"null" or Python scriptPython-based selenium script for the scripted jobsYes
  credentialPlaceholdersString

Yes
apiMetadataStringScript object of the web monitoring job 
No
browserCodesString

Use the following Synthetic internal browser codes:

  • Chrome: Chrome
  • Internet Explorer: IE11
  • Firefox: Firefox
  • Mobile: Chrome.DeviceEmulation

Yes
chromeVersionsStringChrome browser version 86
Yes
locationCodesString

Synthetic internal location codes of each agent location. See Location Codes.


Yes
captureVisualMetricsBoolean
true or false
No
simulateMobileBrowserBooleantrue or false
No

networkProfile

String
 "name": "Native",
 "downloadKbps": 5000,
 "uploadKbps": 1000,
 "roundtripTimeMillis": 28,
 "packetLossPercent": 0,
 "isDefault": false
No

  name

StringCustom, Pixel, iPad, iPhone SEName of the deviceNo

  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/537.36No
  downloadKbpsNumberNumberDownload bandwidth in kbpsNo
  uploadKbpsNumberNumberUpload bandwidth in kbpsNo
  roundtripTimeMillisNumberNumberLatency in millisecondsNo
  packetLossPercentNumber0 - 100Packet loss percentageNo
  isDefaultBooleantrue or false
No
timeoutSecondsNumber5 - 300SecondsNo
performanceCriteria-

No
  retestOnWarningBooleantrue or falseRe-test on warning eventNo
  retestOnCriticalBooleantrue or falseRe-test on critical eventNo
  criterionString

No
composableConfig-
You can use this parameter to configure: 
  • Custom Retry
  • Availability Rules
No
  numBeforeConfirmedErrorNumber0, 1, 2, 3, 5, or 10Number of retriesNo
  resourceErrorDetection-

No
    ignoreWhen-

No
      resourceUrlContainsStringComma separated listList of resource URLsNo
      resourceMimeTypeString

No
    onlyWhen-

No
      resourceUrlContainsStringComma separated listList of resource URLsNo
      resourceMimeTypeString

No

Response Status Codes

Code

Description

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