UptimeRobot API
Dev Utilities Free key (no card)
AuthenticationFree key (no card)
Rate limit10 API requests per minute on the free plan.
Documentation: uptimerobot.com ยท Checked Sep 13, 2026
About
UptimeRobot watches your websites and servers and pings you when they go offline. The free plan covers 50 monitors checked every 5 minutes, and the API lets you create monitors, read status, and pull uptime stats from your own apps. Free plan is for personal/non-commercial use.
Details
Free to start. You may need a free key, but no credit card.
Auth: Free key (no card)
Rate limit: 10 API requests per minute on the free plan.
Verified: 2026-09-13
Best for: personal
Setup
- Sign up free at uptimerobot.com.
- Go to My Settings and copy your Main API Key.
- Add your first monitor in the dashboard (website URL + check interval).
- Call the API with your key to list monitors: POST https://api.uptimerobot.com/v3/getMonitors.
Example
POST https://api.uptimerobot.com/v3/getMonitors with {"api_key": "YOUR_KEY"}Use cases
- Monitoring personal websites and servers
- Uptime dashboards
- Automated alerting for hobby projects