updownio project

updownio is a free and open-source, it’s a python wrapper for the updown.io API.

Installation

pip install updownio

Environment variables

Variable	Description	Default
UPDOWN_ACCEPT	HTTP Accept request-header	application/json
UPDOWN_ACCEPT_ENCODING	HTTP Accept-Encoding request-header	gzip
UPDOWN_API_KEY	API key for authentication
UPDOWN_ENDPOINT	API Endpoint	https://updown.io
UPDOWN_TIMEOUT	Request timeout in seconds	60

Usage

Import library

import updownio

Initialize service with arguments

updown_checks = updownio.service('checks',
                                 api_key  = 'xxxxxxxxxxx',
                                 endpoint = 'https://example.org/api',
                                 timeout  = 3600)

Endpoints

Checks

List all your checks

checks = updownio.service('checks').list()

Show a single check

Select check by token

check = updownio.service('checks').show(token = 'xxxx')

or by URL

check = updownio.service('checks').show(url = 'https://example.org')

Get all the downtimes of a check

Select downtimes by token

check = updownio.service('checks').downtimes(token = 'xxxx'
                                             params = {'page': 1,
                                                       'results': False})

or by URL

check = updownio.service('checks').downtimes(url = 'https://example.org')

Get detailed metrics about the check

Select metrics by token

check = updownio.service('checks').metrics(token = 'xxxx',
                                           params = {'from': '2022-12-16 15:11:17 +0100',
                                                     'to': '2023-01-16 15:11:17 +0100',
                                                     'group': 'host'})

or by URL

check = updownio.service('checks').metrics(url = 'https://example.org')

Add a new check

check = updownio.service('checks').add('https://example.org',
                                       data = {'apdex_t': 2.0,
                                               'disabled_locations': ['fra', 'syd'],
                                               'period': 3600,
                                               'recipients': ['email:xxxxxxxx', 'slack:xxxxxxxx']})

Update a check

Select check by token

check = updownio.service('checks').update(token = 'xxxx',
                                          data = {'apdex_t': 1.0,
                                                  'disabled_locations': ['fra', 'syd'],
                                                  'recipients': ['email:xxxxxxxx', 'slack:xxxxxxxx']})

or by URL

check = updownio.service('checks').update(url = 'https://example.org',
                                          data = {'apdex_t': 1.0,
                                                  'disabled_locations': ['fra', 'syd'],
                                                  'recipients': ['email:xxxxxxxx', 'slack:xxxxxxxx']})

Delete a check

Select check by token

updownio.service('checks').delete(token = 'xxxx')

or by URL

updownio.service('checks').delete(url = 'https://example.org')

Nodes

List all updown.io monitoring nodes

nodes = updownio.service('nodes').list()

List all updown.io monitoring nodes IPv4 addresses

nodes = updownio.service('nodes').ipv4()

List all updown.io monitoring nodes IPv6 addresses

nodes = updownio.service('nodes').ipv6()

Recipients

List all the possible alert recipients/channels on your account

recipients = updownio.service('recipients').list()

Add a new recipient

recipients = updownio.service('recipients').add(xtype = 'email',
                                                value = 'xxxxxxxx',
                                                data = {'selected': True})

Delete a recipient

updownio.service('recipients').delete(xid = 'email:xxxxxxxx')

Status pages

List all your status pages

status_pages = updownio.service('status_pages').list()

Add a new status page

status_page = updownio.service('status_pages').add(['xxxx', 'yyyy', 'zzzz'],
                                                   data = {'name': 'foo',
                                                           'description': 'bar'})

Update a status page

status_page = updownio.service('status_pages').update(token = 'xxxx',
                                                      data = {'checks': ['xxxx', 'zzzz'],
                                                              'name': 'spam',
                                                              'description': 'ham'})

Delete a status page

updownio.service('status_pages').delete(token = 'xxxx')