diff --git a/Types-of-Monitoring.md b/Types-of-Monitoring.md index 2b872b7..63c6859 100644 --- a/Types-of-Monitoring.md +++ b/Types-of-Monitoring.md @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ # HTTP Endpoints -You can monitor your application by using a simple HTTP GET to the endpoint to return back a response and status code. Normally you want a 200 status code on an HTTP request. +You can monitor your application by using a simple HTTP GET to the endpoint to return back a response and status code. Normally you want a 200 status code on an HTTP request. You might want to require a 404 or 500 error as a response code though. With each service you can include a Timeout in seconds to work with your long running services. # HTTP Endpoints with Custom POST For more advanced monitoring you can add a data as a HTTP POST request. This is useful for automatically submitting JSON, or making sure your signup form is working correctly.