{"id":5452,"date":"2024-04-19T06:43:34","date_gmt":"2024-04-19T10:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog1.statusgator.com\/blog\/?p=5452"},"modified":"2024-08-29T07:14:28","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T11:14:28","slug":"now-in-the-api-website-monitor-configurations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/statusgator.com\/blog\/now-in-the-api-website-monitor-configurations\/","title":{"rendered":"Now in the API: Website monitor configurations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As you may know, StatusGator has two monitor types at present: <a href=\"https:\/\/statusgator.com\/features\/cloud-monitoring\">Cloud service monitors<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/statusgator.com\/features\/website-monitoring\">website monitors<\/a>. 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