---
title: "Create a monitor for a business"
method: POST
path: "/v1/businesses/{business_id}/monitor"
tags: ["monitoring"]
---

# Create a monitor for a business

`POST /v1/businesses/{business_id}/monitor`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.middesk.com`
- URL: `https://api.middesk.com/v1/businesses/{business_id}/monitor`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/middesk/apis/middesk-api/docs/v1/businesses/:business_id/monitor/post.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Path parameters

- `business_id` string, required

## Request body

- MonitoringEventTypesParam
  - `event_types` string[], required: Array of event types to monitor, or ["*"] for all types

## Response `201`

monitor created

- unknown

## Changes

- **2026-09-17** `4c9cd4e834ba`: 1 warning, 1 info
  - deleted the `header` request parameter `Authorization`
  - the endpoint scheme security `bearer_auth` was added to the API
- **2026-09-12** `668373c892ce`: 1 info
  - api operation id `createBusinessMonitor` removed and replaced with `monitoring_createBusinessMonitor`

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/middesk/apis/middesk-api/changes/v1/businesses/:business_id/monitor/post.md)

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