api-monitoring-bots

To monitor a REST API for new listings and price changes, you can poll the API periodically using a cron job to detect state updates and trigger alerts when new items appear. The system uses id-based deduplication to prevent duplicate notifications.

Yes, you can get real-time API alerts sent directly to Telegram. The polling loop supports standalone real-time monitoring via Telegram for immediate notifications across use cases like price watches and service status, alongside cron-based periodic checks.

API polling handles duplicate alerts by using id-based deduplication and a lightweight state store to track seen items. This state persistence ensures that only new items or actual status updates trigger notifications, preventing redundant alerts.

The best way to set up periodic API polling for service status monitoring is configuring a cron job at your desired interval. The lightweight polling loop is guarded with timeouts and error handling to reliably detect changes and notify stakeholders.

No, you do not need any external dependencies to poll APIs and alert on state changes. The skill operates independently with a lightweight polling loop, a simple state store, and built-in error handling without requiring additional component packages.

API monitoring may stop working when the endpoint is slow because the polling loop is guarded with timeouts and error handling. These safeguards prevent the monitoring process from hanging indefinitely during network issues or delayed API responses.