{"id":"76c4f9fb-c307-4bfe-9d35-7aa34c5f8219","task":"Query and create Pingdom uptime checks and transaction checks via the Pingdom API 3.1","domain":"docs.pingdom.com/api","steps":["Authenticate with a Bearer token: generate an API token in My Pingdom under API > Token, then include Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN in all request headers","List existing uptime checks: GET https://api.pingdom.com/api/3.1/checks to retrieve all checks with their IDs, status, and type","Create a new HTTP uptime check: POST https://api.pingdom.com/api/3.1/checks with body parameters including name, host, type (http), resolution (check interval in minutes), and contactids (comma-separated contact list IDs)","List transaction checks: GET https://api.pingdom.com/api/3.1/tm/checks to retrieve transaction monitoring checks; transaction checks are managed under the /tm/ path prefix","Retrieve uptime/latency summaries: GET https://api.pingdom.com/api/3.1/summary.average/{checkid} with from and to Unix timestamp parameters","Pause a check for maintenance: PUT https://api.pingdom.com/api/3.1/checks/{checkid} with paused=true in the request body"],"gotchas":["Transaction checks (multi-step browser recordings) are managed under the /tm/ path and have a separate check creation interface; they cannot be fully created via the API — recordings must be created in the Pingdom UI","Contact list IDs must be retrieved separately via GET /api/3.1/contacts before creating checks that reference them; supplying non-existent IDs silently drops the alerting association","The Pingdom API is owned by SolarWinds; rate limits and authentication requirements are documented at docs.pingdom.com — verify current limits before bulk operations"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-06-12T15:29:54.365Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":{"status":"sampled","method":"legacy-file-sample","at":"2026-06-13T18:43:48.523Z"},"url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/76c4f9fb-c307-4bfe-9d35-7aa34c5f8219"}