Protect your E-commerce revenue streams and checkouts.
What is it? Advanced POST request monitoring allowing you to send custom JSON payloads and secure Authorization Headers to test complex backend logic.
Your website homepage might load perfectly (HTTP 200), but your Stripe checkout API might be broken. Customers can't buy, standard monitors stay silent, and you suffer silent, catastrophic revenue loss.
Understanding the Technology
Standard uptime monitoring relies on HTTP GET requests, which only verify if a web server is responding. However, modern SaaS and E-commerce platforms are driven by complex REST and GraphQL APIs. An API endpoint requires specific HTTP methods (like POST or PUT), authenticated headers (Bearer Tokens), and strictly formatted JSON bodies to function. If a database schema changes or a third-party payment gateway fails, the API will break, even if the website itself remains online.
PingStag provides deep API observability by simulating actual transactional logic. Engineers can configure PingStag to inject precise JSON payloads (such as a mock purchase request) into their endpoints, coupled with the necessary API keys. PingStag then evaluates the backend's response. This proactive 'synthetic monitoring' ensures that not only is the server running, but the actual business logic—the mechanism that generates revenue—is fully operational.