POST Pause / Resume / Run Now

Pause or resume a monitor's schedule, or trigger an immediate check

Three action endpoints control a monitor's schedule without editing its configuration.

POSThttps://api.anakin.io/v1/monitors/{id}/pause

Pause the schedule. The monitor stops checking until resumed. Returns the updated Monitor object with isActive: false.

POSThttps://api.anakin.io/v1/monitors/{id}/resume

Resume a paused monitor. Returns the updated Monitor object with isActive: true.

Returns 402 monitor_limit_reached if resuming would exceed your plan's active-monitor cap.

POSThttps://api.anakin.io/v1/monitors/{id}/run

Queue an immediate check now, independent of the schedule (the regular cadence is unaffected). A successful run also clears a stale sessionExpired flag.

Response

200 OK

{ "success": true, "jobId": "job_abc123xyz" }

Field	Type	Description
`jobId`	string	The scrape job enqueued for this check.

Errors

Status	`error`	When
`409`	`session_expired`	The monitor's saved browser session is no longer valid. Re-authenticate and re-select the session, then run again.
`404`	`not_found`	The monitor doesn't exist or isn't yours.

Code Examples

curl -X POST https://api.anakin.io/v1/monitors/b1e7c2a4-.../pause  -H "X-API-Key: your_api_key"
curl -X POST https://api.anakin.io/v1/monitors/b1e7c2a4-.../resume -H "X-API-Key: your_api_key"
curl -X POST https://api.anakin.io/v1/monitors/b1e7c2a4-.../run    -H "X-API-Key: your_api_key"

import requests

headers = {"X-API-Key": "your_api_key"}
base = "https://api.anakin.io/v1/monitors/b1e7c2a4-..."

requests.post(f"{base}/pause", headers=headers)
requests.post(f"{base}/resume", headers=headers)
run = requests.post(f"{base}/run", headers=headers).json()
print("Check queued:", run["jobId"])

const headers = { "X-API-Key": "your_api_key" };
const base = "https://api.anakin.io/v1/monitors/b1e7c2a4-...";

await fetch(`${base}/pause`, { method: "POST", headers });
await fetch(`${base}/resume`, { method: "POST", headers });
const run = await (await fetch(`${base}/run`, { method: "POST", headers })).json();
console.log("Check queued:", run.jobId);