Live API & URL Monitor

Stop Guessing. Know Your API Status.

Live monitor for your API endpoints and URLs. Check status, health, and availability in real-time, all within VS Code

Install on VS Code

Available on the VS Code Marketplace

Your Entire Stack's Health, at a Glance

Animation of the Live API & URL Monitor extension in VS Code, showing a tree view of APIs with real-time status indicators changing.

Powerful Features for Modern Development

Real-Time Monitoring

Set configurable intervals (seconds, minutes, or hours) to continuously check your endpoints and see their status update live.

Instant Notifications

Get native OS notifications the moment a service fails or recovers, so you can act immediately without keeping an eye on the screen.

Full Request Control

Configure everything: HTTP method, custom headers, query params, and request body. Perfect for monitoring authenticated APIs.

Advanced Logging

Review the detailed history of status changes with a comprehensive logging system, available per-item, per-folder, or globally.

Your Complete API Monitoring Toolkit

Organization

✓ Tree view with folders and subfolders
✓ Clean and accessible interface
✓ Context menus for quick actions
✓ Command Palette integration

Interoperability

✓ Import & Export items via JSON
✓ Import from cURL command
✓ Export any request as a cURL command
✓ Pause and Resume monitoring globally

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

No. Your privacy and security are paramount. All monitoring requests are sent directly from your local machine to the specified endpoint. No request data, URLs, or logs are ever transmitted to Box4Dev or any third-party service.

The extension is designed to be extremely lightweight. Monitoring is done via asynchronous network requests, and the resource usage is minimal, with no noticeable impact on VS Code's performance, even with many items being monitored.

Yes, absolutely. The extension supports full HTTP request customization, including setting custom headers (e.g., for `Authorization: Bearer <token>`), query parameters, and request bodies, allowing you to monitor protected endpoints.

Yes. You can easily export your entire monitoring configuration (folders and items) to a JSON file. Your team members can then import this file into their own VS Code instance to have the exact same monitoring setup.

Stop waiting for issues to be reported. Monitor them live.

Install on VS Code for Free