Hosted Watch

Start a Watch

Tell Actobase what must stay right. Get the price and next step before paying.

Use this form when you want the scope, credit burn, and payment step worked out before anything starts running.

Watch Details

Contact Email

Auth Mode

Choose API key only when the caller is another system. Add email when you want receipts or recovery on the same account.

Watch Name

Target URL

Mode

Choose the simplest mode that can prove the state you care about.

HTTP 1 credit / check Basic uptime and endpoint checks. Good when you only care that the target responds. HTML 3 credits / check Checks page content and exact text. Good when one visible phrase or static marker should exist. AI HTML 30 credits / check Uses AI to judge the fetched page against a natural-language expectation. AI Image 100 credits / check Uses AI on a rendered screenshot. Best for visual states that are hard to describe with exact text.

Interval Seconds

Success Criteria

Destination Webhook URL

Optional. Leave blank if you only want the request created first.

What You Get Back

Immediate next steps

An account API key if the request is starting from zero.
The estimated monthly credit burn for the selected mode and interval.
The payment step: first paid watch, credits, or both.
Monitoring starts only after the required balance is in place.

Need direct HTTP instead of the form? Use /watch/api/start with JSON. Any text or visual expectation goes in expected_text.