Delete a monitor
curl --request DELETE \
--url https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search-monitoring/monitors/{monitor_id} \
--header 'X-API-KEY: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search-monitoring/monitors/{monitor_id}"
headers = {"X-API-KEY": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {'X-API-KEY': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search-monitoring/monitors/{monitor_id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search-monitoring/monitors/{monitor_id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"X-API-KEY: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search-monitoring/monitors/{monitor_id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("X-API-KEY", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search-monitoring/monitors/{monitor_id}")
.header("X-API-KEY", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search-monitoring/monitors/{monitor_id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["X-API-KEY"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"errors": [
{
"message": "Monitor not found"
}
],
"metadata": {
"request_id": "9f2c6b18-4e7a-4d05-8c31-0a6e5d2b91f4",
"timestamp": "2026-10-23T09:00:00Z"
}
}{
"errors": [
{
"message": "Cannot delete monitor with pending runs. Please wait until all pending runs finish."
}
],
"metadata": {
"request_id": "9f2c6b18-4e7a-4d05-8c31-0a6e5d2b91f4",
"timestamp": "2026-10-23T09:00:00Z"
}
}{
"errors": [
{
"message": "schedule.frequency: value is not a valid frequency"
}
],
"metadata": {
"request_id": "9f2c6b18-4e7a-4d05-8c31-0a6e5d2b91f4",
"timestamp": "2026-10-23T09:00:00Z"
}
}{
"errors": [
{
"message": "Internal server error"
}
],
"metadata": {
"request_id": "9f2c6b18-4e7a-4d05-8c31-0a6e5d2b91f4",
"timestamp": "2026-10-23T09:00:00Z"
}
}Manage
Delete a monitor
Permanently delete the monitor and its schedule.
You cannot delete a monitor while a run is still in progress. Wait for that run to finish. To pause scheduled runs without deleting the monitor, set status to inactive.
DELETE
/
v1
/
search-monitoring
/
monitors
/
{monitor_id}
Delete a monitor
curl --request DELETE \
--url https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search-monitoring/monitors/{monitor_id} \
--header 'X-API-KEY: <api-key>'import requests
url = "https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search-monitoring/monitors/{monitor_id}"
headers = {"X-API-KEY": "<api-key>"}
response = requests.delete(url, headers=headers)
print(response.text)const options = {method: 'DELETE', headers: {'X-API-KEY': '<api-key>'}};
fetch('https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search-monitoring/monitors/{monitor_id}', options)
.then(res => res.json())
.then(res => console.log(res))
.catch(err => console.error(err));<?php
$curl = curl_init();
curl_setopt_array($curl, [
CURLOPT_URL => "https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search-monitoring/monitors/{monitor_id}",
CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "DELETE",
CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
"X-API-KEY: <api-key>"
],
]);
$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);
curl_close($curl);
if ($err) {
echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
echo $response;
}package main
import (
"fmt"
"net/http"
"io"
)
func main() {
url := "https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search-monitoring/monitors/{monitor_id}"
req, _ := http.NewRequest("DELETE", url, nil)
req.Header.Add("X-API-KEY", "<api-key>")
res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
defer res.Body.Close()
body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)
fmt.Println(string(body))
}HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete("https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search-monitoring/monitors/{monitor_id}")
.header("X-API-KEY", "<api-key>")
.asString();require 'uri'
require 'net/http'
url = URI("https://api.bigdata.com/v1/search-monitoring/monitors/{monitor_id}")
http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true
request = Net::HTTP::Delete.new(url)
request["X-API-KEY"] = '<api-key>'
response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body{
"errors": [
{
"message": "Monitor not found"
}
],
"metadata": {
"request_id": "9f2c6b18-4e7a-4d05-8c31-0a6e5d2b91f4",
"timestamp": "2026-10-23T09:00:00Z"
}
}{
"errors": [
{
"message": "Cannot delete monitor with pending runs. Please wait until all pending runs finish."
}
],
"metadata": {
"request_id": "9f2c6b18-4e7a-4d05-8c31-0a6e5d2b91f4",
"timestamp": "2026-10-23T09:00:00Z"
}
}{
"errors": [
{
"message": "schedule.frequency: value is not a valid frequency"
}
],
"metadata": {
"request_id": "9f2c6b18-4e7a-4d05-8c31-0a6e5d2b91f4",
"timestamp": "2026-10-23T09:00:00Z"
}
}{
"errors": [
{
"message": "Internal server error"
}
],
"metadata": {
"request_id": "9f2c6b18-4e7a-4d05-8c31-0a6e5d2b91f4",
"timestamp": "2026-10-23T09:00:00Z"
}
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