Create a check group (V2)

Creates a new check group. You can add checks to the group by setting the "groupId" property of individual checks.

autoAssignAlertsboolean

Determines whether a new check will automatically be added as a subscriber to all existing alert channels when it gets created.

x-checkly-accountstring

Your Checkly account ID, you can find it at https://app.checklyhq.com/settings/account/general

Request body

namestring required

The name of the check group.

activatedboolean

Determines if the checks in the group are running or not.

mutedboolean

Determines if any notifications will be send out when a check in this group fails and/or recovers.

tagsstring[]

Tags for organizing and filtering checks.

locationsModel304[]

An array of one or more data center locations where to run the checks.

concurrencynumber

Determines how many checks are invoked concurrently when triggering a check group from CI/CD or through the API.

browserCheckDefaultsstring

runtimeId'2026.04' | '2025.04' | '2024.09' | '2024.02' | '2023.09' | '2023.02' | '2022.10' nullable

The runtime version, i.e. fixed set of runtime dependencies, used to execute checks in this group.

setupSnippetIdnumber nullable

An ID reference to a snippet to use in the setup phase of an API check in this group.

tearDownSnippetIdnumber nullable

An ID reference to a snippet to use in the teardown phase of an API check in this group.

localSetupScriptstring nullable

A valid piece of Node.js code to run in the setup phase of an API check in this group.

localTearDownScriptstring nullable

A valid piece of Node.js code to run in the teardown phase of an API check in this group.

privateLocationsstring[] nullable

An array of one or more private locations where to run the checks.

runParallelboolean nullable

When true, the checks in the group will run in parallel in all selected locations.

useGlobalAlertSettingsboolean nullable

When true, the checks in the group will use the alert settings that are configured on the account

doubleCheckboolean

Example request

{
  "name": "Check group",
  "tags": [
    "production"
  ],
  "locations": [
    "us-east-1",
    "eu-central-1"
  ],
  "apiCheckDefaults": {
    "url": "https://api.example.com/v1",
    "headers": [
      {
        "key": "Cache-Control",
        "value": "no-store"
      }
    ],
    "queryParameters": [
      {
        "key": "Page",
        "value": "1"
      }
    ],
    "assertions": [
      {
        "source": "STATUS_CODE",
        "comparison": "NOT_EMPTY",
        "target": "200"
      }
    ],
    "basicAuth": {
      "username": "admin",
      "password": "abc12345"
    }
  },
  "environmentVariables": [
    {
      "key": "API_KEY",
      "value": "bAxD7biGCZL6K60Q"
    }
  ],
  "alertChannelSubscriptions": [],
  "privateLocations": [
    "data-center-eu"
  ]
}

Response

Created

idnumber