# Uptime Robot

Follow the steps below to configure a service so as to extract its related alert data from Uptime Robot.

Squadcast will then process this information to create incidents for this service as per your preferences.

### Using Uptime Robot as an Alert Source

1. Navigate to **Services** -> **Service Overview** -> select or search for your Service. Expand the accordion -> In the Alert Sources section, click **Add**.

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2\. Select **Uptime Robot.** Copy the displayed **Webhook URL** to [configure](#create-squadcast-webhook-in-uptime-robot-dashboard) it within **Uptime Robot.** Finish by clicking **Add Alert Source** -> **Done.**

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{% hint style="warning" %}
**Important:**

When an alert source turns Active, it’ll show up under Configured Alert Sources, you can either generate a test alert from the integration or wait for a real-time alert to be generated by the Alert Source. An Alert Source is active if there is a recorded incident via that Alert Source for the Service.
{% endhint %}

### Create Squadcast webhook in Uptime Robot dashboard

Go to your Uptime Robot dashboard and select **My Settings** and click on **Add Alert Contact** button in the **Alert Contact** tab.

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In the **New Alert Contact** page, Add the contact information as below.

table{ max-width: 100%; }

| Field                    | Value                                              |
| ------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------- |
| Alert Contact Type       | Webhook                                            |
| Friendly Name            | Squadcast                                          |
| URL to Notify            | URL from the previous step and append ? to the end |
| Enable Notifications for | Up & down events                                   |

For **POST Value (JSON Format)**, please paste the below JSON and make sure the **Send as JSON** checkbox is ticked and click **Create Alert Contact** button.

```json
{
	"monitorID": "*monitorID*",
	"monitorURL": "*monitorURL*",
	"monitorFriendlyName": "*monitorFriendlyName*",
	"alertType": "*alertType*",
	"alertTypeFriendlyName": "*alertTypeFriendlyName*",
	"alertDetails": "*alertDetails*",
	"alertDateTime": "*alertDateTime*",
	"alertDuration": "*alertDuration*"
}
```

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Then click on the **Edit** icon on the newly created webhook contact.

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In the **Edit Alert Contact** window, make sure the **Send as JSON** and **Send default variables as POST parameters** check boxes are ticked and the **Send default variables** as a query string checkbox is unchecked and click **Save** changes

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Then you can add the Alert contact to any monitor and whenever an alert is fired, an incident will get triggered in Squadcast. This integration comes with an **Auto-Resolve** feature, meaning, when the alert get resolved in Uptime Robot, it gets resolved in Squadcast as well.

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