Locations
API Check Locations
Why Run API Checks from Multiple Locations?
Running API checks from multiple locations is crucial for understanding how your API performs globally. It helps you identify response time degradation from different locations due to latency and ensures that your API is performing optimally for users around the world.
How to Configure Locations for API Checks
In the Locations section of a check, tick one or more locations (each region heading also has an All link). A new check starts with N. Virginia (us-east-1) selected. Free and Starter plans allow up to 6 locations per check, Professional up to 22. Each location runs the check separately, so every extra location uses more of your monthly runs.
By default, one failing location marks the whole run as failed, so you are told about problems wherever they occur. A multi-location threshold can raise this; see Check Retries and Alert Thresholds.
Recommended Practice
It is recommended to run an API check from at least two locations to gain better insights into the latency and performance of your application from different geographical regions.
Available Locations
The check runs from every location you select.
N. America / S. America
- 🇺🇸 N. VIRGINIA (US EAST): us-east-1
- 🇺🇸 OHIO (US EAST): us-east-2
- 🇺🇸 N. CALIFORNIA (US WEST): us-west-1
- 🇨🇦 CANADA: ca-central-1
- 🇧🇷 SÃO PAULO: sa-east-1
Europe
- 🇩🇪 FRANKFURT: eu-central-1
- 🇮🇪 IRELAND: eu-west-1
- 🇬🇧 LONDON: eu-west-2
- 🇮🇹 MILAN: eu-south-1
- 🇫🇷 PARIS: eu-west-3
- 🇪🇸 SPAIN: eu-south-2
- 🇸🇪 STOCKHOLM: eu-north-1
- 🇨🇠ZURICH: eu-central-2
Asia Pacific
- ðŸ‡ðŸ‡° HONG KONG: ap-east-1
- 🇮🇳 HYDERABAD: ap-south-2
- 🇮🇩 JAKARTA: ap-southeast-3
- 🇮🇳 MUMBAI: ap-south-1
- 🇯🇵 OSAKA: ap-northeast-3
- 🇰🇷 SEOUL: ap-northeast-2
- 🇸🇬 SINGAPORE: ap-southeast-1
- 🇦🇺 SYDNEY: ap-southeast-2
- 🇯🇵 TOKYO: ap-northeast-1
Middle East / Africa
- 🇧🇠BAHRAIN: me-south-1
- 🇦🇪 UAE: me-central-1
- 🇮🇱 TEL AVIV: il-central-1
- 🇿🇦 CAPE TOWN: af-south-1
Benefits of Multiple Locations
- Latency Insights: Understand how latency affects your API's performance from different parts of the world.
- Global Performance: Ensure that your API provides a consistent experience for users globally.
- Issue Detection: Quickly identify and resolve issues that may only occur in specific regions.
By configuring your API checks to run from multiple locations, you can ensure that your API is reliable and performs well for all your users, no matter where they are located.