curl --request POST \
  --url https://gdeltcloud.com/api/v2/monitors \
  --header 'Authorization: Bearer <token>' \
  --header 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  --data '
{
  "name": "<string>",
  "subject": {
    "params": {},
    "type": "query"
  },
  "trigger": {
    "type": "new_matches"
  },
  "schedule": {
    "timezone": "UTC",
    "daily_hour": 8
  },
  "delivery": {
    "email": true,
    "webhook_url": "<string>"
  }
}
'

import requests

url = "https://gdeltcloud.com/api/v2/monitors"

payload = {
    "name": "<string>",
    "subject": {
        "params": {},
        "type": "query"
    },
    "trigger": { "type": "new_matches" },
    "schedule": {
        "timezone": "UTC",
        "daily_hour": 8
    },
    "delivery": {
        "email": True,
        "webhook_url": "<string>"
    }
}
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)

print(response.text)

const options = {
  method: 'POST',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: JSON.stringify({
    name: '<string>',
    subject: {params: {}, type: 'query'},
    trigger: {type: 'new_matches'},
    schedule: {timezone: 'UTC', daily_hour: 8},
    delivery: {email: true, webhook_url: '<string>'}
  })
};

fetch('https://gdeltcloud.com/api/v2/monitors', options)
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(res => console.log(res))
  .catch(err => console.error(err));

{
  "success": true,
  "monitor": {
    "id": "5e1d3b89-9c34-4fa1-80fc-17f72f782b33",
    "organization_id": "88949d2a-4f00-45cb-9d23-2d242ddfe74d",
    "created_by": "c6951b53-952b-40bf-99fd-c9d97a176f38",
    "name": "Port disruption watch",
    "description": "New Events coding port closures and shipping disruption in the United States.",
    "enabled": true,
    "subject": {
      "type": "topic"
    },
    "criteria": {
      "data": "events",
      "search": "port closure shipping disruption",
      "countries": [
        "USA"
      ],
      "family_filters": {
        "cameoplus": {
          "domains": [
            "INFRASTRUCTURE"
          ],
          "subcategories": []
        }
      },
      "fatalities_only": false
    },
    "trigger": {
      "type": "new_matches"
    },
    "schedule": {
      "cadence": "hourly",
      "timezone": "UTC",
      "daily_hour": 8
    },
    "delivery": {
      "email": true,
      "webhook": {
        "configured": true,
        "endpoint": "https://example.com/gdelt-webhook",
        "consecutive_failures": 0,
        "last_success_at": "2026-08-23T14:05:00.000Z",
        "last_failure_at": null
      }
    },
    "created_at": "2026-08-23T13:00:00.000Z",
    "updated_at": "2026-08-23T14:05:00.000Z",
    "last_checked_at": "2026-08-23T14:00:00.000Z",
    "last_triggered_at": "2026-08-23T14:00:00.000Z",
    "legacy": false
  },
  "webhook_signing_secret": "whsec_returned_only_once"
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>",
  "details": {}
}

{
  "success": false,
  "error": "<string>",
  "code": "<string>",
  "details": {}
}