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Observability & Monitoring
Monitor websites, track uptime, and detect changes in real-time
DevOps and SRE teams use Firecrawl to monitor websites, track availability, and detect critical changes across their digital infrastructure.
Start with a Template
Firecrawl Observer
Real-time website monitoring and intelligent change detection
Get started with the Firecrawl Observer template. Monitor websites and track changes in real-time.
How It Works
Use Firecrawl’s extraction capabilities to build observability systems for your websites. Extract page content, analyze changes over time, validate deployments, and create monitoring workflows that ensure your sites function correctly.What You Can Monitor
- Availability: Uptime, response times, error rates
- Content: Text changes, image updates, layout shifts
- Performance: Page load times, resource sizes, Core Web Vitals
- Security: SSL certificates, security headers, misconfigurations
- SEO Health: Meta tags, structured data, sitemap validity
Monitoring Types
Synthetic Monitoring
- User journey validation
- Transaction monitoring
- Multi-step workflows
- Cross-browser testing
Content Monitoring
- Text change detection
- Visual regression testing
- Dynamic content validation
- Internationalization checks
FAQs
How does Firecrawl help with website monitoring?
How does Firecrawl help with website monitoring?
Firecrawl extracts website content and structure on demand. Build monitoring systems that call Firecrawl’s API to check pages, compare extracted data against baselines, and trigger your own alerts when changes occur.
Can I monitor JavaScript-heavy applications?
Can I monitor JavaScript-heavy applications?
Yes! Firecrawl fully renders JavaScript, making it perfect for monitoring modern SPAs, React apps, and dynamic content. We capture the page as users see it, not just the raw HTML.
How quickly can I detect website issues?
How quickly can I detect website issues?
Firecrawl extracts data in real-time when called. Build your monitoring system to check sites at whatever frequency you need - from minute-by-minute for critical pages to daily for routine checks.
Can I validate specific page elements?
Can I validate specific page elements?
Yes. Use the extract API to pull specific elements like prices, inventory levels, or critical content. Build validation logic in your monitoring system to verify that important information is present and correct.
How can I integrate Firecrawl with alerting systems?
How can I integrate Firecrawl with alerting systems?
Firecrawl provides webhooks that you can use to build integrations with your alerting tools. Send extracted data to PagerDuty, Slack, email, or any monitoring platform by building connectors that process Firecrawl’s responses.
Related Use Cases
- Competitive Intelligence - Monitor competitor changes
- Product & E-commerce - Track inventory and pricing
- Data Migration - Validate migrations