search query in-order to find a Rest API down

[geethujosey]

I have a requirement to write a search query when the REST API got down and need to send an email alert for the same. Can anyone help me to do the search query as i am new to splunk.

[renjith_nair]

Do you have the events of "down" in splunk or do you need to explicitly call the rest endpoint to see if it works?

[geethujosey]

Hi renjith, need to explicitly call the rest endpoint to see if it works?

[renjith_nair]

You could use https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/1546/ and forward the result to Splunk. Once this is done, you could search the splunk events, you could look for unexpected errors and alert