Show HN: I built a tool to easily monitor REST APIs, Solo in 2 Months

#1

Post by Sorasful » Tue, Aug 20, 2024, 9:56 PM UTC

Hey HN,

This summer, I spent 2 months bootstrapping Palantly, a tool designed to monitor REST APIs with just a line of code.

I was frustrated by how existing analytics tools like Plausible or Google Analytics only track page loads but don’t show API errors, usage, or regressions.

Palantly solves this problem by giving you real-time insights into your API’s performance.

It’s built with Python and Litestar & Svelte for the frontend.

I’d love your feedback and thoughts to improve it!

Thanks.

Show HN: I built a tool to easily monitor REST APIs, Solo in 2 Months
palantly.com

Re: Show HN: I built a tool to easily monitor REST APIs, Solo in 2 Months

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Post by XCSme » Tue, Aug 20, 2024, 11:47 PM UTC

That's interesting.

I was confused by the title, as, if I understand correctly, this is not a tool to monitor rest APIs, but a tool to track external HTTP requests sent from a website?

Re: Show HN: I built a tool to easily monitor REST APIs, Solo in 2 Months

#3

Post by Sorasful » Wed, Aug 21, 2024, 8:18 AM UTC

XCSme wrote: post #2

That's interesting. I was confused by the title, as, if I understand correctly, this is not a tool to monitor rest APIs, but a tool to track external HTTP requests sent from a website?

Interesting. I'll try to explain a bit more, maybe you can tell me if I should rephrase it.

When you visit a website, the website loads a script that intercepts the requests made from the website (like you said). It only intercepts HTTP requests, so most of these requests should be targeting APIs.

With these information, I create dashboards and charts.