# Beat to monitor APIs

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beat-to-monitor-apis/210902>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Created:** [December 6, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beat-to-monitor-apis/210902 "2019-12-06T14:16:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![RunningSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/0ea827/32.png) [@RunningSmurf](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/RunningSmurf)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 2:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beat-to-monitor-apis/210902/1 "2019-12-06T14:16:55Z")

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Good morning,

I would like to monitor APIs responses and performance, using the ELK stack. At first thought, it seems that a BEAT would be the best choice. Is there a BEAT that you know can be used to send API requests and monitor their responses? Thank you in advance!

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [January 3, 2020, 4:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/beat-to-monitor-apis/210902/2 "2020-01-03T16:17:09Z")

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