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# Update a monitor for a business

PUT https://api.middesk.com/v1/businesses/{business_id}/monitor
Content-Type: application/json

Reference: https://docs.middesk.com/api-reference/business-verification/monitoring/update-business-monitor

## Authentication

- `Authorization` header (bearer token, required) — Bearer authentication of the form `Bearer <token>`, where token is your auth token.

## Request

### Path parameters

- `business_id` (string, required) — Business ID

### Body (application/json)

This endpoint expects a MonitoringEventTypesParam.

- `event_types` (list of string, required) — Array of event types to monitor, or ["*"] for all types

## Response

### 200

monitor updated

- `any`

## Errors

### 404 Update Business Monitor Request Not Found Error

monitor not found

- `errors` (list of ErrorResponseErrorsItem, required)

## Types

### ErrorResponseErrorsItem

- `message` (string, required)
- `parameter` (string, optional) — Request parameter associated with the error, when applicable

## Examples

**Request**

```json
{
  "event_types": [
    "event_types"
  ]
}
```

**Response**

```json
{
  "created_at": "2025-01-07T12:00:00.000Z",
  "event_types": [
    {
      "enabled_at": "2025-01-07T12:00:00.000Z",
      "status": "active",
      "type": "bankruptcy.created"
    },
    {
      "enabled_at": "2025-01-07T12:00:00.000Z",
      "status": "active",
      "type": "registration.changed"
    },
    {
      "status": "unavailable",
      "type": "watchlist.hit"
    },
    {
      "status": "pending",
      "type": "lien.created"
    }
  ],
  "id": "c9d0e1f2-a3b4-5678-2345-6789abcdef01",
  "object": "monitor"
}
```

**SDK Code**

```python Monitor updated
import requests

url = "https://api.middesk.com/v1/businesses/business_id/monitor"

payload = { "event_types": ["event_types"] }
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}

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

print(response.json())
```

```javascript Monitor updated
const url = 'https://api.middesk.com/v1/businesses/business_id/monitor';
const options = {
  method: 'PUT',
  headers: {Authorization: 'Bearer <token>', 'Content-Type': 'application/json'},
  body: '{"event_types":["event_types"]}'
};

try {
  const response = await fetch(url, options);
  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
} catch (error) {
  console.error(error);
}
```

```go Monitor updated
package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"strings"
	"net/http"
	"io"
)

func main() {

	url := "https://api.middesk.com/v1/businesses/business_id/monitor"

	payload := strings.NewReader("{\n  \"event_types\": [\n    \"event_types\"\n  ]\n}")

	req, _ := http.NewRequest("PUT", url, payload)

	req.Header.Add("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
	req.Header.Add("Content-Type", "application/json")

	res, _ := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)

	defer res.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(res.Body)

	fmt.Println(res)
	fmt.Println(string(body))

}
```

```ruby Monitor updated
require 'uri'
require 'net/http'

url = URI("https://api.middesk.com/v1/businesses/business_id/monitor")

http = Net::HTTP.new(url.host, url.port)
http.use_ssl = true

request = Net::HTTP::Put.new(url)
request["Authorization"] = 'Bearer <token>'
request["Content-Type"] = 'application/json'
request.body = "{\n  \"event_types\": [\n    \"event_types\"\n  ]\n}"

response = http.request(request)
puts response.read_body
```

```java Monitor updated
import com.mashape.unirest.http.HttpResponse;
import com.mashape.unirest.http.Unirest;

HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.put("https://api.middesk.com/v1/businesses/business_id/monitor")
  .header("Authorization", "Bearer <token>")
  .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
  .body("{\n  \"event_types\": [\n    \"event_types\"\n  ]\n}")
  .asString();
```

```php Monitor updated
<?php
require_once('vendor/autoload.php');

$client = new \GuzzleHttp\Client();

$response = $client->request('PUT', 'https://api.middesk.com/v1/businesses/business_id/monitor', [
  'body' => '{
  "event_types": [
    "event_types"
  ]
}',
  'headers' => [
    'Authorization' => 'Bearer <token>',
    'Content-Type' => 'application/json',
  ],
]);

echo $response->getBody();
```

```csharp Monitor updated
using RestSharp;

var client = new RestClient("https://api.middesk.com/v1/businesses/business_id/monitor");
var request = new RestRequest(Method.PUT);
request.AddHeader("Authorization", "Bearer <token>");
request.AddHeader("Content-Type", "application/json");
request.AddParameter("application/json", "{\n  \"event_types\": [\n    \"event_types\"\n  ]\n}", ParameterType.RequestBody);
IRestResponse response = client.Execute(request);
```

```swift Monitor updated
import Foundation

let headers = [
  "Authorization": "Bearer <token>",
  "Content-Type": "application/json"
]
let parameters = ["event_types": ["event_types"]] as [String : Any]

let postData = JSONSerialization.data(withJSONObject: parameters, options: [])

let request = NSMutableURLRequest(url: NSURL(string: "https://api.middesk.com/v1/businesses/business_id/monitor")! as URL,
                                        cachePolicy: .useProtocolCachePolicy,
                                    timeoutInterval: 10.0)
request.httpMethod = "PUT"
request.allHTTPHeaderFields = headers
request.httpBody = postData as Data

let session = URLSession.shared
let dataTask = session.dataTask(with: request as URLRequest, completionHandler: { (data, response, error) -> Void in
  if (error != nil) {
    print(error as Any)
  } else {
    let httpResponse = response as? HTTPURLResponse
    print(httpResponse)
  }
})

dataTask.resume()
```