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Google Maps

Monitor Specs

Description
Tests Google Maps to validate that directions and static images can be retrieved and that geocoding from a physical address works as expected.
Name
gmaps
Packages
gmaps

Pre-Requisites

  1. Create your Metrist account. Either get an invitation from someone in your team or create an individual account.

  2. Install Metrist Orchestrator in your own environment.

  3. Configure Orchestrator with your Metrist API Token and environment variables relevant to this monitor.

  4. Register the monitor using Metrist Monitor API.

  5. Observe the monitor in your Metrist.io account.

Orchestrator Environment

In Orchestrator (the instance in which you want this monitor to run), ensure you have defined at least these environment variables:

sh
METRIST_API_TOKEN=""
METRIST_INSTANCE_ID=""
METRIST_RUN_GROUPS=""