New Feature – Read-Only Api-Key.

Written by Tomas Koprusak 151 words | 1 min read Updated Nov 13, 2025

Uptime Robot provided 2 api-key types: a master api_key and monitor-specific api_key.

The master api_key can be used to perform almost every action exists in the dashboard and it must not be revealed for the security of the accounts.

Yet, there are cases where the api_key may needed to be revealed like using it in client-side code or sharing with customers. For this reason, monitor-specific api_keys (which can only use the getMonitors method for the given monitor) were introduced and they help a lot.

A new api_key type is added today to simplify the use further: Read-Only Api-Key.

Similar to monitor-specific api_keys, it can again only use the getMonitors method. Yet, it supports fetching data for all the monitors which is ideal for sharing it with teammates or using in client-side code which needs to deal with the data of multiple monitors.

Hope it helps :).

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Tomas Koprusak

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He has worked for Sygic as a marketer and co-led the implementation and development of a product acquired from a competitor. He has also worked as a freelance developer, helping clients from various areas. Tomas brings a wealth of industry experience to our team. He spent a few years in the blockchain industry, leading projects and marketing teams at multiple blockchain-based companies. He has presented products and managed deals in more than 10 countries around the world, managed the ICO, and built a successful marketing team at Fuergy that continues to thrive. Tomas managed a product team for the biggest job site in Slovakia, covering development and transformation to a new B2B app. Not only is Tomas skilled at web development, but he also has a deep understanding of SaaS businesses, which makes him an invaluable asset in shaping and leading various projects at UptimeRobot. His focus is always on the continual improvement of our service and user experience. In addition to his professional achievements, Tomas is a devoted father. His personal interests include cycling (he traveled around the whole country of Slovakia), playing guitar (he even played in a band), servicing bikes, music, and enjoying good beer.

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12 Comments

Miku May 15, 2019 at 3:19 pm

This is a very cool improvement.

Have you thought about a read-only account for dashboards? We have a few screens in our office displaying some monitoring charts and I'd love to have the Uptime Robot TV mode showing there as well, but I'd feel uncomfortable leaving the computer in our shared office logged on to Uptime Robot with administrator rights.

Nicolai May 22, 2019 at 3:19 pm

I guess you could use the "Public Status Page" feature for this.

Tom Jul 15, 2019 at 3:19 pm

Have you tried the "Public Status Page"?
Not as beautiful as the TV mode but maybe still suitable for you.

Jens Jul 31, 2019 at 3:19 pm

@Miku,

We use the public status pages for this purpose - might work for you.

Peter Aug 7, 2019 at 3:19 pm

You could create a password protected public dashboard. Then you could display that on the screens. You wont be logged in as an admin to display that dashboard.

Alex Aug 26, 2019 at 3:19 pm

First of all, thank you for this improvement!

Like Miku said, a read-only dashboard would be also a great improvement. We have the same need for such a feature.

Hanna May 19, 2019 at 5:10 pm

Awesome feature.....

cmstop Jul 3, 2019 at 5:03 am

Wow
that was really useful
thanks a lot

Laurent Destailleur Jul 21, 2019 at 8:02 pm

Thanks for taking into consideration the security.

We are still waiting a feature to post comments on an outage so it appears on the public status page as a flow (with a copy to a twitter account) and we will be able to completely abandon another service currently "duplicated" with up-time robot (that cost us really much than up-time robot).

Kristian - Community Manager Jun 9, 2020 at 8:02 pm

Hi Laurent,

thank you for reaching out to us! You should be already able to add announcements to your current status pages if we understand you correctly, but we are currently working on a complete redesign and there will be more features available :) so stay tuned!