Pingdom API create check via curl

Question

I am creating a pingdom check via api, however there seems like the http attributes are not getting accepted, not sure if I am missing something in the syntax. Here's the curl i used,

curl -X POST -u 'your@email:yourpassword' -H "app-key: app-key" -d 'name=new&type=http&port=443&host=www.mydomain.com' https://api.pingdom.com/api/2.0/checks

The check is getting created however the HTTPPort is still a default one. Can someone suggest any solution to fix.

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When created via GUI, it allows to add a port for HTTP, following ig the get request for one of the checks created via GUI,

{"check":{"id":1915300,"name":"test123","resolution":1,"sendtoemail":true,"sendtosms":false,"sendtotwitter":false,"sendtoiphone":false,"sendtoandroid":false,"sendnotificationwhendown":4,"notifyagainevery":60,"notifywhenbackup":true,"created":1450100471,"use_legacy_notifications":true,"type":{"http":{"url":"\/","encryption":true,"port":443,"requestheaders":{"User-Agent":"Pingdom.com_bot_version_1.4_(http:\/\/www.pingdom.com\/)"}}},"hostname":"mydomain.com","contactids":[10383440,10233710],"ipv6":false,"status":"up","lasterrortime":1453959166,"lasttesttime":1456295446,"lastresponsetime":151,"alert_policy":1077635,"alert_policy_name":"Alert immediately","acktimeout":0,"autoresolve":0,"tags":[],"probe_filters":[]}}

Here Port 443 is assigned to HTTP type.

Answer 1

I can see your are trying with port=443, and this 443 port is for ssl (https). You can not use it for http. Try with other ports and it should work for you.

TCP port 443 is the standard TCP port that is used for website which use SSL. When you go to a website which uses the https at the beginning you are connecting to port 443