Is it permitted to do Remote Requests for Service Monitoring with Git Actions?

[Aklakan]

Hi, I have a repo that contains around 500 URLs of remote data services which occasionally I want to check for online/offline status (and in the future possibly query these services for metrics) and publish the results as an RDF dataset.

I did a proof of concept setup that only checks 5 URLs and its works: This dataset with service status is generated by a git action. However, of course I want to avoid a ban e.g. due to e.g. a violation of the terms-of-service or recurring overuse of quotas.

So is the use of git actions for connecting recurrently checking remote URLs permitted? For example: once every day - if there are per-hour-quotas, then distributed over several hours.

[weide-zhou]

Hi @aklakan ,

This is permitted. You can use github actions(eg: schedule event) to connect recurrently checking remote URLs.

AFAIK, since you’re monitoring 500URLs, what you should be aware is that the usage limit here(eg: 1000 API requests up…etc) and not exceeds the github hosted runner storage.

Hope it helps!