How the Twitter API is really doing
Want to see how the Twitter API is performing? Just go to the Public Website Health Status page. Here’s how these pages work:
“A WatchMouse Public Status Page enables your organization to display information about the availability and performance of your critical services. You can post announcements, annotate current issues, and optionally set up a special host name (CNAME) so people can access the status page using your domain name, e.g. status.yourdomain.com. It is an easy control channel through which you can transparently inform visitors about the status of your sites and web services.
The Public Status Pages are based on the WatchMouse website monitoring service. Any sites and services that are monitored by WatchMouse, can be displayed on a Public Status Page. Normal performance is represented with a green tick icon. When a monitor returns an confirmed error, the Public Status Page will display a red exclamation mark icon. As soon as the monitor detects a return to normal performance, the Public Status Page will update and revert to the green tick icon. Poor performance (e.g. a slowly loading site) is represented with an orange icon. The definition of “slow” is defined by your own organization, for each individual monitor.
Whenever your organization experiences a performance or availability issue, you can annotate it in your WatchMouse account and the information (e.g. ‘our technicians are working on a solution. We expect the service to be back to normal by 16:00’) will be pushed to your Public Status Page. Announcements can also be added through an RSS feed.”
