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JK_40718
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May 01, 2014

Health Monitors for Web Applications

When monitoring web applications should I use a basic HTTP monitor to find a string on a dynamic page or a SOAP query?  
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JK_40718
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May 01, 2014

Lets say I have a web app which uses SOAP and the developer gives me a SOAP query I can use to detect if the app is working correctly. Surely I would use the SOAP monitor.

 

Is it as clear cut as that? Or is HTTP checking a dynamic web page just as good.

 

I am interested in people who use both methods and have experience with how reliable each method is.