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How to Add API Monitoring to an Express App in 5 Minutes (2026)

DEV Community: express·Ayo·3 days ago
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Step 2: Install the SDK One command: npm install pingoni Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode That's the entire install. No native dependencies, no agent to configure, no separate config file. Step 3: Add the middleware Two lines change in your app.js . Require the package at the top, then mount the middleware before your routes: const express = require ( " express " ); const pingoni = require ( " pingoni " ); const app = express (); app . use ( express . json ()); app . use ( pingoni ( process . env . PINGONI_API_KEY )); // ← add this app . get ( " / " , ( req , res ) => { res . json ({ status : " ok " }); }); // ... rest of your routes Enter fullscreen mode Exit fullscreen mode That's it. Every request to your app will now be captured: method, path, status code, response time, timestamp. Mounting the middleware before your routes means it wraps everything — including the static and JSON parsing middleware.…

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