Create ThousandEyes Page Load Test

For ThousandEyes to be able to stream data to Splunk, the data first needs to be collected by ThousandEyes. To achieve this, we need to create a ThousandEyes test. Refer to ThousandEyes documentation for test creation.

We are going to create a Page Load test that validates the availability of www.google.com.

API MethodUI Method

Use the ThousandEyes API through Postman to create the test programmatically.

Create Test via API

• Open the Create ThousandEyes Page Load Test request in your Postman collection
• Click Send to execute the API request

Copy Test ID

• Copy the testId from the API response

Agent Selection

You can use different agentId values using the ThousandEyes API List Agents. See more info for details.

Full description of the API request is available at ThousandEyes API Reference.

Use the ThousandEyes web interface to create the test.

Create Test via UI

• Click on Network & App Synthetics in the left navigation bar
• Select Test Settings from the dropdown menu
• Click the + Add New Test button
• Select Page Load from the test type options
• Configure Test Settings
  • Test Name: Enter a descriptive name (e.g., "Test Workshop")
  • URL: Enter https://www.google.com
  • In the Agents section, select a Cloud Agent
• Click Create New Test

Get Test ID

• After creating the test, click on the test name to view details
• In the URL bar, note the Test ID number (e.g., https://app.thousandeyes.com/network-app-synthetics/views/?testId=522030)
• Copy this Test ID for use in Postman variables

Save the Test ID in Postman

• In Postman, go to your collection Variables
• Find the ThousandEyes_test_id variable
• Paste the test ID in the Current Value field
• Click Save