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title: Manage synthetic monitors via API
source: https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/synthetics/synthetic-monitoring/administration/synthetics-api
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We have two options for managing your New Relic synthetic monitors via API:

-   NerdGraph (recommended): this is the primary and recommended way. See [our NerdGraph synthetics tutorial](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/apis/nerdgraph/examples/nerdgraph-synthetics-tutorial).
-   REST API: Some customers prefer to use our older REST API. See [Synthetics REST API](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/apis/synthetics-rest-api/monitor-examples/manage-synthetics-monitors-rest-api)

For an overview of all our available APIs, see [Intro to APIs](https://docs.newrelic.com/docs/apis/getting-started/introduction-new-relic-apis).