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Getting started with MetricPoints

Introduction to MetricPoints

MetricPoints is a website monitoring platform that helps you track browser events, monitor Content Security Policy (CSP) violations, watch performance signals, and understand site health from one dashboard.

Key Features

  • Browser Event Tracking: Monitor JavaScript events with grouped reports and debugging context
  • CSP Monitoring: Track Content Security Policy violations and optimize your browser protections
  • Managed CSP on csp-heal: Use the hosted CSP option when server or CDN headers are hard to change
  • Performance Metrics: Monitor Core Web Vitals and other performance indicators
  • Site Health: Follow uptime, SSL, DNS, domains, and security-header signals
  • Site Incident Alerts: Route open site incidents to email, Slack webhooks, or SMS where your package allows
  • Team Collaboration: Share insights with your development team

Getting Started

To start using MetricPoints, you'll need to:

  1. Create an account at metricpoints.com
  2. Choose a monitoring plan that fits your sites
  3. Create a site and copy the generated install details
  4. For browser telemetry, install the hosted browser beacon or unified WordPress plugin
    <script src="https://metricpoints.com/js/metric-points-browser-beacon.min.js"></script>

    or use the MetricPoints Browser Beacon WordPress plugin

  5. For CSP monitoring, set up your CSP reporting endpoint
    Content-Security-Policy: default-src 'self'; report-uri https://metricpoints.com/api/csp-reports/YOUR_API_KEY
  6. For hosted CSP management, enable the separate csp-heal option and install its generated heal-token snippet
  7. Configure site incident alerts from each site's Alerts tab
  8. Start monitoring your website and review health, protection, and diagnostic evidence as reports arrive.