## Create Monitor Group

`load_balancers.monitor_groups.create(MonitorGroupCreateParams**kwargs)  -> MonitorGroup`

**post** `/accounts/{account_id}/load_balancers/monitor_groups`

Create a new monitor group.

### Parameters

- `account_id: str`

  Identifier.

- `id: str`

  The ID of the Monitor Group to use for checking the health of origins within this pool.

- `description: str`

  A short description of the monitor group

- `members: Iterable[Member]`

  List of monitors in this group

  - `enabled: bool`

    Whether this monitor is enabled in the group

  - `monitor_id: str`

    The ID of the Monitor to use for checking the health of origins within this pool.

  - `monitoring_only: bool`

    Whether this monitor is used for monitoring only (does not affect pool health)

  - `must_be_healthy: bool`

    Whether this monitor must be healthy for the pool to be considered healthy

  - `created_at: Optional[Union[str, datetime]]`

    The timestamp of when the monitor was added to the group

  - `updated_at: Optional[Union[str, datetime]]`

    The timestamp of when the monitor group member was last updated

### Returns

- `class MonitorGroup: …`

  - `id: str`

    The ID of the Monitor Group to use for checking the health of origins within this pool.

  - `description: str`

    A short description of the monitor group

  - `members: List[Member]`

    List of monitors in this group

    - `enabled: bool`

      Whether this monitor is enabled in the group

    - `monitor_id: str`

      The ID of the Monitor to use for checking the health of origins within this pool.

    - `monitoring_only: bool`

      Whether this monitor is used for monitoring only (does not affect pool health)

    - `must_be_healthy: bool`

      Whether this monitor must be healthy for the pool to be considered healthy

    - `created_at: Optional[datetime]`

      The timestamp of when the monitor was added to the group

    - `updated_at: Optional[datetime]`

      The timestamp of when the monitor group member was last updated

  - `created_at: Optional[datetime]`

    The timestamp of when the monitor group was created

  - `updated_at: Optional[datetime]`

    The timestamp of when the monitor group was last updated

### Example

```python
import os
from cloudflare import Cloudflare

client = Cloudflare(
    api_token=os.environ.get("CLOUDFLARE_API_TOKEN"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
monitor_group = client.load_balancers.monitor_groups.create(
    account_id="023e105f4ecef8ad9ca31a8372d0c353",
    id="id",
    description="Primary datacenter monitors",
    members=[{
        "enabled": True,
        "monitor_id": "monitor_id",
        "monitoring_only": False,
        "must_be_healthy": True,
    }],
)
print(monitor_group.id)
```

#### Response

```json
{
  "errors": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "messages": [
    {
      "code": 1000,
      "message": "message",
      "documentation_url": "documentation_url",
      "source": {
        "pointer": "pointer"
      }
    }
  ],
  "result": {
    "id": "id",
    "description": "Primary datacenter monitors",
    "members": [
      {
        "enabled": true,
        "monitor_id": "monitor_id",
        "monitoring_only": false,
        "must_be_healthy": true,
        "created_at": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
        "updated_at": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z"
      }
    ],
    "created_at": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z",
    "updated_at": "2014-01-01T05:20:00.12345Z"
  },
  "success": true
}
```