PulseWatch SaaS - Current Build Audit

Project Goal

PulseWatch is a SaaS uptime monitoring platform.

Users can:

• Register
• Login
• Create monitors
• Track website/API uptime
• View monitoring history
• View analytics

---

Architecture

User ↓ Render (Backend) ↓ Express API ↓ MongoDB Atlas ↓ Scheduled Monitor Worker ↓ Analytics Engine

---

Infrastructure

GitHub

Repository hosted on GitHub.

Features:

• Source control
• Deployment source
• Version history

Status: Complete

---

MongoDB Atlas

Database migrated from local MongoDB to Atlas.

Collections:

Users

Stores:

• name
• email
• password hash

Monitors

Stores:

• name
• url
• method
• expectedStatus
• interval
• userId

CheckResults

Stores:

• monitorId
• statusCode
• responseTime
• isUp
• checkedAt

Status: Complete

---

Render Deployment

Backend deployed publicly.

Live URL:

https://pulsewatch-backend-jl6s.onrender.com

Status: Complete

---

Authentication Module

Register

Endpoint:

POST /api/v1/auth/register

Features:

• User creation
• Password hashing

Status: Complete

---

Login

Endpoint:

POST /api/v1/auth/login

Features:

• Password verification
• JWT generation

Status: Complete

---

Protected Routes

Features:

• JWT verification
• User extraction

Status: Complete

---

Monitor Module

Create Monitor

Endpoint:

POST /api/v1/monitors

Status: Complete

---

Get Monitors

Endpoint:

GET /api/v1/monitors

Status: Complete

---

Update Monitor

Endpoint:

PATCH /api/v1/monitors/:id

Status: Complete

---

Delete Monitor

Endpoint:

DELETE /api/v1/monitors/:id

Status: Complete

---

Monitoring Engine

Cron Scheduler

Runs every minute.

Implementation:

node-cron

Status: Complete

---

Monitor Worker

Responsibilities:

• Fetch URL
• Measure response time
• Determine uptime
• Save result

Status: Complete

---

Check Result Module

Save Monitoring Results

Stores:

• status code
• response time
• uptime status

Status: Complete

---

Results History

Endpoint:

GET /api/v1/monitors/:id/results

Returns:

• historical checks
• response times
• uptime records

Status: Complete

---

Analytics Module

Endpoint:

GET /api/v1/monitors/:id/analytics

Calculates:

• uptime %
• average response time
• successful checks
• failed checks
• total checks

Status: Complete

---

Proven Production Tests

Authentication

Verified on Render.

Status: Passed

---

Monitor Creation

Verified on Render.

Status: Passed

---

Scheduled Checks

Verified on Render logs.

Status: Passed

---

Result Persistence

Verified in Atlas.

Status: Passed

---

Analytics

Verified on production.

Status: Passed

---

Current SaaS Completion

Backend Core: 100%

Infrastructure: 100%

Monitoring Engine: 100%

Analytics: 100%

Deployment: 100%

Frontend: 0%

Alerts: 0%

Billing: 0%

Status Pages: 0%

Teams: 0%

Subscriptions: 0%

---

Next Milestone

Frontend Dashboard

Pages:

1. Login
2. Register
3. Dashboard
4. Create Monitor
5. Monitor Details
6. Analytics View

Goal:

Allow non-technical users to use PulseWatch without curl commands.

After frontend:

1. Telegram alerts
2. Email alerts
3. Public status pages
4. Stripe billing
5. Subscription plans