Parallel Monitor integration

Parallel is a real-time web search and content extraction platform built for LLMs and AI applications.

ParallelMonitor calls Parallel’s Monitor API to schedule a query on a recurring cadence (1 hour to 30 days) and notify you, via webhook or polling, when relevant new content shows up. Useful for ongoing competitive intelligence, regulatory tracking, or topic monitoring.

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Integration details

Class	Package	Serializable	JS support	Package latest
`ParallelMonitor`	`langchain-parallel`	❌	❌

Setup

The integration lives in the langchain-parallel package.

pip install -U langchain-parallel

uv add langchain-parallel

Credentials

Head to Parallel to sign up and generate an API key. Set PARALLEL_API_KEY in your environment:

import getpass
import os

if not os.environ.get("PARALLEL_API_KEY"):
    os.environ["PARALLEL_API_KEY"] = getpass.getpass("Parallel API key:\n")

Instantiation

from langchain_parallel import ParallelMonitor

client = ParallelMonitor()

Create a monitor

frequency is <n><unit> where unit is h, d, or w, and the resulting duration sits in [1h, 30d] (e.g. "1h", "6h", "3d", "1w", "2w").

from langchain_parallel import MonitorWebhook

monitor = client.create(
    query="Latest peer-reviewed papers on net-energy-gain fusion",
    frequency="1d",
    metadata={"label": "fusion-watch"},
    # Optional: receive new events on a webhook endpoint.
    # webhook=MonitorWebhook(
    #     url="https://example.com/parallel/webhook",
    #     event_types=["monitor.event.detected"],
    # ),
)

print(monitor["monitor_id"], "—", monitor["status"])

The valid event_types are monitor.event.detected, monitor.execution.completed, and monitor.execution.failed. Omit the field to receive all three.

Retrieve, list, delete

got = client.retrieve(monitor["monitor_id"])

monitors = client.list(limit=20)

deleted = client.delete(monitor["monitor_id"])

List events

list_events() returns a flat {"events": [...]} list. Newly-created monitors typically have none until the first scheduled execution; the call shape works either way.

events = client.list_events(monitor["monitor_id"], lookback_period="7d")
for ev in events.get("events", []):
    print(ev["type"], ev.get("event_date"))

To inspect a single event group:

group = client.get_event_group(monitor["monitor_id"], event_group_id="...")

Simulate an event

Useful when wiring up a webhook handler. simulate_event() posts a synthetic event of the requested type (default: monitor.event.detected) to the monitor’s webhook.

simulate_event() requires a webhook configured on the monitor. Pass webhook=MonitorWebhook(...) when calling create() first; otherwise the API returns 400 — Webhook not configured for this monitor.

client.simulate_event(monitor["monitor_id"], event_type="monitor.event.detected")

Async

Every CRUD and event method has an async counterpart prefixed with a:

monitor = await client.acreate(query="...", frequency="6h")
events = await client.alist_events(monitor["monitor_id"], lookback_period="7d")
await client.adelete(monitor["monitor_id"])

Webhook signature verification

Webhook deliveries are signed using the Standard Webhooks scheme (HMAC-SHA256 over <webhook-id>.<webhook-timestamp>.<body>, base64-encoded, v1,<sig> format with replay protection). Verify with verify_webhook:

from langchain_parallel import verify_webhook

ok = verify_webhook(
    body,
    webhook_id=request.headers["webhook-id"],
    webhook_timestamp=request.headers["webhook-timestamp"],
    webhook_signature=request.headers["webhook-signature"],
    secret=os.environ["PARALLEL_WEBHOOK_SECRET"],
)

The signing secret is configured at the org webhook-endpoint level in the Parallel dashboard, not per-monitor. See webhook setup for the full delivery contract.

Response format

create() and retrieve() return a monitor dict. list_events() returns a flat events envelope.

# create() / retrieve()
{
    "monitor_id": "mon_abc",
    "status": "active",
    "query": "...",
    "frequency": "1d",
    "metadata": {...},
    "webhook": {"url": "...", "event_types": [...]},
    "created_at": "2026-04-15T10:30:00Z",
    # ... additional API-side fields
}

# list_events()
{
    "events": [
        {
            "type": "event",            # or "completion" / "error"
            "event_date": "2026-04-15T10:30:00Z",
            "event_group_id": "...",
            # ... event-type-specific fields
        },
    ],
}

API reference

For detailed documentation, head to the ParallelMonitor API reference or the Monitor API guides.

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​Overview

​Integration details

​Setup

​Credentials

​Instantiation

​Create a monitor

​Retrieve, list, delete

​List events

​Simulate an event

​Async

​Webhook signature verification

​Response format

​API reference

Overview

Integration details

Setup

Credentials

Instantiation

Create a monitor

Retrieve, list, delete

List events

Simulate an event

Async

Webhook signature verification

Response format

API reference