# Monitoring via XML File GET

**URL:** <https://community.a10networks.com/t/monitoring-via-xml-file-get/512>\
**Category:** aFleX\
**Tags:** aflex\
**Created:** [July 11, 2018, 10:31am UTC](https://community.a10networks.com/t/monitoring-via-xml-file-get/512 "2018-07-11T10:31:11Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![shocko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@shocko](https://community.a10networks.com/u/shocko)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2018, 10:31am UTC](https://community.a10networks.com/t/monitoring-via-xml-file-get/512/1 "2018-07-11T10:31:11Z")

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Hi guys, I have a web service that provides a URI that return XML indicating the health of the system. Is it possible to get this XML and parse it and make a load balancing decision based on this.

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**Author:** ![ericn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f4b2a3/32.png) [@ericn](https://community.a10networks.com/u/ericn)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2018, 5:04pm UTC](https://community.a10networks.com/t/monitoring-via-xml-file-get/512/2 "2018-07-27T17:04:00Z")

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Is the idea that the SLB periodically grabs the XML, checks something like CPU or Memory, and then starts sending new sessions to the backend server with the most free whatever?

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**Author:** ![Morato](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ba0ec/32.png) [@Morato](https://community.a10networks.com/u/Morato)\
**Post date:** [February 22, 2020, 1:03pm UTC](https://community.a10networks.com/t/monitoring-via-xml-file-get/512/3 "2020-02-22T13:03:14Z")

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Hi,  
I hope this article helps you:

[https://community.a10networks.com/discussion/16799/how-to-cerate-health-monitor-with-external-program-to-monitor-web-page-content#latest](https://community.a10networks.com/discussion/16799/how-to-cerate-health-monitor-with-external-program-to-monitor-web-page-content#latest)