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alert.get
Description
integer/array alert.get(object parameters)
The method allows to retrieve alerts according to the given parameters.
Parameters
(object) Parameters defining the desired output.
The method supports the following parameters.
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| alertids | string/array | Return only alerts with the given IDs. |
| actionids | string/array | Return only alerts generated by the given actions. |
| eventids | string/array | Return only alerts generated by the given events. |
| groupids | string/array | Return only alerts generated by objects from the given host groups. |
| hostids | string/array | Return only alerts generated by objects from the given hosts. |
| mediatypeids | string/array | Return only message alerts that used the given media types. |
| triggerids | string/array | Return only alerts generated by the given triggers. |
| userids | string/array | Return only message alerts that were sent to the given users. |
| time_from | timestamp | Return only alerts that have been generated after the given time. |
| time_till | timestamp | Return only alerts that have been generated before the given time. |
| selectHosts | query | Return the hosts that triggered the action operation in the hosts property.Does not support shorten or arrays of properties. |
| selectMediatypes | query | Return the media type that was used for the message alert as an array in the mediatypes property.Does not support shorten or arrays of properties. |
| selectUsers | query | Return the user that the message was addressed to as an array in the users property.Does not support shorten or arrays of properties. |
| sortfield | string/array | Sort the result by the given properties. Possible values are: alertid, clock, eventid and status. |
| countOutput | flag | These parameters being common for all get methods are described in detail on the Generic Zabbix API information page. |
| editable | boolean | |
| excludeSearch | flag | |
| filter | object | |
| limit | integer | |
| nodeids | string/array | |
| output | query | |
| preservekeys | flag | |
| search | object | |
| searchByAny | boolean | |
| searchWildcardsEnabled | boolean | |
| sortorder | string/array | |
| startSearch | flag |
Return values
(integer/array) Returns either:
- an array of objects;
- the count of retrieved objects, if the
countOutputparameter has been used.
Examples
Retrieve alerts by action ID
Retrieve all alerts generated by action "3".
Request:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "alert.get",
"params": {
"output": "extend",
"actionids": "3"
},
"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
"id": 1
}Response:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": [
{
"alertid": "1",
"actionid": "3",
"eventid": "21243",
"userid": "1",
"clock": "1362128008",
"mediatypeid": "1",
"sendto": "[email protected]",
"subject": "PROBLEM: Zabbix agent on Linux server is unreachable for 5 minutes: ",
"message": "Trigger: Zabbix agent on Linux server is unreachable for 5 minutes: \nTrigger status: PROBLEM\nTrigger severity: Not classified",
"status": "0",
"retries": "3",
"error": "",
"esc_step": "1",
"alerttype": "0"
}
],
"id": 1
}See also
Source
CAlert::get() in frontends/php/api/classes/CAlert.php.