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application.exists

Description

boolean application.exists(object filter)

This method checks if at least one application that matches the given filter criteria exists.

Parameters

(object) Criteria to search by.

The following parameters are supported as search criteria.

Parameter Type Description
hostid string/array IDs of the hosts the applications must belong to.
name string/array Names of the applications
node string Name of the node the applications must belong to.

This will override the nodeids parameter.
nodeids string/array ID of the node the applications must belong to.

Return values

(boolean) Returns true if at least one application that matches the given filter criteria exists.

Examples

Check application on host

Check if application "Memory" exists on host "10084."

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "application.exists",
           "params": {
               "hostid": "10084",
               "name": "Memory"
           },
           "auth": "3a57200802b24cda67c4e4010b50c065",
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": true,
           "id": 1
       }

Source

CApplication::exists() in frontends/php/api/classes/CApplication.php.