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item.get
Description
integer/array item.get(object parameters)
The method allows to retrieve items according to the given parameters.
Parameters
(object) Parameters defining the desired output.
The method supports the following parameters.
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| itemids | string/array | Return only items with the given IDs. |
| groupids | string/array | Return only items that belong to the hosts from the given groups. |
| templateids | string/array | Return only items that belong to the given templates. |
| hostids | string/array | Return only items that belong to the given hosts. |
| proxyids | string/array | Return only items that are monitored by the given proxies. |
| interfaceids | string/array | Return only items that use the given host interfaces. |
| graphids | string/array | Return only items that are used in the given graphs. |
| triggerids | string/array | Return only items that are used in the given triggers. |
| applicationids | string/array | Return only items that belong to the given applications. |
| webitems | flag | Include web items in the result. |
| inherited | boolean | If set to true return only items inherited from a template. |
| templated | boolean | If set to true return only items that belong to templates. |
| monitored | boolean | If set to true return only enabled items that belong to monitored hosts. |
| group | string | Return only items that belong to a group with the given name. |
| host | string | Return only items that belong to a host with the given name. |
| application | string | Return only items that belong to an application with the given name. |
| with_triggers | boolean | If set to true return only items that are used in triggers. |
| selectHosts | query | Returns the host that the item belongs to as an array in the hosts property.Does not support shorten. |
| selectInterfaces | query | Returns the host interface used by the item as an array in the interfaces property.Does not support shorten. |
| selectTriggers | query | Return triggers that the item is used in in the triggers property.Supports count; does not support shorten or arrays of properties. |
| selectGraphs | query | Return graphs that contain the item in the graphs property.Supports count; does not support shorten or arrays of properties. |
| selectApplications | query | Return the applications that the item belongs to in the applications property.Does not support shorten or arrays of properties. |
| selectDiscoveryRule | query | Return the LLD rule that created the item in the discoveryRule property.Does not support shorten. |
| selectItemDiscovery | query | Return the item discovery object in the itemDiscovery property.The item discovery objects links the item to an item prototype and has the following properties: itemdiscoveryid - (string) ID of the item discovery;itemid - (string) ID of the discovered item;parent_itemid - (string) ID of the item prototype from which the item has been created;key_ - (string) key of the item prototype;lastcheck - (timestamp) time when the item was last discovered;ts_delete - (timestamp) time when an item that is no longer discovered will be deleted. |
| filter | object | Return only those results that exactly match the given filter. Accepts an array, where the keys are property names, and the values are either a single value or an array of values to match against. Supports additional filters: host - technical name of the host that the item belongs to. |
| limitSelects | integer | Limits the number of records returned by subselects. Applies to the following subselects: selectGraphs - results will be sorted by name;selectTriggers - results will be sorted by description. |
| sortfield | string/array | Sort the result by the given properties. Possible values are: itemid, name, key_, delay, history, trends, type 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 | |
| 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
Finding items by key
Retrieve all items from host with ID "10084" that have the word "system" in the key and sort them by name.
Request:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "item.get",
"params": {
"output": "extend",
"hostids": "10084",
"search": {
"key_": "system"
},
"sortfield": "name"
},
"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
"id": 1
}Response:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": [
{
"itemid": "23298",
"type": "0",
"snmp_community": "",
"snmp_oid": "",
"hostid": "10084",
"name": "Context switches per second",
"key_": "system.cpu.switches",
"delay": "60",
"history": "7",
"trends": "365",
"lastvalue": "2552",
"lastclock": "1351090998",
"prevvalue": "2641",
"status": "0",
"value_type": "3",
"trapper_hosts": "",
"units": "sps",
"multiplier": "0",
"delta": "1",
"prevorgvalue": "67773258",
"snmpv3_securityname": "",
"snmpv3_securitylevel": "0",
"snmpv3_authpassphrase": "",
"snmpv3_privpassphrase": "",
"formula": "1",
"error": "",
"lastlogsize": "0",
"logtimefmt": "",
"templateid": "22680",
"valuemapid": "0",
"delay_flex": "",
"params": "",
"ipmi_sensor": "",
"data_type": "0",
"authtype": "0",
"username": "",
"password": "",
"publickey": "",
"privatekey": "",
"mtime": "0",
"lastns": "564054253",
"flags": "0",
"filter": "",
"interfaceid": "1",
"port": "",
"description": "",
"inventory_link": "0",
"lifetime": "0"
},
{
"itemid": "23299",
"type": "0",
"snmp_community": "",
"snmp_oid": "",
"hostid": "10084",
"name": "CPU $2 time",
"key_": "system.cpu.util[,idle]",
"delay": "60",
"history": "7",
"trends": "365",
"lastvalue": "86.031879",
"lastclock": "1351090999",
"prevvalue": "85.306944",
"status": "0",
"value_type": "0",
"trapper_hosts": "",
"units": "%",
"multiplier": "0",
"delta": "0",
"prevorgvalue": "0",
"snmpv3_securityname": "",
"snmpv3_securitylevel": "0",
"snmpv3_authpassphrase": "",
"snmpv3_privpassphrase": "",
"formula": "1",
"error": "",
"lastlogsize": "0",
"logtimefmt": "",
"templateid": "17354",
"valuemapid": "0",
"delay_flex": "",
"params": "",
"ipmi_sensor": "",
"data_type": "0",
"authtype": "0",
"username": "",
"password": "",
"publickey": "",
"privatekey": "",
"mtime": "0",
"lastns": "564256864",
"flags": "0",
"filter": "",
"interfaceid": "1",
"port": "",
"description": "The time the CPU has spent doing nothing.",
"inventory_link": "0",
"lifetime": "0"
},
{
"itemid": "23300",
"type": "0",
"snmp_community": "",
"snmp_oid": "",
"hostid": "10084",
"name": "CPU $2 time",
"key_": "system.cpu.util[,interrupt]",
"delay": "60",
"history": "7",
"trends": "365",
"lastvalue": "0.008389",
"lastclock": "1351091000",
"prevvalue": "0.000000",
"status": "0",
"value_type": "0",
"trapper_hosts": "",
"units": "%",
"multiplier": "0",
"delta": "0",
"prevorgvalue": "0",
"snmpv3_securityname": "",
"snmpv3_securitylevel": "0",
"snmpv3_authpassphrase": "",
"snmpv3_privpassphrase": "",
"formula": "1",
"error": "",
"lastlogsize": "0",
"logtimefmt": "",
"templateid": "22671",
"valuemapid": "0",
"delay_flex": "",
"params": "",
"ipmi_sensor": "",
"data_type": "0",
"authtype": "0",
"username": "",
"password": "",
"publickey": "",
"privatekey": "",
"mtime": "0",
"lastns": "564661387",
"flags": "0",
"filter": "",
"interfaceid": "1",
"port": "",
"description": "The amount of time the CPU has been servicing hardware interrupts.",
"inventory_link": "0",
"lifetime": "0"
}
],
"id": 1
}See also
Source
CItem::get() in frontends/php/api/classes/CItem.php.