itemprototype.exists

Description

boolean itemprototype.exists(object filter)

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

Parameters

(object) Criteria to search by.

The following parameters are supported as search criteria.

Parameter	Type	Description
key_ (required)	string/array	Keys of the item prototypes.
host	string/array	Names of the hosts that the item prototypes must belong to.
hostid	string/array	IDs of the hosts that the item prototypes must belong to.
node	string	Name of the node the item prototypes must belong to. This will override the `nodeids` parameter.
nodeids	string/array	IDs of the nodes the item prototypes must belong to.

Return values

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

Examples

Checking if an item prototype exists on a host

Check if item prototype with key "net.if.in[{#IFNAME}]" exists on host "Zabbix server".

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "itemprototype.exists",
           "params": {
               "host": "Zabbix server",
               "key_": "net.if.in[{#IFNAME}]"
           },
           "auth": "3a57200802b24cda67c4e4010b50c065",
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

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

Source

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

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