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usermacro.get
Description
integer/array usermacro.get(object parameters)
The method allows to retrieve host and global macros according to the given parameters.
Parameters
(object) Parameters defining the desired output.
The method supports the following parameters.
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| globalmacro | flag | Return global macros instead of host macros. |
| globalmacroids | string/array | Return only global macros with the given IDs. |
| groupids | string/array | Return only host macros that belong to hosts or templates from the given host groups. |
| hostids | string/array | Return only macros that belong to the given hosts or templates. |
| hostmacroids | string/array | Return only host macros with the given IDs. |
| selectGroups | query | Return host groups that the host macro belongs to in the groups property.Used only when retrieving host macros. |
| selectHosts | query | Return hosts that the host macro belongs to in the hosts property.Used only when retrieving host macros. |
| selectTemplates | query | Return templates that the host macro belongs to in the templates property.Used only when retrieving host macros. |
| sortfield | string/array | Sort the result by the given properties. Possible value: macro. |
| countOutput | flag | These parameters being common for all get methods are described in detail in the reference commentary 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
Retrieving host macros for a host
Retrieve all host macros defined for host "10198".
Request:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "usermacro.get",
"params": {
"output": "extend",
"hostids": "10198"
},
"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
"id": 1
}Response:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": [
{
"hostmacroid": "9",
"hostid": "10198",
"macro": "{$INTERFACE}",
"value": "eth0"
},
{
"hostmacroid": "11",
"hostid": "10198",
"macro": "{$SNMP_COMMUNITY}",
"value": "public"
}
],
"id": 1
}Retrieving global macros
Retrieve all global macros.
Request:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "usermacro.get",
"params": {
"output": "extend",
"globalmacro": true
},
"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
"id": 1
}Response:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": [
{
"globalmacroid": "6",
"macro": "{$SNMP_COMMUNITY}",
"value": "public"
}
],
"id": 1
}Source
CUserMacro::get() in frontends/php/api/classes/CUserMacro.php.