hostinterface.exists

Description

boolean hostinterface.exists(object filter)

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

This method is deprecated and will be removed in the future. Please use hostinterface.get instead.

Parameters

(object) Criteria to search by.

The following parameters are supported as search criteria.

Parameter	Type	Description
dns	string/array	DNS of the host interfaces.
hostid	string/array	IDs of the hosts that the host interfaces must belong to.
interfaceid	string/array	Host interface IDs.
ip	string/array	IPs of the host interfaces.

Return values

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

Examples

Check interface on host

Check if a host interface with IP 127.0.0.1 exists on host 30037.

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "hostinterface.exists",
           "params": {
               "hostid": "30037",
               "ip": "127.0.0.1"
           },
           "auth": "3a57200802b24cda67c4e4010b50c065",
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

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

Source

CHostInterface::exists() in frontends/php/include/classes/api/services/CHostInterface.php.

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