item.create

Description

object item.create(object/array items)

This method allows to create new items.

Web items cannot be created via the Zabbix API.

Parameters

(object/array) Items to create.

Additionally to the standard item properties, the method accepts the following parameters.

Parameter	Type	Description
applications	array	IDs of the applications to add the item to.

Return values

(object) Returns an object containing the IDs of the created items under the itemids property. The order of the returned IDs matches the order of the passed items.

Examples

Creating an item

Create a numeric Zabbix agent item to monitor free disk space on host with ID "30074" and add it to two applications.

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "item.create",
           "params": {
               "name": "Free disk space on $1",
               "key_": "vfs.fs.size[/home/joe/,free]",
               "hostid": "30074",
               "type": 0,
               "value_type": 3,
               "interfaceid": "30084",
               "applications": [
                   "609",
                   "610"
               ],
               "delay": 30
           },
           "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": {
               "itemids": [
                   "24758"
               ]
           },
           "id": 1
       }

Creating a host inventory item

Create a Zabbix agent item to populate the host's "OS" inventory field.