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trigger.get
Description
integer/array trigger.get(object parameters)
The method allows to retrieve triggers according to the given parameters.
Parameters
(object) Parameters defining the desired output.
The method supports the following parameters.
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| triggerids | string/array | Return only triggers with the given IDs. |
| groupids | string/array | Return only triggers that belong to hosts from the given host groups. |
| templateids | string/array | Return only triggers that belong to the given templates. |
| hostids | string/array | Return only triggers that belong to the given hosts. |
| itemids | string/array | Return only triggers that contain the given items. |
| applicationids | string/array | Return only triggers that contain items from the given applications. |
| functions | string/array | Return only triggers that use the given functions. Refer to the supported trigger functions page for a list of supported functions. |
| group | string | Return only triggers that belong to hosts from the host group with the given name. |
| host | string | Return only triggers that belong to host with the given name. |
| inherited | boolean | If set to true return only triggers inherited from a template. |
| templated | boolean | If set to true return only triggers that belong to templates. |
| monitored | flag | Return only enabled triggers that belong to monitored hosts and contain only enabled items. |
| active | flag | Return only enabled triggers that belong to monitored hosts. |
| maintenance | boolean | If set to true return only enabled triggers that belong to hosts in maintenance. |
| withUnacknowledgedEvents | flag | Return only triggers that have unacknowledged events. |
| withAcknowledgedEvents | flag | Return only triggers with all events acknowledged. |
| withLastEventUnacknowledged | flag | Return only triggers with the last event unacknowledged. |
| skipDependent | flag | Skip triggers in a problem state that are dependent on other triggers. Note that the other triggers are ignored if disabled, have disabled items or disabled item hosts. |
| lastChangeSince | timestamp | Return only triggers that have changed their state after the given time. |
| lastChangeTill | timestamp | Return only triggers that have changed their state before the given time. |
| only_true | flag | Return only triggers that have recently been in a problem state. |
| min_severity | integer | Return only triggers with severity greater or equal than the given severity. |
| evaltype | integer | Rules for tag searching. Possible values: 0 - (default) And/Or; 2 - Or. |
| tags | array of objects | Return only triggers with given tags. Exact match by tag and case-sensitive or case-insensitive search by tag value depending on operator value. Format: [{"tag": "<tag>", "value": "<value>", "operator": "<operator>"}, ...].An empty array returns all triggers. Possible operator types: 0 - (default) Like; 1 - Equal. |
| expandComment | flag | Expand macros in the trigger description. |
| expandDescription | flag | Expand macros in the name of the trigger. |
| expandExpression | flag | Expand functions and macros in the trigger expression. |
| selectGroups | query | Return the host groups that the trigger belongs to in the groups property. |
| selectHosts | query | Return the hosts that the trigger belongs to in the hosts property. |
| selectItems | query | Return items contained by the trigger in the items property. |
| selectFunctions | query | Return functions used in the trigger in the functions property.The function objects represents the functions used in the trigger expression and has the following properties: functionid - (string) ID of the function;itemid - (string) ID of the item used in the function;function - (string) name of the function;parameter - (string) parameter passed to the function. |
| selectDependencies | query | Return triggers that the trigger depends on in the dependencies property. |
| selectDiscoveryRule | query | Return the low-level discovery rule that created the trigger. |
| selectLastEvent | query | Return the last significant trigger event in the lastEvent property. |
| selectTags | query | Return the trigger tags in tags property. |
| selectTriggerDiscovery | query | Return the trigger discovery object in the triggerDiscovery property. The trigger discovery objects links the trigger to a trigger prototype from which it was created.It has the following properties: parent_triggerid - (string) ID of the trigger prototype from which the trigger has been created. |
| 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 trigger belongs to;hostid - ID of the host that the trigger belongs to. |
| limitSelects | integer | Limits the number of records returned by subselects. Applies to the following subselects: selectHosts - results will be sorted by host. |
| sortfield | string/array | Sort the result by the given properties. Possible values are: triggerid, description, status, priority, lastchange and hostname. |
| countOutput | boolean | These parameters being common for all get methods are described in detail in the reference commentary page. |
| editable | boolean | |
| excludeSearch | boolean | |
| limit | integer | |
| output | query | |
| preservekeys | boolean | |
| search | object | |
| searchByAny | boolean | |
| searchWildcardsEnabled | boolean | |
| sortorder | string/array | |
| startSearch | boolean |
Return values
(integer/array) Returns either:
- an array of objects;
- the count of retrieved objects, if the
countOutputparameter has been used.
Examples
Retrieving data by trigger ID
Retrieve all data and the functions used in trigger "14062".
Request:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "trigger.get",
"params": {
"triggerids": "14062",
"output": "extend",
"selectFunctions": "extend"
},
"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
"id": 1
}Response:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": [
{
"functions": [
{
"functionid": "13513",
"itemid": "24350",
"function": "diff",
"parameter": "0"
}
],
"triggerid": "14062",
"expression": "{13513}>0",
"description": "/etc/passwd has been changed on {HOST.NAME}",
"url": "",
"status": "0",
"value": "0",
"priority": "2",
"lastchange": "0",
"comments": "",
"error": "",
"templateid": "10016",
"type": "0",
"state": "0",
"flags": "0",
"recovery_mode": "0",
"recovery_expression": "",
"correlation_mode": "0",
"correlation_tag": "",
"manual_close": "0"
}
],
"id": 1
}Retrieving triggers in problem state
Retrieve the ID, name and severity of all triggers in problem state and sort them by severity in descending order.
Request:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "trigger.get",
"params": {
"output": [
"triggerid",
"description",
"priority"
],
"filter": {
"value": 1
},
"sortfield": "priority",
"sortorder": "DESC"
},
"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
"id": 1
}Response:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": [
{
"triggerid": "13907",
"description": "Zabbix self-monitoring processes < 100% busy",
"priority": "4"
},
{
"triggerid": "13824",
"description": "Zabbix discoverer processes more than 75% busy",
"priority": "3"
}
],
"id": 1
}Retrieving a specific trigger with tags
Retrieve a specific trigger with tags.
Request:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "trigger.get",
"params": {
"output": [
"triggerid",
"description"
],
"selectTags": "extend",
"triggerids": [
"17578"
]
},
"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
"id": 1
}Response:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": [
{
"triggerid": "17370",
"description": "Service status",
"tags": [
{
"tag": "service",
"value": "{{ITEM.VALUE}.regsub(\"Service (.*) has stopped\", \"\\1\")}"
},
{
"tag": "error",
"value": ""
}
]
}
],
"id": 1
}See also
Source
CTrigger::get() in frontends/php/include/classes/api/services/CTrigger.php.