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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. |
| preprocessing | array | Item preprocessing options. |
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 /home/joe/",
"key_": "vfs.fs.size[/home/joe/,free]",
"hostid": "30074",
"type": 0,
"value_type": 3,
"interfaceid": "30084",
"applications": [
"609",
"610"
],
"delay": "30s"
},
"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
"id": 1
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Creating a host inventory item
Create a Zabbix agent item to populate the host's "OS" inventory field.
Request:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "item.create",
"params": {
"name": "uname",
"key_": "system.uname",
"hostid": "30021",
"type": 0,
"interfaceid": "30007",
"value_type": 1,
"delay": "10s",
"inventory_link": 5
},
"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
"id": 1
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Creating an item with preprocessing
Create an item using custom multiplier.
Request:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "item.create",
"params": {
"name": "Device uptime",
"key_": "sysUpTime",
"hostid": "11312",
"type": 4,
"snmp_oid": "SNMPv2-MIB::sysUpTime.0",
"value_type": 1,
"delay": "60s",
"units": "uptime",
"interfaceid": "1156",
"preprocessing": [
{
"type": "1",
"params": "0.01",
"error_handler": "1",
"error_handler_params": ""
}
]
},
"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
"id": 1
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Response:
Creating dependent item
Create a dependent item for the master item with ID 24759. Only dependencies on the same host are allowed, therefore master and the dependent item should have the same hostid.
Request:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "item.create",
"params": {
"hostid": "30074",
"name": "Dependent test item",
"key_": "dependent.item",
"type": "18",
"master_itemid": "24759",
"value_type": "2"
},
"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
"id": 1
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Create HTTP agent item
Create POST request method item with JSON response preprocessing.
Request:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "item.create",
"params": {
"url":"http://127.0.0.1/http.php",
"query_fields": [
{
"mode":"json"
},
{
"min": "10"
},
{
"max": "100"
}
],
"interfaceid": "1",
"type":"19",
"hostid":"10254",
"delay":"5s",
"key_":"json",
"name":"http agent example JSON",
"value_type":"0",
"output_format":"1",
"preprocessing": [
{
"type": "12",
"params": "$.random"
}
]
},
"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
"id": 2
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Source
CItem::create() in ui/include/classes/api/services/CItem.php.