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> Item prototype object

The following objects are directly related to the itemprototype API.

Item prototype

The item prototype object has the following properties.

Property Type Description
itemid string (readonly) ID of the item prototype.
delay
(required)
string Update interval of the item prototype. Accepts seconds or a time unit with suffix (30s,1m,2h,1d).
Optionally one or more custom intervals can be specified either as flexible intervals or scheduling.
Multiple intervals are separated by a semicolon.
User macros and LLD macros may be used. A single macro has to fill the whole field. Multiple macros in a field or macros mixed with text are not supported.
Flexible intervals may be written as two macros separated by a forward slash (e.g. {$FLEX_INTERVAL}/{$FLEX_PERIOD}).

Optional for Zabbix trapper or dependent item.
hostid
(required)
string ID of the host that the item prototype belongs to.

For update operations this field is readonly.
ruleid
(required)
string ID of the LLD rule that the item belongs to.

For update operations this field is readonly.
interfaceid
(required)
string ID of the item prototype's host interface. Used only for host item prototypes.

Optional for Zabbix agent (active), Zabbix internal, Zabbix trapper, Dependent item, Zabbix aggregate, database monitor and calculated item prototypes.
key_
(required)
string Item prototype key.
name
(required)
string Name of the item prototype.
type
(required)
integer Type of the item prototype.

Possible values:
0 - Zabbix agent;
2 - Zabbix trapper;
3 - simple check;
5 - Zabbix internal;
7 - Zabbix agent (active);
8 - Zabbix aggregate;
10 - external check;
11 - database monitor;
12 - IPMI agent;
13 - SSH agent;
14 - TELNET agent;
15 - calculated;
16 - JMX agent;
17 - SNMP trap;
18 - Dependent item;
19 - HTTP agent;
20 - SNMP agent;
url
(required)
string URL string required only for HTTP agent item prototypes. Supports LLD macros, user macros, {HOST.IP}, {HOST.CONN}, {HOST.DNS}, {HOST.HOST}, {HOST.NAME}, {ITEM.ID}, {ITEM.KEY}.
value_type
(required)
integer Type of information of the item prototype.

Possible values:
0 - numeric float;
1 - character;
2 - log;
3 - numeric unsigned;
4 - text.
allow_traps integer HTTP agent item prototype field. Allow to populate value as in trapper item type also.

0 - (default) Do not allow to accept incoming data.
1 - Allow to accept incoming data.
authtype integer Used only by SSH agent item prototypes or HTTP agent item prototypes.

SSH agent authentication method possible values:
0 - (default) password;
1 - public key.

HTTP agent authentication method possible values:
0 - (default) none
1 - basic
2 - NTLM
3 - Kerberos
description string Description of the item prototype.
follow_redirects integer HTTP agent item prototype field. Follow response redirects while pooling data.

0 - Do not follow redirects.
1 - (default) Follow redirects.
headers object HTTP agent item prototype field. Object with HTTP(S) request headers, where header name is used as key and header value as value.

Example:
{ "User-Agent": "Zabbix" }
history string A time unit of how long the history data should be stored. Also accepts user macro and LLD macro.

Default: 90d.
http_proxy string HTTP agent item prototype field. HTTP(S) proxy connection string.
ipmi_sensor string IPMI sensor. Used only by IPMI item prototypes.
jmx_endpoint string JMX agent custom connection string.

Default value:
service:jmx:rmi:///jndi/rmi://{HOST.CONN}:{HOST.PORT}/jmxrmi
logtimefmt string Format of the time in log entries. Used only by log item prototypes.
master_itemid integer Master item ID.
Recursion up to 3 dependent items and item prototypes and maximum count of dependent items and item prototypes equal to 29999 are allowed.

Required by Dependent items.
output_format integer HTTP agent item prototype field. Should response be converted to JSON.

0 - (default) Store raw.
1 - Convert to JSON.
params string Additional parameters depending on the type of the item prototype:
- executed script for SSH and Telnet item prototypes;
- SQL query for database monitor item prototypes;
- formula for calculated item prototypes.
password string Password for authentication. Used by simple check, SSH, Telnet, database monitor, JMX and HTTP agent item prototypes.
post_type integer HTTP agent item prototype field. Type of post data body stored in posts property.

0 - (default) Raw data.
2 - JSON data.
3 - XML data.
posts string HTTP agent item prototype field. HTTP(S) request body data. Used with post_type.
privatekey string Name of the private key file.
publickey string Name of the public key file.
query_fields array HTTP agent item prototype field. Query parameters. Array of objects with 'key':'value' pairs, where value can be empty string.
request_method integer HTTP agent item prototype field. Type of request method.

0 - (default) GET
1 - POST
2 - PUT
3 - HEAD
retrieve_mode integer HTTP agent item prototype field. What part of response should be stored.

0 - (default) Body.
1 - Headers.
2 - Both body and headers will be stored.

For request_method HEAD only 1 is allowed value.
snmp_oid string SNMP OID.
ssl_cert_file string HTTP agent item prototype field. Public SSL Key file path.
ssl_key_file string HTTP agent item prototype field. Private SSL Key file path.
ssl_key_password string HTTP agent item prototype field. Password for SSL Key file.
status integer Status of the item prototype.

Possible values:
0 - (default) enabled item prototype;
1 - disabled item prototype;
3 - unsupported item prototype.
status_codes string HTTP agent item prototype field. Ranges of required HTTP status codes separated by commas. Also supports user macros or LLD macros as part of comma separated list.

Example: 200,200-{$M},{$M},200-400
templateid string (readonly) ID of the parent template item prototype.
timeout string HTTP agent item prototype field. Item data polling request timeout. Support user macros and LLD macros.

default: 3s
maximum value: 60s
trapper_hosts string Allowed hosts. Used by trapper item prototypes or HTTP item prototypes.
trends string A time unit of how long the trends data should be stored. Also accepts user macro and LLD macro.

Default: 365d.
units string Value units.
username string Username for authentication. Used by simple check, SSH, Telnet, database monitor, JMX and HTTP agent item prototypes.

Required by SSH and Telnet item prototypes.
valuemapid string ID of the associated value map.
verify_host integer HTTP agent item prototype field. Validate host name in URL is in Common Name field or a Subject Alternate Name field of host certificate.

0 - (default) Do not validate.
1 - Validate.
verify_peer integer HTTP agent item prototype field. Validate is host certificate authentic.

0 - (default) Do not validate.
1 - Validate.
discover integer Item prototype discovery status.

Possible values:
0 - (default) new items will be discovered;
1 - new items will not be discovered and existing items will be marked as lost.

Item prototype preprocessing

The item prototype preprocessing object has the following properties.

Property Type Description
type
(required)
integer The preprocessing option type.

Possible values:
1 - Custom multiplier;
2 - Right trim;
3 - Left trim;
4 - Trim;
5 - Regular expression matching;
6 - Boolean to decimal;
7 - Octal to decimal;
8 - Hexadecimal to decimal;
9 - Simple change;
10 - Change per second;
11 - XML XPath;
12 - JSONPath;
13 - In range;
14 - Matches regular expression;
15 - Does not match regular expression;
16 - Check for error in JSON;
17 - Check for error in XML;
18 - Check for error using regular expression;
19 - Discard unchanged;
20 - Discard unchanged with heartbeat;
21 - JavaScript;
22 - Prometheus pattern;
23 - Prometheus to JSON;
24 - CSV to JSON;
25 - Replace.
params
(required)
string Additional parameters used by preprocessing option. Multiple parameters are separated by LF (\n) character.
error_handler
(required)
integer Action type used in case of preprocessing step failure.

Possible values:
0 - Error message is set by Zabbix server;
1 - Discard value;
2 - Set custom value;
3 - Set custom error message.
error_handler_params
(required)
string Error handler parameters. Used with error_handler.

Must be empty, if error_handler is 0 or 1.
Can be empty if, error_handler is 2.
Cannot be empty, if error_handler is 3.

The following parameters and error handlers are supported for each preprocessing type.

Preprocessing type Name Parameter 1 Parameter 2 Parameter 3 Supported error handlers
1 Custom multiplier number1, 6 0, 1, 2, 3
2 Right trim list of characters2
3 Left trim list of characters2
4 Trim list of characters2
5 Regular expression pattern3 output2 0, 1, 2, 3
6 Boolean to decimal 0, 1, 2, 3
7 Octal to decimal 0, 1, 2, 3
8 Hexadecimal to decimal 0, 1, 2, 3
9 Simple change 0, 1, 2, 3
10 Change per second 0, 1, 2, 3
11 XML XPath path4 0, 1, 2, 3
12 JSONPath path4 0, 1, 2, 3
13 In range min1, 6 max1, 6 0, 1, 2, 3
14 Matches regular expression pattern3 0, 1, 2, 3
15 Does not match regular expression pattern3 0, 1, 2, 3
16 Check for error in JSON path4 0, 1, 2, 3
17 Check for error in XML path4 0, 1, 2, 3
18 Check for error using regular expression pattern3 output2 0, 1, 2, 3
19 Discard unchanged
20 Discard unchanged with heartbeat seconds5, 6
21 JavaScript script2
22 Prometheus pattern pattern6, 7 output6, 8 0, 1, 2, 3
23 Prometheus to JSON pattern6, 7 0, 1, 2, 3
24 CSV to JSON character2 character2 0,1 0, 1, 2, 3
25 Replace search string2 replacement2

1 integer or floating-point number
2 string
3 regular expression
4 JSONPath or XML XPath
5 positive integer (with support of time suffixes, e.g. 30s, 1m, 2h, 1d)
6 user macro, LLD macro
7 Prometheus pattern following the syntax: <metric name>{<label name>="<label value>", ...} == <value>. Each Prometheus pattern component (metric, label name, label value and metric value) can be user macro or LLD macro.
8 Prometheus output following the syntax: <label name>.