object item.create(object/array items)
This method allows to create new items.
Web items cannot be created via the Zabbix API.
(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. |
(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.
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 $1",
"key_": "vfs.fs.size[/home/joe/,free]",
"hostid": "30074",
"type": 0,
"value_type": 3,
"interfaceid": "30084",
"applications": [
"609",
"610"
],
"delay": "30s"
},
"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
"id": 1
}
Response:
Create a Zabbix agent item to populate the host's "OS" inventory field.
Request:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "item.create",
"params": {
"name": "uname",
"key_": "system.uname",
"hostid": "30021",
"type": 0,
"interfaceid": "30007",
"value_type": 1,
"delay": "10s",
"inventory_link": 5
},
"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
"id": 1
}
Response:
Create an item using custom multiplier.
Request:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "item.create",
"params": {
"name": "Device uptime",
"key_": "sysUpTime",
"hostid": "11312",
"type": 4,
"snmp_community": "{$SNMP_COMMUNITY}",
"snmp_oid": "SNMPv2-MIB::sysUpTime.0",
"value_type": 1,
"delay": "60s",
"units": "uptime",
"interfaceid": "1156",
"preprocessing": [
{
"type": "1",
"params": "0.01"
}
]
},
"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
"id": 1
}
Response:
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
}
Response:
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
}
Response:
CItem::create() in frontends/php/include/classes/api/services/CItem.php.