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item.get
Description
integer/array item.get(object parameters)
The method allows to retrieve items according to the given parameters.
Parameters
(object) Parameters defining the desired output.
The method supports the following parameters.
| Parameter | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| itemids | string/array | Return only items with the given IDs. |
| groupids | string/array | Return only items that belong to the hosts from the given groups. |
| templateids | string/array | Return only items that belong to the given templates. |
| hostids | string/array | Return only items that belong to the given hosts. |
| proxyids | string/array | Return only items that are monitored by the given proxies. |
| interfaceids | string/array | Return only items that use the given host interfaces. |
| graphids | string/array | Return only items that are used in the given graphs. |
| triggerids | string/array | Return only items that are used in the given triggers. |
| applicationids | string/array | Return only items that belong to the given applications. |
| webitems | flag | Include web items in the result. |
| inherited | boolean | If set to true return only items inherited from a template. |
| templated | boolean | If set to true return only items that belong to templates. |
| monitored | boolean | If set to true return only enabled items that belong to monitored hosts. |
| group | string | Return only items that belong to a group with the given name. |
| host | string | Return only items that belong to a host with the given name. |
| application | string | Return only items that belong to an application with the given name. |
| with_triggers | boolean | If set to true return only items that are used in triggers. |
| selectHosts | query | Returns the host that the item belongs to as an array in the hosts property. |
| selectInterfaces | query | Returns the host interface used by the item as an array in the interfaces property. |
| selectTriggers | query | Return triggers that the item is used in in the triggers property.Supports count. |
| selectGraphs | query | Return graphs that contain the item in the graphs property.Supports count. |
| selectApplications | query | Return the applications that the item belongs to in the applications property. |
| selectDiscoveryRule | query | Return the LLD rule that created the item in the discoveryRule property. |
| selectItemDiscovery | query | Return the item discovery object in the itemDiscovery property. The item discovery object links the item to an item prototype from which it was created.It has the following properties: itemdiscoveryid - (string) ID of the item discovery;itemid - (string) ID of the discovered item;parent_itemid - (string) ID of the item prototype from which the item has been created;key_ - (string) key of the item prototype;lastcheck - (timestamp) time when the item was last discovered;ts_delete - (timestamp) time when an item that is no longer discovered will be deleted. |
| selectPreprocessing | query | Return item preprocessing options in preprocessing property.It has the following properties: type - (string) The preprocessing option types: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. params - (string) Additional parameters used by preprocessing option. Multiple parameters are separated by LF (\n)character. |
| 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 item belongs to. |
| limitSelects | integer | Limits the number of records returned by subselects. Applies to the following subselects: selectGraphs - results will be sorted by name;selectTriggers - results will be sorted by description. |
| sortfield | string/array | Sort the result by the given properties. Possible values are: itemid, name, key_, delay, history, trends, type and status. |
| 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
Finding items by key
Retrieve all items from host with ID "10084" that have the word "system" in the key and sort them by name.
Request:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "item.get",
"params": {
"output": "extend",
"hostids": "10084",
"search": {
"key_": "system"
},
"sortfield": "name"
},
"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
"id": 1
}Response:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": [
{
"itemid": "23298",
"type": "0",
"snmp_community": "",
"snmp_oid": "",
"hostid": "10084",
"name": "Context switches per second",
"key_": "system.cpu.switches",
"delay": "1m",
"history": "7d",
"trends": "365d",
"lastvalue": "2552",
"lastclock": "1351090998",
"prevvalue": "2641",
"state": "0",
"status": "0",
"value_type": "3",
"trapper_hosts": "",
"units": "sps",
"snmpv3_securityname": "",
"snmpv3_securitylevel": "0",
"snmpv3_authpassphrase": "",
"snmpv3_privpassphrase": "",
"snmpv3_authprotocol": "0",
"snmpv3_privprotocol": "0",
"snmpv3_contextname": "",
"error": "",
"lastlogsize": "0",
"logtimefmt": "",
"templateid": "22680",
"valuemapid": "0",
"params": "",
"ipmi_sensor": "",
"authtype": "0",
"username": "",
"password": "",
"publickey": "",
"privatekey": "",
"mtime": "0",
"lastns": "564054253",
"flags": "0",
"interfaceid": "1",
"port": "",
"description": "",
"inventory_link": "0",
"lifetime": "0s",
"evaltype": "0",
"jmx_endpoint": "",
"master_itemid": "0",
"timeout": "3s",
"url": "",
"query_fields": [],
"posts": "",
"status_codes": "200",
"follow_redirects": "1",
"post_type": "0",
"http_proxy": "",
"headers": [],
"retrieve_mode": "0",
"request_method": "1",
"output_format": "0",
"ssl_cert_file": "",
"ssl_key_file": "",
"ssl_key_password": "",
"verify_peer": "0",
"verify_host": "0",
"allow_traps": "0"
},
{
"itemid": "23299",
"type": "0",
"snmp_community": "",
"snmp_oid": "",
"hostid": "10084",
"name": "CPU $2 time",
"key_": "system.cpu.util[,idle]",
"delay": "1m",
"history": "7d",
"trends": "365d",
"lastvalue": "86.031879",
"lastclock": "1351090999",
"prevvalue": "85.306944",
"state": "0",
"status": "0",
"value_type": "0",
"trapper_hosts": "",
"units": "%",
"snmpv3_securityname": "",
"snmpv3_securitylevel": "0",
"snmpv3_authpassphrase": "",
"snmpv3_privpassphrase": "",
"snmpv3_authprotocol": "0",
"snmpv3_privprotocol": "0",
"snmpv3_contextname": "",
"error": "",
"lastlogsize": "0",
"logtimefmt": "",
"templateid": "17354",
"valuemapid": "0",
"params": "",
"ipmi_sensor": "",
"authtype": "0",
"username": "",
"password": "",
"publickey": "",
"privatekey": "",
"mtime": "0",
"lastns": "564256864",
"flags": "0",
"interfaceid": "1",
"port": "",
"description": "The time the CPU has spent doing nothing.",
"inventory_link": "0",
"lifetime": "0s",
"evaltype": "0",
"jmx_endpoint": "",
"master_itemid": "0",
"timeout": "3s",
"url": "",
"query_fields": [],
"posts": "",
"status_codes": "200",
"follow_redirects": "1",
"post_type": "0",
"http_proxy": "",
"headers": [],
"retrieve_mode": "0",
"request_method": "1",
"output_format": "0",
"ssl_cert_file": "",
"ssl_key_file": "",
"ssl_key_password": "",
"verify_peer": "0",
"verify_host": "0",
"allow_traps": "0"
},
{
"itemid": "23300",
"type": "0",
"snmp_community": "",
"snmp_oid": "",
"hostid": "10084",
"name": "CPU $2 time",
"key_": "system.cpu.util[,interrupt]",
"history": "7d",
"trends": "365d",
"lastvalue": "0.008389",
"lastclock": "1351091000",
"prevvalue": "0.000000",
"state": "0",
"status": "0",
"value_type": "0",
"trapper_hosts": "",
"units": "%",
"snmpv3_securityname": "",
"snmpv3_securitylevel": "0",
"snmpv3_authpassphrase": "",
"snmpv3_privpassphrase": "",
"snmpv3_authprotocol": "0",
"snmpv3_privprotocol": "0",
"snmpv3_contextname": "",
"error": "",
"lastlogsize": "0",
"logtimefmt": "",
"templateid": "22671",
"valuemapid": "0",
"params": "",
"ipmi_sensor": "",
"authtype": "0",
"username": "",
"password": "",
"publickey": "",
"privatekey": "",
"mtime": "0",
"lastns": "564661387",
"flags": "0",
"interfaceid": "1",
"port": "",
"description": "The amount of time the CPU has been servicing hardware interrupts.",
"inventory_link": "0",
"lifetime": "0s",
"evaltype": "0",
"jmx_endpoint": "",
"master_itemid": "0",
"timeout": "3s",
"url": "",
"query_fields": [],
"posts": "",
"status_codes": "200",
"follow_redirects": "1",
"post_type": "0",
"http_proxy": "",
"headers": [],
"retrieve_mode": "0",
"request_method": "1",
"output_format": "0",
"ssl_cert_file": "",
"ssl_key_file": "",
"ssl_key_password": "",
"verify_peer": "0",
"verify_host": "0",
"allow_traps": "0"
}
],
"id": 1
}Finding dependent items by key
Retrieve all dependent items from host with ID "10116" that have the word "apache" in the key.
Request:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "item.get",
"params": {
"output": "extend",
"hostids": "10116",
"search": {
"key_": "apache"
},
"filter": {
"type": "18"
}
},
"auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
"id": 1
}Response:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": [
{
"itemid": "25550",
"type": "18",
"snmp_community": "",
"snmp_oid": "",
"hostid": "10116",
"name": "Days",
"key_": "apache.status.uptime.days",
"delay": "",
"history": "90d",
"trends": "365d",
"status": "0",
"value_type": "3",
"trapper_hosts": "",
"units": "",
"snmpv3_securityname": "",
"snmpv3_securitylevel": "0",
"snmpv3_authpassphrase": "",
"snmpv3_privpassphrase": "",
"formula": "",
"error": "",
"lastlogsize": "0",
"logtimefmt": "",
"templateid": "0",
"valuemapid": "0",
"params": "",
"ipmi_sensor": "",
"authtype": "0",
"username": "",
"password": "",
"publickey": "",
"privatekey": "",
"mtime": "0",
"flags": "0",
"interfaceid": "0",
"port": "",
"description": "",
"inventory_link": "0",
"lifetime": "30d",
"snmpv3_authprotocol": "0",
"snmpv3_privprotocol": "0",
"state": "0",
"snmpv3_contextname": "",
"evaltype": "0",
"master_itemid": "25545",
"jmx_endpoint": "",
"timeout": "3s",
"url": "",
"query_fields": [],
"posts": "",
"status_codes": "200",
"follow_redirects": "1",
"post_type": "0",
"http_proxy": "",
"headers": [],
"retrieve_mode": "0",
"request_method": "1",
"output_format": "0",
"ssl_cert_file": "",
"ssl_key_file": "",
"ssl_key_password": "",
"verify_peer": "0",
"verify_host": "0",
"allow_traps": "0",
"lastclock": "0",
"lastns": "0",
"lastvalue": "0",
"prevvalue": "0"
},
{
"itemid": "25555",
"type": "18",
"snmp_community": "",
"snmp_oid": "",
"hostid": "10116",
"name": "Hours",
"key_": "apache.status.uptime.hours",
"delay": "0",
"history": "90d",
"trends": "365d",
"status": "0",
"value_type": "3",
"trapper_hosts": "",
"units": "",
"snmpv3_securityname": "",
"snmpv3_securitylevel": "0",
"snmpv3_authpassphrase": "",
"snmpv3_privpassphrase": "",
"formula": "",
"error": "",
"lastlogsize": "0",
"logtimefmt": "",
"templateid": "0",
"valuemapid": "0",
"params": "",
"ipmi_sensor": "",
"authtype": "0",
"username": "",
"password": "",
"publickey": "",
"privatekey": "",
"mtime": "0",
"flags": "0",
"interfaceid": "0",
"port": "",
"description": "",
"inventory_link": "0",
"lifetime": "30d",
"snmpv3_authprotocol": "0",
"snmpv3_privprotocol": "0",
"state": "0",
"snmpv3_contextname": "",
"evaltype": "0",
"master_itemid": "25545",
"jmx_endpoint": "",
"timeout": "3s",
"url": "",
"query_fields": [],
"posts": "",
"status_codes": "200",
"follow_redirects": "1",
"post_type": "0",
"http_proxy": "",
"headers": [],
"retrieve_mode": "0",
"request_method": "1",
"output_format": "0",
"ssl_cert_file": "",
"ssl_key_file": "",
"ssl_key_password": "",
"verify_peer": "0",
"verify_host": "0",
"allow_traps": "0",
"lastclock": "0",
"lastns": "0",
"lastvalue": "0",
"prevvalue": "0"
}
],
"id": 1
}Find HTTP agent item
Find HTTP agent item with post body type XML for specific host id.
Request:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"method": "item.get",
"params": {
"hostids": "10255",
"filter": {
"type": "19",
"post_type": "3"
}
},
"id": 3,
"auth": "d678e0b85688ce578ff061bd29a20d3b"
}Response:
{
"jsonrpc": "2.0",
"result": [
{
"itemid": "28252",
"type": "19",
"snmp_community": "",
"snmp_oid": "",
"hostid": "10255",
"name": "template item",
"key_": "ti",
"delay": "30s",
"history": "90d",
"trends": "365d",
"status": "0",
"value_type": "3",
"trapper_hosts": "",
"units": "",
"snmpv3_securityname": "",
"snmpv3_securitylevel": "0",
"snmpv3_authpassphrase": "",
"snmpv3_privpassphrase": "",
"formula": "",
"error": "",
"lastlogsize": "0",
"logtimefmt": "",
"templateid": "0",
"valuemapid": "0",
"params": "",
"ipmi_sensor": "",
"authtype": "0",
"username": "",
"password": "",
"publickey": "",
"privatekey": "",
"mtime": "0",
"flags": "0",
"interfaceid": "0",
"port": "",
"description": "",
"inventory_link": "0",
"lifetime": "30d",
"snmpv3_authprotocol": "0",
"snmpv3_privprotocol": "0",
"state": "0",
"snmpv3_contextname": "",
"evaltype": "0",
"jmx_endpoint": "",
"master_itemid": "0",
"timeout": "3s",
"url": "localhost",
"query_fields": [
{
"mode": "xml"
}
],
"posts": "<body>\r\n<![CDATA[{$MACRO}<foo></bar>]]>\r\n</body>",
"status_codes": "200",
"follow_redirects": "0",
"post_type": "3",
"http_proxy": "",
"headers": [],
"retrieve_mode": "1",
"request_method": "3",
"output_format": "0",
"ssl_cert_file": "",
"ssl_key_file": "",
"ssl_key_password": "",
"verify_peer": "0",
"verify_host": "0",
"allow_traps": "0",
"lastclock": "0",
"lastns": "0",
"lastvalue": "0",
"prevvalue": "0"
}
],
"id": 3
}See also
Source
CItem::get() in frontends/php/include/classes/api/services/CItem.php.