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trigger.update

Description

object trigger.update(object/array triggers)

This method allows to update existing triggers.

Parameters

(object/array) Trigger properties to be updated.

The triggerid property must be defined for each trigger, all other properties are optional. Only the passed properties will be updated, all others will remain unchanged.

Additionally to the standard trigger properties the method accepts the following parameters.

Parameter Type Description
dependencies array Triggers that the trigger is dependent on.

The triggers must have the triggerid property defined.
tags array Trigger tags.

The trigger expression has to be given in its expanded form.

Return values

(object) Returns an object containing the IDs of the updated triggers under the triggerids property.

Examples

Enabling a trigger

Enable a trigger, that is, set its status to 0.

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "trigger.update",
           "params": {
               "triggerid": "13938",
               "status": 0
           },
           "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": {
               "triggerids": [
                   "13938"
               ]
           },
           "id": 1
       }

Replacing triggers tags

Replace tags for trigger.

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "trigger.update",
           "params": {
               "triggerid": "13938",
               "tags": [
                   {
                       "tag": "service",
                       "value": "{{ITEM.VALUE}.regsub(\"Service (.*) has stopped\", \"\\1\")}"
                   },
                   {
                       "tag": "error",
                       "value": ""
                   }
               ]
           },
           "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": {
               "triggerids": [
                   "13938"
               ]
           },
           "id": 1
       }

See also

Source

CTrigger::update() in frontends/php/include/classes/api/services/CTrigger.php.