trigger.create

Description

object trigger.create(object/array triggers)

This method allows to create new triggers.

This method is only available to Admin and Super admin user types. Permissions to call the method can be revoked in user role settings. See User roles for more information.

Parameters

(object/array) Triggers to create.

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 created triggers under the triggerids property. The order of the returned IDs matches the order of the passed triggers.

Examples

Creating a trigger

Create a trigger with a single trigger dependency.

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "trigger.create",
           "params": [
               {
                   "description": "Processor load is too high on {HOST.NAME}",
                   "expression": "last(/Linux server/system.cpu.load[percpu,avg1])>5",
                   "dependencies": [
                       {
                           "triggerid": "17367"
                       }
                   ]
               },
               {
                   "description": "Service status",
                   "expression": "length(last(/Linux server/log[/var/log/system,Service .* has stopped]))<>0",
                   "dependencies": [
                       {
                           "triggerid": "17368"
                       }
                   ],
                   "tags": [
                       {
                           "tag": "service",
                           "value": "{{ITEM.VALUE}.regsub(\"Service (.*) has stopped\", \"\\1\")}"
                       },
                       {
                           "tag": "error",
                           "value": ""
                       }
                   ]
               }
           ],
           "auth": "038e1d7b1735c6a5436ee9eae095879e",
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": {
               "triggerids": [
                   "17369",
                   "17370"
               ]
           },
           "id": 1
       }

Source

CTrigger::create() in ui/include/classes/api/services/CTrigger.php.

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