action.get

Description

integer/array action.get(object parameters)

The method allows to retrieve actions according to the given parameters.

This method is available to users of any type. Permissions to call the method can be revoked in user role settings. See User roles for more information.

Parameters

(object) Parameters defining the desired output.

The method supports the following parameters.

Parameter	Type	Description
actionids	string/array	Return only actions with the given IDs.
groupids	string/array	Return only actions that use the given host groups in action conditions.
hostids	string/array	Return only actions that use the given hosts in action conditions.
triggerids	string/array	Return only actions that use the given triggers in action conditions.
mediatypeids	string/array	Return only actions that use the given media types to send messages.
usrgrpids	string/array	Return only actions that are configured to send messages to the given user groups.
userids	string/array	Return only actions that are configured to send messages to the given users.
scriptids	string/array	Return only actions that are configured to run the given scripts.
selectFilter	query	Return a filter property with the action condition filter.
selectOperations	query	Return an operations property with action operations.
selectRecoveryOperations	query	Return a recovery_operations property with action recovery operations.
selectUpdateOperations	query	Return an update_operations property with action update operations.
sortfield	string/array	Sort the result by the given properties. Possible values: `actionid`, `name`, `status`.
countOutput	boolean	These parameters being common for all `get` methods are described in the reference commentary.
excludeSearch	boolean
filter	object
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 countOutput parameter has been used.

Examples

Retrieve trigger actions

Retrieve all configured trigger actions together with action conditions and operations.

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "action.get",
           "params": {
               "output": "extend",
               "selectOperations": "extend",
               "selectRecoveryOperations": "extend",
               "selectUpdateOperations": "extend",
               "selectFilter": "extend",
               "filter": {
                   "eventsource": 0
               }
           },
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": [
               {
                   "actionid": "3",
                   "name": "Report problems to Zabbix administrators",
                   "eventsource": "0",
                   "status": "1",
                   "esc_period": "1h",
                   "pause_suppressed": "1",
                   "filter": {
                       "evaltype": "0",
                       "formula": "",
                       "conditions": [],
                       "eval_formula": ""
                   },
                   "operations": [
                       {
                           "operationid": "3",
                           "actionid": "3",
                           "operationtype": "0",
                           "esc_period": "0",
                           "esc_step_from": "1",
                           "esc_step_to": "1",
                           "evaltype": "0",
                           "opconditions": [],
                           "opmessage": [
                               {
                                   "default_msg": "1",
                                   "subject": "",
                                   "message": "",
                                   "mediatypeid" => "0"
                               }
                           ],
                           "opmessage_grp": [
                               {
                                   "usrgrpid": "7"
                               }
                           ]
                       }
                   ],
                   "recovery_operations": [
                       {
                           "operationid": "7",
                           "actionid": "3",
                           "operationtype": "11",
                           "evaltype": "0",
                           "opconditions": [],
                           "opmessage": {
                               "default_msg": "0",
                               "subject": "{TRIGGER.STATUS}: {TRIGGER.NAME}",
                               "message": "Trigger: {TRIGGER.NAME}\r\nTrigger status: {TRIGGER.STATUS}\r\nTrigger severity: {TRIGGER.SEVERITY}\r\nTrigger URL: {TRIGGER.URL}\r\n\r\nItem values:\r\n\r\n1. {ITEM.NAME1} ({HOST.NAME1}:{ITEM.KEY1}): {ITEM.VALUE1}\r\n2. {ITEM.NAME2} ({HOST.NAME2}:{ITEM.KEY2}): {ITEM.VALUE2}\r\n3. {ITEM.NAME3} ({HOST.NAME3}:{ITEM.KEY3}): {ITEM.VALUE3}\r\n\r\nOriginal event ID: {EVENT.ID}",
                               "mediatypeid": "0"
                           }
                       }
                   ],
                   "update_operations": [
                       {
                           "operationid": "31",
                           "operationtype": "12",
                           "evaltype": "0",
                           "opmessage": {
                               "default_msg": "1",
                               "subject": "",
                               "message": "",
                               "mediatypeid": "0"
                           }
                       },
                       {
                           "operationid": "32",
                           "operationtype": "0",
                           "evaltype": "0",
                           "opmessage": {
                               "default_msg": "0",
                               "subject": "Updated: {TRIGGER.NAME}",
                               "message": "{USER.FULLNAME} updated problem at {EVENT.UPDATE.DATE} {EVENT.UPDATE.TIME} with the following message:\r\n{EVENT.UPDATE.MESSAGE}\r\n\r\nCurrent problem status is {EVENT.STATUS}",
                               "mediatypeid": "1"
                           },
                           "opmessage_grp": [
                               {
                                   "usrgrpid": "7"
                               }
                           ],
                           "opmessage_usr": []
                       },
                       {
                           "operationid": "33",
                           "operationtype": "1",
                           "evaltype": "0",
                           "opcommand": {
                               "scriptid": "3"
                           },
                           "opcommand_hst": [
                               {
                                   "hostid": "10084"
                               }
                           ],
                           "opcommand_grp": []
                       }
                   ]
               }
           ],
           "id": 1
       }

Retrieve discovery actions

Retrieve all configured discovery actions together with action conditions and operations. The filter uses the "and" evaluation type, so the formula property is empty and eval_formula is generated automatically.