event.get

Description

integer/array event.get(object parameters)

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

This method may return events of a deleted entity if these events have not been removed by the housekeeper yet.

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
eventids	string/array	Return only events with the given IDs.
groupids	string/array	Return only events created by objects that belong to the given host groups.
hostids	string/array	Return only events created by objects that belong to the given hosts.
objectids	string/array	Return only events created by the given objects.
source	integer	Return only events with the given type. Refer to the event object page for a list of supported event types. Default: 0 - trigger events.
object	integer	Return only events created by objects of the given type. Refer to the event object page for a list of supported object types. Default: 0 - trigger.
acknowledged	boolean	If set to `true` return only acknowledged events.
suppressed	boolean	`true` - return only suppressed events; `false` - return events in the normal state.
symptom	boolean	`true` - return only symptom events; `false` - return only cause events.
severities	integer/array	Return only events with given event severities. Applies only if object is trigger.
evaltype	integer	Rules for tag searching. Possible values: 0 - (default) And/Or; 2 - Or.
tags	array of objects	Return only events with given tags. Exact match by tag and case-insensitive search by value and operator. Format: `[{"tag": "<tag>", "value": "<value>", "operator": "<operator>"}, ...]`. An empty array returns all events. Possible operator types: 0 - (default) Like; 1 - Equal; 2 - Not like; 3 - Not equal 4 - Exists; 5 - Not exists.
eventid_from	string	Return only events with IDs greater or equal to the given ID.
eventid_till	string	Return only events with IDs less or equal to the given ID.
time_from	timestamp	Return only events that have been created after or at the given time.
time_till	timestamp	Return only events that have been created before or at the given time.
problem_time_from	timestamp	Returns only events that were in the problem state starting with `problem_time_from`. Applies only if the source is trigger event and object is trigger. Mandatory if `problem_time_till` is specified.
problem_time_till	timestamp	Returns only events that were in the problem state until `problem_time_till`. Applies only if the source is trigger event and object is trigger. Mandatory if `problem_time_from` is specified.
value	integer/array	Return only events with the given values.
selectHosts	query	Return a hosts property with hosts containing the object that created the event. Supported only for events generated by triggers, items or LLD rules.
selectRelatedObject	query	Return a `relatedObject` property with the object that created the event. The type of object returned depends on the event type.
select_alerts	query	Return an alerts property with alerts generated by the event. Alerts are sorted in reverse chronological order.
select_acknowledges	query	Return an `acknowledges` property with event updates. Event updates are sorted in reverse chronological order. The event update object has the following properties: `acknowledgeid` - `(string)` acknowledgment's ID; `userid` - `(string)` ID of the user that updated the event; `eventid` - `(string)` ID of the updated event; `clock` - `(timestamp)` time when the event was updated; `message` - `(string)` text of the message; `action` - `(integer)` update action that was performed see event.acknowledge; `old_severity` - `(integer)` event severity before this update action; `new_severity` - `(integer)` event severity after this update action; `suppress_until` - `(timestamp)` time till event will be suppressed; `taskid` - `(string)` ID of task if current event is undergoing a rank change; `username` - `(string)` username of the user that updated the event; `name` - `(string)` name of the user that updated the event; `surname` - `(string)` surname of the user that updated the event. Supports `count`.
selectTags	query	Return a tags property with event tags.
selectSuppressionData	query	Return a `suppression_data` property with the list of active maintenances and manual suppressions: `maintenanceid` - `(string)` ID of the maintenance; `userid` - `(string)` ID of user who suppressed the event; `suppress_until` - `(integer)` time until the event is suppressed.
sortfield	string/array	Sort the result by the given properties. Possible values: `eventid`, `objectid`, `clock`.
countOutput	boolean	These parameters being common for all `get` methods are described in detail in the reference commentary page.
editable	boolean
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

Retrieving trigger events

Retrieve the latest events from trigger "13926."

Request:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "method": "event.get",
           "params": {
               "output": "extend",
               "select_acknowledges": "extend",
               "selectTags": "extend",
               "selectSuppressionData": "extend",
               "objectids": "13926",
               "sortfield": ["clock", "eventid"],
               "sortorder": "DESC"
           },
           "id": 1
       }

Response:

{
           "jsonrpc": "2.0",
           "result": [
               {
                   "eventid": "9695",
                   "source": "0",
                   "object": "0",
                   "objectid": "13926",
                   "clock": "1347970410",
                   "value": "1",
                   "acknowledged": "1",
                   "ns": "413316245",
                   "name": "MySQL is down",
                   "severity": "5",
                   "r_eventid": "0",
                   "c_eventid": "0",
                   "correlationid": "0",
                   "userid": "0",
                   "cause_eventid": "0",
                   "opdata": "",
                   "acknowledges": [
                       {
                           "acknowledgeid": "1",
                           "userid": "1",
                           "eventid": "9695",
                           "clock": "1350640590",
                           "message": "Problem resolved.\n\r----[BULK ACKNOWLEDGE]----",
                           "action": "6",
                           "old_severity": "0",
                           "new_severity": "0",
                           "suppress_until": "1472511600",
                           "taskid": "0",
                           "username": "Admin",
                           "name": "Zabbix",
                           "surname": "Administrator"
                       }
                   ],
                   "suppression_data": [
                       {
                           "maintenanceid": "15",
                           "suppress_until": "1472511600",
                           "userid": "0"
                       }
                   ],
                   "suppressed": "1",
                   "tags": [
                       {
                           "tag": "service",
                           "value": "mysqld"
                       },
                       {
                           "tag": "error",
                           "value": ""
                       }
                   ]
               },
               {
                   "eventid": "9671",
                   "source": "0",
                   "object": "0",
                   "objectid": "13926",
                   "clock": "1347970347",
                   "value": "0",
                   "acknowledged": "0",
                   "ns": "0",
                   "name": "Unavailable by ICMP ping",
                   "severity": "4",
                   "r_eventid": "0",
                   "c_eventid": "0",
                   "correlationid": "0",
                   "userid": "0",
                   "cause_eventid": "0",
                   "opdata": "",
                   "acknowledges": [],
                   "suppression_data": [],
                   "suppressed": "0",
                   "tags": []
               }
           ],
           "id": 1
       }

Retrieving events by time period

Retrieve all events that have been created between October 9 and 10, 2012, in reverse chronological order.